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Korsan Meze Restaurant, Kalkan

Located in a prime position by the harbour entrance, opposite the little lighthouse and near the town beach, Korsan Meze, established in 1979, was one of Kalkan's first restaurants and remains a firm favourite with residents and holidaymakers from all over the world.

Korsan Meze offers a wide and varied menu and is particularly well known for its selection of traditional Turkish meze and tasty lamb dishes, as well as its fresh seafood and vegetarian choices. Our extensive menu also includes traditional kebabs (the best in town!), succulent chicken and fish dishes plus the best fillet beef and lamb.

The atmosphere at the Korsan Meze is inviting, warm and relaxed. Here you will meet and chat with friends old and new. Our staff provide an excellent service and do their best to ensure you have a wonderful evening at Korsan.

The Korsan Meze Restaurant is closed during the winter months but we are delighted to announce that our Korsan Kebap restaurant will be open throughout the winter serving a wide selection of delicious dishes.

Tel + 90 242 844 3622 (local calls 844 3622)

THE HISTORY!

Korsan translated to English means pirate, a pun on the fact that the owners of the Korsan Restaurants, the Bilgutay family, have always had very strong associations to the sea with three generations of the family serving in the Turkish Navy.

In the mid 1970’s my father, Gurkan Bilgutay, who knew the Turkish coastline like the back of his hand retired from the navy and, looking for a change of life style and pace, opened a restaurant and a small pansiyon in his favourite sleepy fishing village.  The village was Kalkan and that restaurant was Korsan.

This was the beginning.  In his youth my father had also been a musician and with three other musicians formed Turkey’s first Rock’n’Roll band.  The band’s notoriety and connections with Istanbul meant friends started to visit this little known place on the Mediterranean and tourism was born.  Before long my father was accommodating the first foreign visitors and Kalkan was officially on the map.

I took over from my father in 1990 and in 1992 my wife, Claire, joined the family and the business.

Korsan Ltd has expanded greatly since those early days in the 1970’s and we now have three restaurants; The Korsan Meze, The Korsan Fish Terrace and The Korsan Kebab, as well as the Korsan Apartments, The Patara Stone House and our property development company.

We are most definitely a family business.  My eldest son, Patrick Ömer, might on occasion bring bread to your table and my youngest, Oliver Eren, is waiting in the wings …… the tradition continues!

Uluç Bilgütay

 

 

 

 

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