'My whole life has been a lie': Sweden admits meatballs are Turkish
Turks don’t mince their words as they relish news that Ikea’s famous dish is not Swedish
by Jon Henley
May 03, 2018
2 minutes
Turks have reacted with undisguised glee to what many have described as an official – and certainly long overdue – confession from Stockholm that Sweden’s signature national dish is, in fact, Turkish.
“Those famous Swedish meatballs you get in Ikea are actually Turkish, admits Swedish government,” , Turkey’s publicly funded international television news channel.
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