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Eight Turkish Foods to Try Before You Die

Eight Turkish Foods to Try Before You Die

One of the great joys of any trip to Turkey is, of course, Turkish food. And, as the Ottoman Empire stretched across swathes of Europe, Asia and the Middle East at its peak, many of the flavours may well be familiar to you from elsewhere. 

Lokum: Pure Delight

Lokum: Pure Delight

In The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, Edmund is tempted to the dark side with the aid of a bowl of Turkish Delight — just the plain ole rose-flavoured, sugar-coated variant. In Bulgaria, part of the Turkish Ottoman Empire for over five centuries, they