PeriPeri Burger

About PeriPeri Burger

PeriPeri Burger is a small smash burger restaurant on Taşkent Caddesi in Bahçelievler, Çankaya. It was opened by Hüdayi Alkan, a 24-year-old cook who, according to a January 2026 report in the Ankara newspaper Sonsöz, had lived abroad for years and trained and worked as a cook in England before returning to Turkey. The report said the restaurant had then been open for about a month. Alkan told Sonsöz that he named the place after the peri peri pepper, which the Portuguese carried to their African colonies, where it became part of local cooking before passing into Portuguese cuisine, and that the name recalls his own years working with that cuisine. The paper also reported that he deliberately keeps prices below the market, saying he wants to show how affordable a business can be in an inflationary economy, and that the restaurant keeps alive the memory of assassinated intellectuals and follows the Ahi guild tradition. In August 2026 the restaurant posted a tribute to the writer Nihat Genç. The Instagram bio describes the burgers as artisan and crafted daily, served until sold out, with updates posted in stories, and gives opening hours of Tuesday to Sunday, 16:00 to 21:00.