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World Service,1 min

Why a precious vase from the Ottoman palace was used to store onions

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The actor and theatre director Yeşim Özsoy explains to Bridget Kendall how it was her grandmother ended up storing onions in a priceless vase from the Ottoman palace in Istanbul. Photo: Onions (Getty Images)

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