Calis Beach and Fethiye Turkey Discussion Forum
Calis Beach Forum => Expat & Property Owners Q and A Forum => Topic started by: chris35 on August 07, 2013, 17:30:09 PM
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We are thinking of taking some bacon, sausages etc. in our hold luggage when we are next over. Are there any restrictions on food you can take. Cheers Folks. :-\
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It's against the law in Turkey to bring in bacon and sausages. There is no need there are Pork Shops in Calis and Fethiye that sell Danish Bacon and Sausages. There is also an English guy in Calis who makes sausages and will deliver. ;)
I have read recently of cases being opened at Dalaman. If you are found with any banned food, you could be in trouble. :(
Anyway my train of thought is. Why take food when you can get it in Turkey and one packet of bacon and a lb of sausages equals two pairs of shoes. :D ;)
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I used to bring it in,but find now that the pork shops Sausages are fine and the bacon is thicker than UK and not so much water inside.Yes it is a bit dearer,but think it,s well worth the extra.Totally agree much better things to use luggage allowance on lol :)
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We used to put a suitcase in another suitcase when we travelled to the UK on holiday - then come back with a suitcase now full of bacon, sausages and cheese etc :)
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The sausages from the pork shop are poor quality but the bacon is good, I usuaslly freeze a couple of packs of good quality sausage and use these for ice packs, then cook therm when I get home and freeze them. I use them to keep cheese bacon etc cool in my case.
Mark
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we always take over bacon,sausage,black pud,cheese,crackers.
and after paying a lot for lambs liver last time out, i will bring that next time
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We always take mature cheddar cheese for us and our friends who live in Turkey, and lots of sachets of salad cream and mayonnaise and sauces. Other than that as already been said you can buy perfectly good bacon in Turkey, not sure about sausages, haven't eaten a decent one in any of the Turkish places!
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I have looked at many official sites and can not find any where that states you can not bring in Bacon or sausages. we have over the years purchased at Cash and Carry Bacon for charity and friends businesses, it is in the hold luggage, get on the plane and Gatwick and no one care at the Turkish airport, no monetary gain for them obviously.
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It is illegal to take any dairy or meat products into Turkey and I have read recently on T.A. of people having suitcases opened at customs, which I have never heard of before, however, I am sure it's not just tourist who read these Forums on which lots of people are saying they bring in meat and cheese.
This website seems to make it clear what is illegal to bring in.
http://turkey.visahq.com/customs/
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The import of meat and dairy products is banned by several countries including the UK and Turkey.
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Not disputing anything that Jackie has said - but we always bring in cheese, ham, bacon & even beef mince. I also know of people who bring whole suitcases of cheese & bacon into Dalaman without any problems.
Tracey
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So far !
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Hehehe! When I lived in the States I used to bring my husband back a chicken biryani and veg curry when I went to UK without him. Didn't get caught but there were some scary moments in O'Hare airport. Not sure I'd bother if you can buy them there though. Pork shops and the sausage man of Kargi seem to have it covered. ;D
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Came with my mam this year who brought 6kg bacon and 6kg sausage,all frozen in her case !
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we always take sausage bacon cheese and ham in our suitcases. yes you can get bacon in turkey, but it is usually frozen and IMO poorer quality that I buy at home and pork products deteriorate when frozen. we have not had a problem, but we also take 15 Tog duvets so we will be comfy when languishing in a Turkish jail accused of sausage smuggling. ;D
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I have just got all my bacon, cheese & ham chilling in the fridge ready for my case tomorrow. ;)
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Back in court in the morning Paul?
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We always take extra mature cheddar, bacon and sausage, I'm a fussy bugger and only eat "proper" sausages, with very high meat content, these you can't get in Calis; but even so it adds to the excitement of the holiday feeling like a bad girl smuggler ( I need to get out more!).
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Back in court in the morning Paul?
:D
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There is a man selling sausages in Calis and they are very very good..
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Food in suitcases,whatever next ;) ;)
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I am one of the few people I have heard of who have been stopped and had their cases searched at Dalaman. I was the only one flying transit via Istanbul (so as things turned out absolutely everyone else on my flight was on a domestic IST - DLM flight). At Dalaman they would split transit and domestic passengers and yes I was the only travelling person in international arrivals that night.
I was returning from an exhibition with a case brimming with treasures - ham, cheese, bacon, sausages etc. Obviously the customs guy was bored rigid so decided to come and see what my story was.
Even worse, my tasty treats were packed around a DVD/VHS combo (another story) I had bought in the UK. He searched the case, moving clothes to reveal huge catering packs of bacon. He moved bacon to reveal a DVD player, all shiny new. He looked up at me with a very stern expression indeed. "You...teacher in Turkey?", I said no, I'm not a teacher. "Yes, you teacher".
