Getting the right gift can be difficult after you’ve visited Turkey. You visited for the beaches, or for the history, or for the food or for the hospitality. But now you’ve got to get presents for all your loved ones back home! And, if you’re anything like the average traveler, you don’t have room to bring back 20 iznik ceramic plates (and/or you’re concerned you might break them somewhere along the way) or dozens of Turkish rugs, however breathtaking they may be!
Well, we’re here to help, here are 10 amazing presents you can get only in Turkey that are truly local, truly represent your trip, and are available at just about every major grocery store near you!
Everyone in the world loves sweetened hazelnut cocoa spreads. You might even know that a large percentage of such commercial spread’s hazelnuts come from Turkey, and that Turkey has the best hazelnuts in the world. However, did you know that a completely standard product you’ll find all over Turkey is hazelnut butter, which is essentially these commercial varieties only without any of the additives, and with WAY more hazelnuts!
Standard commercial spreads have around 13% hazelnuts and the rest is mostly chemicals. Turkish hazelnut butter is upwards of 80% hazelnuts (and the rest is largely sugar