Type some variation of ‘balloons’ and ‘Turkey’ into TikTok and you’ll conjure thousands of clips of Cappadocia.
You know the ones I mean: hundreds of brightly coloured hot air balloons fill up the sky, floating above rugged extraterrestrial landscape.
The clips are so perfect, they could be AI generated — with comments calling it a ‘masterpiece’ and ‘legendary’. Naturally, I was a little suspicious.
Who amongst us hasn’t been burned by a TikTok recommendation. The bakeries with queues around the block, which charge £9 for a soggy cronut; ‘simple’ recipes for dishes that end up going straight in the bin.
And so I headed…
