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To taste authentic food, grab a seat at a meyhane, a traditional Turkish restaurant, where you’ll be offered a flavoursome meze paired with raki, Turkish spirit made from grapes and aniseed.

There are the classic Istanbul meyhanes (taverns) serving meze and raki, the national licorice-flavored spirit made from the anise plant and mixed with water and ice. When the two liquids make ...

Night falls, and the meyhanes (taverns) come to life. Join the locals for a slow meal of raki, meze, and conversation. The Bosphorus still moves in the background, but for now, you’re exactly where ...

Since the beginning of 2025, more than 160 people have died from poisoning after drinking bootleg alcohol in Turkey. How did going out for a drink become so dangerous ...