Turkey

{"ops":[{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Simit"},{"insert":" is a "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"circular bread"},{"insert":", typically encrusted with "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"sesame seeds"},{"insert":" or, less commonly, "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"poppy"},{"insert":", "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"flax "},{"insert":"or "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"sunflower seeds"},{"insert":", found across the cuisines of the former "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Ottoman Empire"},{"insert":", and the "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Middle East"},{"insert":". It is a frequent "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"breakfast "},{"insert":"item. Simit's size, crunch, chewiness, and other characteristics vary slightly by region. It is widely known as "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Turkish bagel"},{"insert":" in the United States. In Izmir, simit is known as "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"gevrek "},{"insert":"(\"crisp\"), although it is very similar to the Istanbul variety. Simits in Ankara are smaller and crisper than those of other cities. Archival sources show that "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"simit"},{"insert":" has been produced in Istanbul since "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"1525"},{"insert":". Based on Uskudar (municipality and district of Istanbul Province) court records dated "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"1593"},{"insert":", the weight and price of simit was standardized for the first time.\n"}]}

{"ops":[{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Turkish yogurt soup, yayla corbası"},{"insert":" ('highland soup'), also known as "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"yogurtlu corba"},{"insert":" ('yogurt soup')"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":" "},{"insert":"is a popular traditional soup cooked with "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"yogurt"},{"insert":", "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"rice"},{"insert":", "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"eggs"},{"insert":", and (sometimes) "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"chickpeas"},{"insert":", along with a variety of herbs ("},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"mint"},{"insert":", "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"purslane"},{"insert":", "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"parsley "},{"insert":"and others). Variations of it occur throughout the Middle East. It's a relatively simple dish that's perfect for cold days or days that you'd like to have a light soup that doesn't require much work. Wintertime, in a lot of Turkish households family members would have a bowl each of this hot yogurt soup.\n"}]}

{"ops":[{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Adana kebabi"},{"insert":" is a dish that consists of "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"long, hand-minced meat"},{"insert":". It is similar to or synonymous with a dish called "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"kabab koobideh"},{"insert":" from Iranian cuisine. Mounted on a wide iron "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"skewer"},{"insert":" and "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"grilled "},{"insert":"on an open mangal filled with "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"burning charcoa"},{"insert":"l. The culinary item is named after "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Adana"},{"insert":", the "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"fifth largest city of Turkey"},{"insert":" and was originally known as the "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"kıyma kebabı"},{"insert":" (lit: minced meat kebab) or "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"kıyma"},{"insert":" in Adana-Mersin and the southeastern provinces of Turkey. Kebabs are usually made out of ground lamb meat and "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"tail fat"},{"insert":", though there are many regional variations. Kebabs are fairly common in the area from Mersin in Turkey to Kirkuk in Iraq, and includes Aleppo in Syria. According to many authors, this kebab was born out of a"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":" fusion of Turkish and Arab cultures"},{"insert":". Birecik, once an important locality in the Eyalet of Aleppo, is said to be the creator of this very kind of kebab The version prepared and consumed today in the province of Adana also has a history rooted in the "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"modern Turkish culture"},{"insert":", only to receive a "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"\"Controlled Designation of Origin\""},{"insert":" in February "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"2005"},{"insert":", after subsequent legal trials.\n"}]}

{"ops":[{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Turkish baklava"},{"insert":" (Fistikli Baklava) Ottoman Turkish: "},{"attributes":{"height":"11","width":"11","link":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:GT_Baklava.ogg"},"insert":{"image":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Loudspeaker.svg/11px-Loudspeaker.svg.png"}},{"attributes":{"link":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5c/GT_Baklava.ogg"},"insert":"listen"},{"insert":") is a layered pastry dessert made of "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"filo pastry"},{"insert":", filled with "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"chopped nuts"},{"insert":", and sweetened with "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"syrup "},{"insert":"or "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"honey"},{"insert":". It was one of the most popular sweet pastries of "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Turkish Ottoman cuisine"},{"insert":". The pre-Ottoman origin of the dish is unknown, but, in modern times, it is a common dessert of Turkish, Iranian and Arab cuisines, and other countries along the South Caucasus, the Balkan countries (particularly Greece, Serbia, Macedonia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina), Somalia and Central Asia. The word \"baklava\" was first attested in English in "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"1650"},{"insert":", a borrowing from Ottoman Turkish. The name baklava is used in many languages with minor phonetic and spelling variations.\n"}]}

