Food Delivery Apps in Turkey

The signup is where this succeeds or fails

Uber and Yemeksepeti both say in their terms that they verify a phone number, and neither restricts it to a Turkish one. Getir does not publish its rule at all. What any of their signup screens will actually accept is the part nobody documents.1011

Recent reports are mixed. Several got through on Getir or Yemeksepeti after another app turned them down; others could not verify the same number anywhere. So there is no order of merit to give you. Give each app two minutes and move on rather than losing an evening to any one of them.1214

If none of them takes your number, that's the end of the road and not a setting you have missed. The dependable route from there is someone who holds a Turkish number, and settling that on arrival, rather than at 9pm on an empty stomach, is most of the battle.

Which app you're actually downloading

The store listing reads Uber Eats Trendyol Go, which makes it look like the icon already on your phone. It is a separate download. Uber paid $700 million for 85 percent of Trendyol Go in 2025, reported a 92 percent controlling stake by 30 June 2026 and bought Getir's food-delivery business outright the next day. Getir remains a separate consumer download while the services are joined.1367

Uber's terms for Turkey do say your existing account is available here, and that Uber Eats orders can go through the Uber app. Permission to order and restaurants at your address are different questions, though, and nothing published answers the second one. If the icon is already on your phone, looking costs nothing. Install the two above regardless.10

The app can be in English. The menu is another matter

A translated app shell does not guarantee a translated order. Restaurant-written dish names, portion sizes and notes can stay in Turkish, and some current reviews say screens ignore the English language advertised in the store. Test the first menu before investing time in signup.89

Published partner counts do not settle which app has more restaurants at your address. Both platforms use different definitions and report figures from different years. Put your address into both and compare what comes back.

Paying cash at the door, in practice

Where the checkout offers it, choose cash before you finish the order rather than hoping to switch later. The option disappears on some baskets and some addresses.13

Then have small notes ready. A courier carrying a hot bag at the door is not a cash desk, and a large note can turn a two-minute handover into a negotiation.13

The courier may call, often in Turkish

Travelers report couriers phoning rather than messaging, and usually only once they're already outside. If your Turkish stops at teşekkürler, that call is where the order goes wrong.14

Two things fix it. Get someone at the property to take the call if there is anyone to ask, and be at the entrance from the moment the app says the order has left. Apartment gates, side entrances and hotel back doors are where food goes cold.

• Pin the building entrance, not the rooftop bar or the block.
• In-app prices and menus can differ from the restaurant's own.

Beer and rakı are a separate errand

None of these apps will bring you a drink. Turkish law bans retail alcohol sales between 22:00 and 06:00, and separately bans selling alcohol to consumers by post or remote order at any hour.42

Bars and restaurants are exempt from that curfew, so late in the evening you drink out rather than in. If you want something with dinner at the apartment, buy it from a licensed shop before ten and count it as a separate trip.5