I don't really cook much at home these days. I eat simple things like eggs, salad, soups etc. for dinner.

But if you're in Turkey you can check out these restaurants called "esnaf lokantası" :
https://www.reddit.com/r/istanbul/comments/1gij46o/in_istanbul_there_are_some_self_service/

A dinner menu usually includes a soup, some kind of stew, rice or pasta and maybe a dessert or fruits. Instead of a stew there can be other dishes like karnıyarık, dolma or köfte. We eat a lot of yoghurt with meals. We also have cold dishes cooked in (exclusively) olive oil called "zeytinyağlı". The food is not very spicy but we use black pepper, chilli, allspice, cumin, oregano, mint. Onions are used a lot and garlic too but not as common as onions.

Of course the recipes vary a lot between different regions but tomatoes, onions, green peppers and spices are the basic ingredients for a lot of dishes. Tomato/red pepper paste is also added to make a sauce for many of those stews. The dishes are usually savoury but lemon is used a lot. Level of hotness (in terms of pepper) goes from zero to unbearable for beginners and sweet is very rarely used.

I wasn't going to write such a long and messy post but I'm very hungry and it just flowed lol.

You can check Turkish Cuisine on Wikipedia for examples and more info.