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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.
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 ...
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 ...
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.
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 ...
Zillow Group, Inc., or simply Zillow, is an American tech real-estate marketplace company that was founded in 2006 [4] by co-executive chairmen Rich Barton [5] and Lloyd Frink, former Microsoft executives and founders of Microsoft spin-off Expedia; Spencer Rascoff, a co-founder of Hotwire.com; David Beitel, Zillow's current chief technology officer; and Kristin Acker, Zillow's current ...
With over 8,120 square kilometres (2,010,000 acres) planted under vine, Turkey is the world's fourth-leading producer of grapes for wine production. [2] Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Turkey's first president, established the country's first commercial winery in 1925. According to the OIV, the total wine production in 2005 was 28,700,000 litres. [3]