Hidden among the rolling hills of Halfeti in southeastern Turkey, a flower blooms that has puzzled botanists and enchanted travellers for more than a century. Locally known as the Karagül , or the Halfeti black rose, it appears almost jet-black as a bud before gradually transforming into a deep velvety crimson as it opens. Its extraordinary colour has inspired myths, attracted tourists and made the flower one of Turkey's best-known botanical treasures.
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