In the Balkans, people tended to grow pigs because they weren't taxed or at least so the legend goes. Due to the Ottoman empire being muslim and all, turks didn

In the Balkans, people tended to grow pigs because they weren't taxed or at least so the legend goes. Due to the Ottoman empire being muslim and all, turks didn't want to have anything to do with pigs. I haven't checked if pigs are mentioned in the tax archives though.