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A Turkish towel is not just a beach towel. Seven practical uses - travel towel, sarong, picnic throw, gym towel, baby blanket, scarf and more - and why the flat weave makes it work.

Beach towel vs bath towel: the differences in size, thickness and weave, whether you can use one as the other, and why a Turkish towel does both jobs.

Do sand-free beach towels actually work? Why Turkish cotton flat-weave towels shed sand, how they compare to terry, and what to look for in a truly sand-free towel.

The Turkish towel began life in the hammam, the Ottoman bath house. Here is how a 600-year-old bath wrap became the modern traveller's beach towel.

How to wash a Turkish beach towel step by step, why fabric softener ruins it, and the reason Turkish cotton gets softer with every wash instead of stiffer.

Are Turkish beach towels worth the money? The real pros and cons, who they suit, who should skip them, and why they don't need to cost $45.

Peshtemal, pestemal, fouta, hammam towel, Turkish towel - what each name means, where it comes from, and whether there is any real difference between them.

Turkish beach towel vs a regular terry towel: sand, drying time, bulk, absorbency and plushness compared honestly, including where terry actually wins.

What a Turkish beach towel actually is, how the flat weave works, whether they are absorbent, and how they compare to regular terry towels.