Then he gestured me to put everything back in the suitcase and walked off.
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Aw. . . they sometimes have a heart!
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Looks like most people take food without a problem, so that's bacon,sausages,cheese,corned beef,spam,cooked ham and beef to go, and "Midnight Express" on the iPad to watch on the flight over.
"SORTED"
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I hope your bacon-filled cases are not lost in transit. If they have been tucked away in some neglected corner of Dalaman Airport tarmac for a week in August customs wouldn't need to see it to find it.
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Can I ask why do you brıng all thıs food in. Can you not manage a holiday without it or is it a game to see ıf you can it passed customs. My neıghbours brıng everythıng out wıth them ıncludıng pot noodles and boxes of wine.
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I hope your bacon-filled cases are not lost in transit. If they have been tucked away in some neglected corner of Dalaman Airport tarmac for a week in August customs wouldn't need to see it to find it.
We only brought the vacuum packed bacon, for that very reason :)
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Can I ask why do you brıng all thıs food in. Can you not manage a holiday without it or is it a game to see ıf you can it passed customs. My neıghbours brıng everythıng out wıth them ıncludıng pot noodles and boxes of wine.
3lt very nice wine = £14 in duty free. 750ml Turkish "dog killer" = 20 TL. No idea on why people would bring Pot Noodles on holiday though. Or eat them at all :D
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The Pork Shops sell all the British Food Stuffs, including tins of corned beef. Also the Danish Bacon can be bought fresh not frozen and is very good.
I am really at a loss to understand why people come on holiday for a couple of weeks and need to bring food with them. I can understand the expats missing some of the cheese etc., they get at home.
We always make a bee line for the market and get yoghurts, cheese, eggs, fruit vegetables, chicken etc.,
I would not dream of taking up room in my suitcase or my husbands (which I also use) to bring over food.
I also think that under the current government in Turkey, if a Brit was caught with food in their suitcase they could be made an example of as someone committing a crime.
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Can I ask why do you brıng all thıs food in. Can you not manage a holiday without it or is it a game to see ıf you can it passed customs. My neıghbours brıng everythıng out wıth them ıncludıng pot noodles and boxes of wine.
3lt very nice wine = £14 in duty free. 750ml Turkish "dog killer" = 20 TL. No idea on why people would bring Pot Noodles on holiday though. Or eat them at all :D
I have had the odd pot noodle....However I always feel like I need a bath after eating them.
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I am really at a loss to understand why people come on holiday for a couple of weeks and need to bring food with them.
I would say a significant percentage of bacon, sausages etc coming in through Dalaman in suitcases is brought for the restaurants, so they can supply their full English breakfasts.
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Yes agree Mr Scunner. Also most of the tea bags (Tetley etc) end up there too.
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Also most of the tea bags (Tetley etc) end up there too.
Or at Tinkerman's. ;)
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jacqui each to their own, what they want to put in their suitcases . ???
we like a lot of barbies when we are on holiday :D,so we bring over the best sausages,that are handmade by my local butcher. etc etc ;D
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I personally cant see any reason why anyone needs to bring much into Turkey by way of clothes and shoes, about half of the everyday clothing in the UK shops say Made in Turkey on the label. Unless you have to bring your designer wardrobe along, you might as well support the Turkish economy and buy it there. In many cases its much cheaper, unless you shop in Primark!!
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I personally cant see any reason why anyone needs to bring much into Turkey by way of clothes and shoes, about half of the everyday clothing in the UK shops say Made in Turkey on the label. Unless you have to bring your designer wardrobe along, you might as well support the Turkish economy and buy it there. In many cases its much cheaper, unless you shop in Primark!!
Don't kid yourself echogirl. It is cheaper to buy your holiday clothes in asda or matelan. Also if a lady is larger than average (I like to say voluptuous ;)) it is hard to get anything to fit.
The markets now charge ridiculous prices for T shirts that are knackered after one wash, and linen trousers fall apart after a few wears.
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In many cases its much cheaper, unless you shop in Primark!!
We've found that lately, in many cases, it's far more expensive to buy 'everyday clothing' in Turkey than in the UK. Even the stuff with "Made In Turkey" labels.
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Yes, we agree with mary62 and KKOB - prices cheaper and quality often much higher. Some Tesco/Asda George stuff is excellent, and much of the Turkish market clothing is expensive and come with a one night neck :D
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Cheap clothes in Turkey? Blimey, that's a blast from the past. Must stop flying Easyjet and book up with Tardis.
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I get your drift, Echogirl, & see where you're coming from, well said. ;)
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So, no need to bring food, drink or clothes. Is there any point in having even hand baggage :D
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The one thing I find difficult to buy in Turkey is clothes. I just don't like any of the women's stuff they have in the shops. It's very gaudy and also lots of it is made from cheap material. I have bought two dresses from Defacto and also one dress in that lovely shop at the seafront in Kalkan that sell all the cheesecloth floaty dresses. That's it... Since 2005 the sum total of my clothing buys. :(
Also, if it was possible to buy in the shops locally around Fethiye, all us ladies would be walking around in the same things. :o : :)
I have spoken to a few of the lady ex-pats who told me they go to Istanbul to shop for clothes as that's where all the well know shops we have in the U.K. are.
So, I will still be coming over with my suitcase full of clothes and shoes and even if I wanted to, there would be no room for food. ;D ;)
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Well my comments provoked a lively discussion, especially as I usually bring at least twice as many clothes, shoes and bags as I'll ever need. Would like to make one point Scunner, I never mentioned anything about not bringing drink into Turkey. 2 bottles of Smirnoff vodka for £20.00 on the plane, and as you say a box of decent wine at the airport, and the holiday starts here !! ;)
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same as you Keith flew in on the Istanbul -Dalaman shuttle. "please open"after pushing aside a few clothes came across the goodies,"ah jambon very nice,English Cheese very nice, any cigarettes" no said I."OK no problem close please"
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Would like to make one point Scunner, I never mentioned anything about not bringing drink into Turkey. 2 bottles of Smirnoff vodka for £20.00 on the plane, and as you say a box of decent wine at the airport, and the holiday starts here !! ;)
I'm with you all the way echs - my holiday starts at the airport and my shopping list would be similar to yours. I mentioned drink in reference to Jacqui's comment about her neighbours bringing wine :)
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Go to KIPA and you can buy identical T shirt etc. to those on sale in Tesco in Solihull. Prices are similar. I bought a T shirt last week in Calis KIPA for 28TL. £10 in Tesco.
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UK is cheaper, website 5pound for everything, definitely throwaway clothes, rip them ruin them does'nt matter. I travel light, the clothes out in the villa have done me for 2or 3 summers, so what, Calis is not a fashion parade, nothing really special to dress for is there? and who notices. I get comments from friends "nice Dress" I bite my tongue, thinking you said that 2 summers ago ;D
I have been through my wardrobe in UK, Asda M&S Tesco, Evans, and many of the items 'Made in Turkey'; me being the skinflint that I am did not pay any more than £10 for any item, and that is pushing the boat out.
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By the way Scunner my name is Sheila, I called myself Echogirl after my address, but as I am now moving its lost all relevance. :)
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I didn't think your real name was echogirl, Shiela :)
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Also, if it was possible to buy in the shops locally around Fethiye, all us ladies would be walking around in the same things. :o : :)
I have spoken to a few of the lady ex-pats who told me they go to Istanbul to shop for clothes as that's where all the well know shops we have in the U.K. are.
So instead of all the ladies walking around in the same Turkish clothes, they are all walking around with the same M&S stuff ;)
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Never had any problem with the dresses, t-shirts, t-towels, shoes etc. I have bought in Turkey, my friend purchased 2 dresses in a shop on the prom. last year and is very happy with them. By the
way its SHEILA not Shiela :) :)
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Most of the food, bacon, sausage, extra mature cheddar, we bring over for friends who live there all year round, we can manage 2 weeks without anything "English", and eat mostly Turkish whilst there. But in saying this there is one thing that should be said...........it's each to his own, and it's personal choice and nobody else's business what each if us do, it is so easy on here for some "out spoken" members to push their ideals on the rest of us, well guess what? Do we care? No we don't!!!!!
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Personally I am strictly a "SPORTS DIRECT GUY", best value clothes on the planet. I am the guy who always wears "Slazenger T shirts and Lonsdale shorts", but what the F**ks that got to do with bringing bacon over in mi case ?? ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Personally I am strictly a "SPORTS DIRECT GUY", best value clothes on the planet. I am the guy who always wears "Slazenger T shirts and Lonsdale shorts", but what the F**ks that got to do with bringing bacon over in mi case ?? ;D ;D ;D ;D
Chill out Chris.
You asked the question about taking food items into Turkey, to which you have been given advice/ experiences. Some people choose not to bring food over to turkey saying that they want to bring their luggage weight in clothes, whilst others prefer to use some of their allowances to bring in some 'can't do without' items.
