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The omnipresent nazar (evil eye) hangs from the entrance to ward off bad energy

Turkey in a nutshell

A reminder of Troy

Don

A group of musicians play Sufi music to warm up the dervishes

A whirling dervish doing what they do best - whirling

The Dick Dale of electric bağlamas lays down some traditional licks

Pop singer Ferhat Atli gets the audience to their feet

The mehter Ottoman Marching Band from Istanbul heads for Sultan

The sultan awaits the musical procession

The Buddy Rich of Ottoman mehterân drummers entertains the sultan

Food and crafts abound at the Bazaar

An artists hand-paints ceramic tile

Hand made Seljuk ceramics using the same technique as building tiles

Abdulhamid Ozcan from the city of Mardin practices the ancient art of copper carving

A Mardin stonecutter at work

Replicas of ancient clay pitchers from Hacilar

A not-quite to scale replica of Istanbul

Replica of the Fountain of Ahmet III, where at the festival the lemonade flowed like water

Sureyya Gokeri leads a demonstration on preparing Ali Nazik, an eggplant and ground beef dish

Grab a spoonful of Ali Nazik

Pickled black walnuts in syrup

A chef from the city of Hatay prepares künefe

The sweet, crispy and gooey künefe

Preparing small batches of künefe by hand

Khishnah künefe, a variety with fine threads of pastry

Lokma (yeast fritters) cooking with the dough in the foreground

A brackish sugar-based syrup to coat the lokma and künefe

Sticky lokma ready to eat

Cheese-filled Bosnian börek

Açma, the Turkish version of the bagel

Güllaç, a sweet and creamy pastry

Roasted chickpea snacks (leblebisi) from the city of Corum

A chickpea roaster

Roasted meat-stuffed eggplant (karnıyarık)

Kasarli tavuk köfte (skewered ground chicken meatballs) in a sandwich

Women preparing the tortilla-like pastry by hand for gözleme

Freshly made mantı (Turkish ravioli)

Mantı with yogurt and garlic sauce, mint and sumac

PrepaPreparing a tantuni, the Turkish version of a burrito

Biting into a savory beef tantuni

Erol Kozoglu teases his patrons with dondurma (Maraş sticky ice-cream)

The busy and communal Ottoman Coffeehouse

Preparing individual batches of türk kahvesi (Turkish coffee)

Industrial-strength Turkish coffee

Time to leave as the sultan bids you güle güle