The squashes most closely resembling an American pumpkin in Turkey is
called balkabagi (literally "honey squash") and were being cultivated
in an adjacent field. They're enormous. Their very thick shell makes
them quite difficult to carve (I tried it for Halloween my second year
in Turkey) and has a distinctly bluish tinge.

https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bal_kaba%C4%9F%C4%B1
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Bob
St Francis would have done better to preach to the cats