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There is an excellent genuine Turkish restaurant near my hotel called Turquaz which was fabulous.\u00a0 Red Lentil soup was the big hit, then Baba ganoosh,\u00a0 then Adana kebab which is lamb on rice, and then the wonderful dessert kunefe.<\/p>\n

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