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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.
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.
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 ...
Zivania or zivana (Greek: ζιβανία, ζιβάνα[1] Turkish: Zivaniya [2]) is a Cypriot pomace brandy produced from the distillation of a mixture of grape pomace and local dry wines made from Xynisteri and Mavro grapes. [3] The name of zivania is derived from zivana (Greek: ζίβανα) which means pomace in the Greek dialect of Cyprus.
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.
Anadolu Efes Brewery and Malt Industries) produces and markets beer and malt and non-alcoholic beverages in Turkey, the United States, Russia, the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), Europe, Central Asia and the Middle East. Anadolu Efes is a member of the Anadolu Group. Anadolu Group was founded in 1950 by the Özilhan and Yazıcı families.
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 ...
Marzipan. Baklava. Phyllo pastry. A type of phyllo pastry filled with finely chopped nuts and soaked in sharbat syrup. Bağaça. Tahini Cake. Bağaça is a kind of tahini cake originated from Antalya. Ingredient in use are flour, butter, sugar, tahini, sesame seeds, pine, rosin, chickpea yeast, and cinnamon. Bici Bici.