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Wednesday, March 22, 2006

IOL: Turkish wine industry on the up and up

"Turkish wine industry on the up and up

March 22 2006 at 09:02AM

By Gareth Jones

Uyurca, Turkey - When the Ozbek family began planting vines, their neighbours told them they were committing a mortal sin and would face divine retribution.

'They said it was wrong, against Islam, to produce wine. They said our soil would dry up and it would no longer rain or snow. But that was more than 10 years ago,' said Cengiz Ozbek."

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