Çiy Teras

About Çiy Teras

Çiy Teras is the current home of Çiy, a restaurant founded in 2018 by chef Damla Uğurtaş, now serving modern Aegean cooking from a terrace in Selçuk town, in the shadow of the historic Basilica of St John and Selçuk (Ayasuluk) Castle. Its website promises sunset views over the castle and the basilica with dinner. The name means dew. As Uğurtaş told Hürriyet food writer Adnan Kaya, she chose it to stress nature's cycle: a kitchen that nourishes nature while being nourished by it, building refined plates around what the season and the local market offer and working towards zero waste. Çiy began in 2018 at Döltenaltı near Gökçealan (Burgaz) village, outside Selçuk, where Uğurtaş had earlier led the kitchen at 7 Bilgeler, and in 2023 it moved to a village plot with guest rooms at Caferli, between Kuşadası and Söke. Today the restaurant operates as Çiy Teras in central Selçuk. On the menu - Modern Aegean meze, handmade pastas and slow-cooked meats, using traditional Aegean wild greens, fresh seafood and seasonal local produce - Signature cocktails made with fresh fruit purées and house herbal syrups - A wine list drawn from boutique Aegean producers alongside international bottles Tables can be booked through the website, by phone on +90 549 640 04 01 or on WhatsApp; the online booking form offers times from 12:00 to 22:00. Çiy Teras is an easy walk from the Basilica of St John, and Ephesus and the House of the Virgin Mary are a short drive away.