It seems that Turkish barber shops are popular in Scotland!
Turkish barber shops!
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Ah, the well known Turkish barbering practice of Tribal Design! Good to see the auld ways alive and thriving! 
Gle snog!
But I thought Oban was better known for whisky.
O.H.
But I thought Oban was better known for whisky.
O.H.
Has anyone tried one of these shops in Turkey? What was the experience?
You remind me about who I can’t wait to start traveling again!! 
Nope, but I will be in Turkey for a day in May. I plan to disembark the ship sporting at least a couple days growth and immediately find a good barbershop!
McCaig is a Turkish name? You learn something new every day.It seems that Turkish barber shops are popular in Scotland!
I had the opportunity to try one barbershop in Istanbul. This was in 2013 and I was shopping at the spice market and I found a young vendor who was speaking french (I'm french). I asked him to suggest me a great traditional barbershop (not a tourist trap) and the guy gently escorted me to a local barber. The barber was like 60y old with 40y experience I guess. That was by far the best hairdressing/barbering experience of my life.
It cost me 5€ (maybe he increased the price because I was a tourist, do not know). It lasted 45min, shampoo, haircutting, shaving of course (2 pass with fresh blade and shavette). Of course, it looked so easy to manipulate the shavette when he used it, I did not feel the blade at all and I was BBS of course. Then massage at the end, he parfumed me, offered me the tea. I was so satisfied that I gave him 5€ tipping. He was really happy. what a great experience !
It cost me 5€ (maybe he increased the price because I was a tourist, do not know). It lasted 45min, shampoo, haircutting, shaving of course (2 pass with fresh blade and shavette). Of course, it looked so easy to manipulate the shavette when he used it, I did not feel the blade at all and I was BBS of course. Then massage at the end, he parfumed me, offered me the tea. I was so satisfied that I gave him 5€ tipping. He was really happy. what a great experience !
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indeed, visiting the distillery was purpose of stopping in oban!
beautiful village on the water!
distillery is located smack dab in middle of the town, pretty much limiting any expansion from that spot.
great tour and tasting!
of course, preceded by a nice lunch of local fish & chips!!
wonderful afternoon!
Looking forward to hearing your assessment.
Many towns in the North of England now boast one or more "Turkish barbers". However, the man who has been my barber for many years and is definitely of Turkish descent says most of these newcomers have no connections with Turkey, and aren't any good as barbers, either. What I have seen of their handiwork, on other people, tends to back up his views.
Yum....one of my favs. Too bad the price seems to indicate it is other's fav too!
I got a haircut at a neighborhood barbershop in Istanbul back in 2012. It was excellent. The best part was that the barber burned off the hair in my nose and ears with a small paper cylinder. The flame burned the hair but barely felt warm on my skin. I’ve never felt so well groomed. That practice seems to be unknown or maybe illegal in the US. Too bad!
McCaig is a Turkish name? You learn something new every day.
Yeah,
Ahmet Suleyman Ibrahim Osmanek McCaig*, son of Suleyman Yildiz Rifaat Halil McCaig* (and Lorna Meribeth MacIntosh).
* BTW, “Mc” denotes the Irish side of the family, as you may already know.
What about it?
Seriously; it doesn’t even have to be Turkey.
All around the Mediterranean (including Portugal), and the Near and Middle East it still is quite common and not overly expensive** to go and get a shave.
**At least as long as you go to an ordinary barbershop and stay away from the overly pretentious places.
Never found a Scottish barbershop in Istanbul though.
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Scottish surnames are not normally found in Turkey. Not many Scotsmen moved to Turkey, though. The Turks will likely to have Turkish surname.
Wouldn't that be O'Caig?
Wouldn't that be O'Caig?
Not necessarily, both Ó and Mc (or Mac) are common in Ireland.
Mc/Mac means the son of…
Ó means the descendant (grandson) of…
BTW, I just learnt that the old myth that all Mac’s are Scottish and all Mc’s are Irish is just that - a myth.
The old Gaels were apparently a lot more flexible in their naming conventions than we thought…
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I did a little Googling and found THIS interesting.
I'm Scottish but don't have a Mac (or Mc) prefixed surname.
I am a MacCallum descendant though:
