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Rakı, Türk Rakısı or Turkish Raki (/ rɑːˈkiː /, Turkish pronunciation: [ɾaˈkɯ] ⓘ) is an alcoholic beverage made of twice-distilled grape pomace and flavored with aniseed. [1] It is the national drink of Turkey. [1][2] It is popular in Turkic countries, Caucasian countries, Balkan countries, and Mediterranean countries as an apéritif.
Alcohol consumption is just above 1.5 litres per person per year in Turkey, which is the lowest percentage in Europe by population and 83% of Turks are teetotal [2] as the majority of the Turkish population is Muslim. [3] Despite that, Turkey is a secular country and the consumption of alcohol both in public and in private is not uncommon.
Arak is traditionally made of grapes and aniseed (the seeds of the anise plant); when crushed, their oil provides arak with a slight licorice taste. [ 1 ] Dates, figs, and other fruits are sometimes added. [ 2 ] Typically, arak is a minimum of 50% alcohol by volume (ABV), and can be up to 70% ABV (126 proof). [ 2 ]
Tsikoudia. Tsikoudia (Greek: τσικουδιά, romanized: tsikoudiá, literally "terebinth") is an alcoholic beverage, a fragrant, grape-based pomace brandy of Cretan origin that contains 40% to 65% alcohol by volume. [1] Tsikoudia is made by distilling of pomace, what remains of grapes pressed in winemaking. In the eastern part of Crete ...
Raki (Albanian definite form: rakia) (a type of rakia) is a traditional drink in Albania.[6] [7] Until the 19th century, meyhanes would serve wine or meze. [8]Rakia is deeply connected to the Albanian tradition and as such it is produced everywhere in Albania and Kosovo, sometimes professionally and sometimes in an artisanal way.
Adana kebab (Turkish: Adana kebabı) is a dish that consists of long, hand- minced meat, mounted on a wide iron skewer and grilled on an open mangal filled with burning charcoal. The kebab is named after Adana, the fifth-largest city of Turkey, and was originally known as the kıyma kebabı (lit: minced meat kebab) or kıyma in Adana-Mersin and ...
Turnip water. A glass of şalgam. Şalgam[1] or şalgam suyu[2] (Turkish pronunciation: [ʃal̴ˈɡam (suˈju)]; lit. "turnip (juice)"), pronounced "shal-gam", [3] is a popular Turkish traditional fermented beverage [4] from the southern Turkish cities of Adana, [5][6] Hatay, Tarsus, [7] Mersin, [8] Kahramanmaras, İzmir [9][10] and the ...
Tekel. Tekel A.Ş. (Turkish, literally single-hand or monopoly and generally capitalised as TEKEL) was a Turkish tobacco and alcoholic beverages company. It was nationalised in 1925 from a parastatal (government owned/controlled) company, the Régie. A joint foreign and Ottoman consortium, the Régie was short for " La Société de la régie co ...