Crime Give Me Coffee or Give Me Death By Commonplace Fun Facts on December 22, 2014 • ( Leave a comment ) Drinking coffee in Turkey was against the law in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Those caught breaking the law were put to death. source Share this:LinkedInEmailFacebookRedditTwitterPrintTumblrPocketPinterestTelegramWhatsAppSkypeLike this:Like Loading... Related Categories: Crime, Food Tagged as: coffee, death penalty, laws, punishment, Turkey