Butterfly, it all boils down to whether the government want to sell pork or not.
It's readily available in Duba, Abu Dhabi, Bahrain etc in specific stores and is well marked as (non muslims only).
In Turkey (a secular state) pork has only appeared on the supermarket shelves within the last 6 months. We have not seen any so far in the large supermarket chains Carrefoure or KIPA (Tesco).
Maybe the powers that be are still deciding who is going to "sponsor" it?
If I remember rightly, Spinnys operated the supermarket in "The Center" in the early late 80's or early 90's on condition that they would be allowed to sell pork. That permission was never granted and they (Spinneys) pulled out of The Center.
I also remember bacon flavoured crisps being imported in the mixed flavour packs. They had to be removed before sale and were offered "under the counter" to regular and known customers at Christmas.
Butterfly, it all boils down to whether the government want to sell pork or not.
It's readily available in Duba, Abu Dhabi, Bahrain etc in specific stores and is well marked as (non muslims only).
In Turkey (a secular state) pork has only appeared on the supermarket shelves within the last 6 months. We have not seen any so far in the large supermarket chains Carrefoure or KIPA (Tesco).
Maybe the powers that be are still deciding who is going to "sponsor" it?
If I remember rightly, Spinnys operated the supermarket in "The Center" in the early late 80's or early 90's on condition that they would be allowed to sell pork. That permission was never granted and they (Spinneys) pulled out of The Center.
I also remember bacon flavoured crisps being imported in the mixed flavour packs. They had to be removed before sale and were offered "under the counter" to regular and known customers at Christmas.