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    Oct 16, 2024 2 minutes

    I’ve just returned from the Oldie trip to Istanbul, Troy and Gallipoli.

    Banish from your minds (and palates) any idylls about Suleyman’s banquets or Agamemnon slaying 56 oxen.

    It’s the Age of Erdoğan, which gastronomically translates as the age of the meatball and excessively expensive wine. Around £65 for the cheapest wines on the list

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