Bathing with strangers: what to expect at a Turkish hammam
by Melanie Renzulli (RSS feed) on Sep 27th 2011 at 11:00AM
In Turkey, one of the quickest ways to break the ice is to get naked in a room full of strangers. I'm talking, of course, about visiting the hammam. The hammam, or Turkish bath, has been around since the ancient Romans ruled much of Anatolia, and flourished during the Ottoman Empire, when baths were built in almost every city to address both public hygiene as well as provide a place for socializing.
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