Do many Turks eat pork?

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sultan.murat

Not too many but yes. There are pig farms in Turkey and in some grocery stores like Migros or Carrefour they sell sandwich meat that contains pork. A lot of Muslims don't even bother turning around the package and read the contents, since they think they live in Turkey and therefore no reason to suspect that.

Earthling

No, there are not many people who eat pork in Turkey, and yes it's allowed in Turkey.

mete

I my self have never eaten pork, and dont plan to because its against my religion

PS pork is FORBIDDEN in islam you cant eat it if you wish to

but not every one in turkey is muslim so there is a pork market

Qu'est ce que tu pense?

In the US, it's hard not to eat pork. American food companies always somehow try to slip some pork into any meat, so it's hard for the Jews and Muslims to avoid it. In Turkey, it's much easier though. If a Muslim Turk were that devote, they would not eat pork. Yet, eating pork shouldn't have you feel less religious than somebody who does not. In my opinion, I think it's just a silly regulation that is practiced by the devote Muslims who are terribly afraid of God's wrath.

Drake & Josh

Unlike anybody here I'm muslim and I eat pork.it's so tasty

єуℓüℓ

firstly not every turk is muslim
second people who are muslim can eat pork if they wish to
but generally we are told that we shouldn't eat :P
so not many people eat pork.

Don't ask me I'm a vegetarian.
I don't eat animals I feed them. :)

genç türk

Some do actually. I don't prefer because it is a meat of the lowest quality, harmful for your health and has lots of parasites.

Mehmet K

No, Generally Turks dont eat pork....

And Turks not only afroid from God (we say Allah in Turkish) but also love Allah like Mevlana.

Totally Blunt

It isn't sold widely like in Christian countries. You can find pork products in big supermarkets only, if you can.

As for how many, well. We didn't count. In my opinion we try it out of curiousity and find out that it isn't as good as veal. At least that's what I think.

.:::Niko:::.

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Trotsky vs Kerensky- НекIо!

So this questions was busying your mind for a while huh? What an intriguing question...

Of course the majority of Turks don't eat pork, at least the ones who call themselves "Muslim". But you can find it in superstores. Frankly even if I were not a Muslim I wouldn't be dying to eat pork. It is cheap and unhealthy. I ate it once -by accident- and it really didn't taste nice.

P.S

Ancient Turks, who were not Muslims- did not eat pork.

the catastrophist

i could make a fair size bag of a pork scratchings out of you. how 'bout that huh

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Do Germans fast during the Ramadan month and go to the Mecqua?...
Do Israelis buy a pine tree for Christmas ang go to the church every sunday ?

~ Noora ~

I guess they eat it as they are sooooo european and liberated :) They usually sacrifice their religion on the altar of the future eu membership and wordly things. I don't say all, but the rest of them, unfortunately..

arch0049

When I was in Istanbul, I did not see pork on any of the menus. I assume the hotdog venders were serving beef or poultry franks. Though I did not ask. I would say Turks, mostly being Muslim, are very observant about staying away from pork, alcohol on the otherhand, not so much...

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i ate bacon and black pudding once. just to taste. i liked bacon but i did not like black pudding ( its like pigs blood yuk!) but no i dont eat any pork product. its a nasty unhealthy meat and not really tasty

ipek

I dont eat pork. I love my religion and I try to do my best.Dont you follow your religion's rules?

? ? ? I. A. ? ? ?

What kind of provocation is that ?

This meat is forbidden for Muslims and for Jews

The Christian Turks eat it, of course, but as this population is only 1% of the turkish demography, there are just a few m:arkets in Istanbul that sell this meat ( and it's logically much more expensive than in Europe).

The Muslims have the "legal" right to eat any meat they want ( we are not in Saudi Arabia), but even the non-practicant Muslims won't eat it, for cultural reasons. Eating pork is a "violation" of turkish identity, in my opinion...

çetin

I protest Y/A for double standart against Travel/Türkiye section.

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