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Personally I am strictly a "SPORTS DIRECT GUY", best value clothes on the planet. I am the guy who always wears "Slazenger T shirts and Lonsdale shorts", but what the F**ks that got to do with bringing bacon over in mi case ?? ;D ;D ;D ;D
Chill out Chris.
You asked the question about taking food items into Turkey, to which you have been given advice/ experiences. Some people choose not to bring food over to turkey saying that they want to bring their luggage weight in clothes, whilst others prefer to use some of their allowances to bring in some 'can't do without' items.
Sorry Mary62, I am one of the most chilled out people you could meet, but I also have a bit of a wicked sense of humour, like a few others on here.
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There's nothing wrong with Slazenger T shirts by the way!
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I'm a
Andy Murray Ferd Perry man myself ;)
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Fred's brother
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Isn't Andy Murray's brother called Jamie :)
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Back on track, our former UK neighbours would take sausages, bacon, mushrooms, tomatoes, bread & even eggs on holiday abroad so that he could have a 'full English' breakfast every day, because in his words "they don't make it the same and it don't taste right". 8)
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Back off track again:
There's nothing wrong with Slazenger T shirts by the way!
Your right,they make great toilet rolls! :)
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Just bought our first lot of black pudding from The Pork Shop since our return to Fethiye. Was looking forward to a nice full english brekkie today but was really disappointed with the black pudding, it is different to what we have had in the past, very dry and a bit tasteless.
I think we are spoilt as we were up in Scotland a couple of weeks before our return, bought some real black pudding from Stornoway - yum yum.
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Gordon buys Scottish black pudding from cash and carry before we come here, 1.5Kg £2.59 We brought one for Lance, he is still posting so it has keeled him over, personally I can't abide the stuff.
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Loz & I have just had a wonderful, very late, breakfast of Best Back Bacon, (3 rashers each) 2 expertly fried eggs, & I thoroughly enjoyed mine, (along with 2 slices of lovely SCOTTISH Black Pudding), Mmmmmmmmmmmmm !! :P
All cooked by my own fair hand, too hot to let The Memsahib cook !! 8) :angel: :angel:
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The Memsahib deserves a day off :) ;)
£2.59 is very cheap, who are the makers? My friend works at Costco so maybe they have it there. Stornoway black pudding is £8 for 1.3 kg roll.
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It is Booker.co.uk, it could be Booker Basics or Chef's Larder, we haven't got our account details with us to check but I was wrong on the price it was £1.59 on offer after promotion it will rise to £2.59
Booker and Makro are now merged companies
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Thanks for the info Loz.
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Personally, I couldn't care less, even if it came from the shop of Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber, it's a lovely bit of black pudding !! :P :P
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And to further support my learned friend Gordy, people who don't like black pudding are all wrong.
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we arrived sunday and bought over 3 pkts of the black pud delicious
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What is worth bringing back from Turkey now? I used to buy all sorts of things when I first visited in the 90:s.
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handbags
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we arrived sunday and bought over 3 pkts of the black pud delicious
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mmmmm.......love black pudding with scrambled eggs and toast....delicious ;)
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When I flew from Istanbul to Edinburgh last Monday, they made an announcement on the flight that dairy products and meat products were not allowed into the UK from abroad and anyone with these products should discard them on arrival. I had never heard this announcement before.
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Not surprising as it's not just Brits who read websites telling what is being imported/exported in suitcases.
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Flying back to the UK it is common that no meat or dairy products are allowed, they have meat and dairy product sniffer dogs, as one of our friends found out trying to take a Turkish sausage back for his Turkish son-in-law, poor chap nearly had a fit thinking that the dog was staring him out for drugs ;D
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One for the guys. Ok, you've smuggled bacon,sausage,black pudding(my personal favourite by the way),cheese & wine. Is there any pirate out there that smuggles in a decent pint,can or bottle of bitter !!! You can always get a half passable fry-up in Calis, if that's what you want, but a pint of bitter, no chance !!! I crave for that more than miss a fry-up.
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The nearest you will get is tins worthington smooth draught guiness maybe ,i did hear about someone making homebrew and selling it not tried it yet.
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Costco sell it cheaply, I always take across for Lee and Mischka
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i will be bringing my own wine in my suitcase the price of it in turkey is horrendous
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Don't waste your luggage allowance. We bought three bottles at the Duty Free. Buy two get one free. It's one we have had before and we thought it was a bargain.
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i will be bringing my own wine in my suitcase the price of it in turkey is horrendous
We pay 16 lira for a lovely 3 litre bottle of red from our local little shop in Gunlukbasi, and its very palatable wine indeed, cant remember what its called, but it has a plain plum coloured label, I am sure someone will tell us the name.