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With only 15-25 cm of snow well below the seasonal average, the occupancy rate of Turkey's many premier ski resorts has dropped considerably, reported local media.The slopes of Kartalkaya in the northwestern Bolu province, usually a popular .
over 1,000 years. a meat called pastirma, which is this dried beef, a speciality only found in this region. and it s still prepared here the old fashioned way. pastirma is as important to this area as parma ham is to italy, and it s mount erciyes, which towers over the city, that creates the perfect climate to cure the meat. i can t wait to taste it for the first time. hello, how are you? lovely to meet you, i m nick, how are you? taking me behind the scenes is hulya, whose granddad started this factory back in the 50s. and the way they prepare pastirma here is still true to tradition. vegetarians, you may want to look away. this is the first stage of the process where they put loads of salt onto the beef. and this is an entire bath of beef. the salt kills the bacteria