A cheap lunch menu near the centre.
What ChatGPT and Gemini answered when asked this in Istanbul on 2026-11-04, with web search on. Below are the places named, who named each one, and the direct link where the place has one.
| Place | Named by | Direct link |
|---|---|---|
| Sirkeci Balkan Lokantası | ChatGPT with its own site Gemini by name | sirkecibalkanlokantasi.com.tr |
| Kanaat Lokantası | Gemini with its own site | kanaatlokantasi.com.tr |
| Meşhur Sultanahmet Köftecisi | ChatGPT with its own site | sultanahmet-koftecisi.com |
| Sultanahmet Kent Lokantası | ChatGPT with its own site | ibb.istanbul |
| Tarihi Sultanahmet Köftecisi Selim Usta | Gemini with its own site | sultanahmetkoftesi.com |
How this is read
Each assistant was asked each question once, with web search on, for up to three places and the link to each one's own website. Names are read from the answer and matched against the index. Any link between one name and the next belongs to that place. "With its own site" means the assistant linked the place's own website. "Through a marketplace" or "a directory" means it linked a listing instead, and "by name" means it gave no link. The direct links come from the Direct Index's own scan of the place's site. The assistant didn't supply them.
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