Kitchen and Floor

Murat Yalçıner

Owner

Captain Hüsnü's son, he spent his childhood hauling nets at the pier. He has run Yalıçapa since 1998 and greets guests in the dining room every evening.

Serkan Doğruel

Head Chef

Born in Rize, he has been in the Yalıçapa kitchen since 2004 and writes the menu that brings together Black Sea fish and the classic Bosphorus meze tradition.

Selin Yalçıner

Purchasing and Quality

A fisheries engineer, she does the buying at the pier every morning, checks catch documents and the cold chain, and writes the board.

Nermin Akdoğan

Meze Chef

Twenty years at the meze counters of Bosphorus restaurants; the lakerda, fava and seasonal greens you eat are made by her.