Turkish Tea
More tea is consumed in Turkey than any other country in the world, and it starts at breakfast.
It's strong but never bitter, and studies have shown that Turkish tea helps regulate blood vessels and the heart, lowering the chance of a stroke or heart attack.
It's served in beautiful fluted glass cups, adding to the aesthetics of the breakfast.
Salad of Tomatoes and Cucumber
Peppers are often added, but tomatoes and cucumbers are essential to any Turkish breakfast, particularly Çengelköy Cucumbers, which are smaller and tastier than normal cucumbers.
Cheese
White cheese is an absolutely must at any breakfast, and typically there's a variety of anywhere between 1-4 different types of cheese.
Aged Kaşar, Çeçil, Tulum, Lor, and other cheeses are common, though white cheese (similar to feta) is the only cheese that is more or less required.
Olives
Usually both black and green olives will be served. Be prepared for Turkish olives to be better and more flavorful than any you've ever had before.
Eggs
You'll find eggs cooked in some form at almost every Turkish breakfast.
Probably most common is the dish cooked in a traditional pan called Menemen, made of eggs, tomato, green peppers, and spices, with salt and oregano sprinkled on top.
But if that's not to your taste, then boiled eggs, omelets, and fried eggs with beef sausage (called sujuk) are all very common over Turkish breakfast.
Breads
Bread is another critical part of Turkish breakfast. Standard Turkish white bread, called "ekmek," with a crispy crust and a light fluffy inside is always hot and freshly baked.
Sesame bread called Simit is also present at just about every Turkish breakfast.
Honey and Clotted Cream
This is a luxury at most breakfasts, but it's an absolute must.
The clotted cream of "kaymak" is as good a cream as you'll find anywhere in the world, and Turkish honey is also famed as amongst the best, with hundreds of different types on offer (depending on the flowers they're pollinated from), all of them 100% natural of course.
In fact, honey straight off the comb is very common in Turkey, with locals heading to the store and buying an entire honey comb rather than a jar.
Acuka
This varies region to region, but some form of tomato paste and nuts, often walnuts and spices, is part of breakfast all over the country.
Jam and Marmalade
Finally, Turkish jams are famous, in large part because its fruits are so wonderful. Most regions have a variety of jam that they're most famous for, so you'll find different locally made products wherever you happen to be and they'll all be equally all natural and wonderful.
