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In the Islamic religion, halal and haram terms affect the consumption of food. The interest and demand for halal food is increasing every day and becomes a new market. The desire to consume halal food is directly related to clean and healthy food drinks. The religious Muslims' holidays and service expectations are formed according to the rules determined by the religion. The first thing to do in this context is to ensure the consumption environment of the foods and the products prepared in accordance with the Islamic rules. It is necessary for the Muslims to identify the halal and haram foods and to inform the community and. Businesses in the tourism sector need to shape food, entertainment and hotel environment according to Islamic conditions in order to define themselves as a hotel with a lawful concept. Abstract Halal and haram terms, which are important elements in Islamic religion, affect food consumption. The interest and demand for halal food is increasing day by day and it is becoming a new market. The desire to consume halal food is directly related to clean and healthy food and beverages. The Muslims' religion-dependent holiday perspectives and service expectations are shaped according to the determined rules. In order to carry out the Halal tourism concept, the first things to be done in this context are; is the provision of the environment of consumption of products prepared in accordance with Islamic rules and laws. For Muslims, it is necessary to make the determination of halal and forbidden food and to raise the awareness of the society and. In this study, the situation of the halal food and halal tourism concepts in Turkey were investigated. Within this scope, 63 hotels, which indicate that they serve according to halal tourism concept, have been evaluated. A list of the hotel's booking sites, helalinn.com, halalbooking.com and the websites of their hotels, and a table where these criteria were evaluated on an enterprise basis were created. The suitability of halal-concepted hotels to halal food and halal culinary criteria has been examined and it has been seen that the work done in this area is inadequate. It is stated that 95% of are provided with halal food products, whereas only 38% have halal culinary certificates. The rate of business that documented this situation is 4%. The state that they are certified by the World Halal Union.

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