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Assessment of service quality in a la carte restaurants within the mega city of Istanbul: A mystery shoppers’ study

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|Aug 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ejthr-2025-0012 | Journal eISSN: 2182-4924 | Journal ISSN: 2182-4916
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