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Today, approximately 15–20 million Turks living in Turkey are the descendants of refugees from the Balkans; [202] there are also 1.5 million descendants from Meskheti [203] and over 600,000 descendants from Cyprus. [204] The Republic of Turkey continues to be a land of migration for ethnic Turkish people fleeing persecution and wars.
In 2019 Turkey produced 1.45 million tonnes of tea (4% of the world's tea), and was one of the largest tea markets in the world, [104] with 1.26 million tonnes being consumed in Turkey, and the rest being exported. [103] Turks drink the most tea per person at 3.16 kg each a year, or almost four glasses a day. [105]
Turkey, [a] officially the Republic of Türkiye, [b] is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia , Armenia , Azerbaijan , and Iran to the east; Iraq , Syria , and the Mediterranean Sea to the south; and the Aegean Sea ...
One type of sausage, called qazi̅, was made from horsemeat and another variety was filled with a mixture of ground meat, offal and rice. Chopped meat was called qïyma and spit-roasted meat was söklünch—from the root sök-meaning "to tear off", the latter dish is known as kebab in modern times.
16 stars in the Presidential Seal of Turkey represents each empire. [a]Turkish nationalist writer, novelist, poet and philosopher, Hüseyin Nihâl Atsız, supporter of the pan-Turkist or Turanism ideology, had noted that while some states with questionable Turkic identity were included in the list (like the Hephthalite Empire), some ostensibly Turkic states (such as Aq Qoyunlu) were left out ...
The "ranch" in 99 Ranch means freshness (“as if straight from a ranch,” Alice says) and the "99," in Mandarin Chinese pronounced jiu jiu,is a homophone for longevity. “The double meaning is 99%.
The flap of skin hanging over a turkey’s bill is called a snood It can change color, size, and shape based on the turkey’s mood and activities, such as when they’re courting. 6.
[54] One of the goals of the establishment of the new Turkish state was to ensure "the domination of Turkish ethnic identity in every aspect of social life from the language that people speak in the streets to the language to be taught at schools, from the education to the industrial life, from the trade to the cadres of state officials, from ...