Ribald Classic: The Baker Of Yesilköy
July, 1979
In the days of Suleiman the Magnificent, in the small caza of Yesilköy near the vilayet of Constantinople, there lived one Hajji Selim, who twice daily supplied his fellow villagers with ekmek, the heavy, coarse, flat loaves of bread. His younger brother Turhan plied the family trade in the kitchens of the sultan's Janizary guard about 30 versts away.Hajji Selim was a strong, well-favored man, but he had no children, a matter that saddened him greatly.He had tried mightily with two wives, now de...
