What food did the ancient Turkish people eat?

Answer 1

It depends what you meant by "Ancient Turkish people".

If you are referring to the people endemic to the Anatolian peninsula, such as the Lydians, the Hittites, and numerous other tribes that lived in that area there is a certain group of foods that they ate. Dominant among them were grapes, olive products, vegetables and fruits when possible, goat and sheep cheeses, wheat, barley, and chicken and lamb if they were wealthy.

If you are referring to the Turks themselves, who would later conquer Anatolia in the Middle Ages and were living in Transcaucasia (Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan) during this period, the foodstuffs were quite different. There was a much heavier stress on dairy and meat, such as koumis (fermented milk). However, there were several grains such as wheat, barley, and rice. Fruits were almost non-present and vegetables were exceedingly rare.