BREAKING NEWS.... Even though I thought it was physically impossible, I found a pastane (pastry shop) in Istanbul that makes sugar-free Turkish delight (lokum) and sugar-free baklava! The prices are comparable to the regular stuff, and the baklava is quite delicious. The syrup is a bit less sweet, which is not a bad thing. In fact, a friend told me she'd almost prefer the sugarless version because it's not so toothachingly sweet. The lokum is a bit strange, particularly in that it's covered in something that resembles powdered sugar but can't be. It tastes a lot like a flavor of Turkish delight, albeit more bland.
And, in case you are interested, the old name for a diabetic in Turkish şeker hastalığı (literally sugar sickness), but now it is diabetik. I hope that I'll be able to handle such a difficult foreign word.
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