Iyi Bayramlar! Happy Sugar Festival in Turkey!

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Today marks the end of Ramadan, the 30 day fasting period in the Muslim calendar, during which Muslims refrain from consuming food and drink between sunrise and sunset.

Seker Bayrami, the sugar festival, is the 3 day festival following Ramadan, which focuses on all things sweet. Baklava, Turkish Delight, boiled sweets, the works! Sweet shops are open around the clock, all shops and hotels offer their guests and visitors chocolate or sweets, basically, everyone is buzzing around Turkey on a sugar high!

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