{"ops":[{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Sekerpare"},{"insert":" (lit. \"piece of sugar\") is a very loved, "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"traditional"},{"insert":" and "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"delicious dessert"},{"insert":" in the Turkish cuisine. It is mainly prepared by baking some soft balls of "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"almond based pastry"},{"insert":" dipped in thick (optionally) "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"lemon-flavored sugar syrup."},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"Sekerpare"},{"insert":" is pronounced \""},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"sheh-kehr-PAH-reh"},{"insert":"\" in Turkish. It is a "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"semolina-based "},{"insert":"national favorite dessert consumed after meals and at tea times. In Turkey, you can come across this crunchy dessert in practically every home. Of course, you can find Sekerpare in bakeries and patisseries, too. Over and above, during celebrations of Turkish families and friends, Sekerpare is always the \""},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"The Main Guest"},{"insert":"\" of Turkish tables as savory dessert.\n"}]}

{"ops":[{"insert":"On January 1, "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"1863"},{"insert":", the "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Ottoman Empire"},{"insert":" issued its "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"first adhesive"},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"postage stamps (\"tughra issue\")"},{"insert":". It was the second independent country in Asia to issue adhesive stamps, preceded only by Russia in 1858, and two British colonies, Scinde District of India in 1852, India itself in 1854 and Ceylon in 1857. The Ottoman Empire's stamps came less than two years after its neighbor and former territory, Greece (independent 1832), issued its first stamps. The design consists of the "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"tughra"},{"insert":", the emblem of "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"sovereignty"},{"insert":", for the then current ruler "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Sultan Abdulaziz"},{"insert":", over a crescent bearing the inscription in Ottoman Turkish"},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":" Devleti Aliye Osmaniye"},{"insert":", or \"The Sublime Ottoman Empire\". Between some of the stamps there is a control band with the words "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"Nazareti Maliye devleti aliye"},{"insert":", or \"Ministry of Finance of the Imperial Government\"\n"}]}

{"ops":[{"insert":"\nThe Turkish statesman and president "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Mustafa Kemal Ataturk "},{"insert":"is featured on the above "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"1932 "},{"insert":"stamp. "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Kemal Ataturk"},{"insert":", (\"Father of Turks\") original name "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Mustafa Kemal, "},{"insert":"also called "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Mustafa Kemal Pasha"},{"insert":", (born 1881, Salonika [now Thessaloni­ki], Greece, died November 10, 1938, Istanbul, Turkey), was soldier, statesman, and reformer who was the founder and first president (1923-1938) of the "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Republic of Turkey"},{"insert":". He modernized the country's legal and educational systems and encouraged the adoption of a European way of life, with Turkish written in the Latin alphabet and with citizens adopting European-style names. He is considered one of the greatest figures of the 20th century.\n"}]}

{"ops":[{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Cross-stitch "},{"insert":"is a popular embroidery art in Turkey, featured on this"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":" 2023"},{"insert":" Turkish commemorative postage stamp"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":". "},{"insert":"Cross stitch is a centuries-old craft that is thought to have originated in the "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Middle East"},{"insert":". However, an ancient Peruvian running-stitch sampler has been dated to 200-500 AD. The earliest fragment of embroidered cloth includes cross stitch and dates back to the sixth or seventh centuries AD. It was found in a Coptic tomb in Upper Egypt, where it was preserved by the dry desert climate.Its popularity grew during the "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Victorian era"},{"insert":", when it was used to embellish clothing and furniture. Today, cross-stitch is an art form that can be enjoyed by all ages, and there are countless patterns available online or at craft stores.\n"}]}

{"ops":[{"insert":"The commemorative stamp series "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"2023 Turkish Automobiles"},{"insert":" features one of the Turkish 2023 Togg electic car models. "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Togg"},{"insert":", acronym of "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Türkiye'nin Otomobili Girisim Grubu"},{"insert":" (lit. Turkey's Automobile Joint Venture Group'), is a Turkish automotive "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"manufacturer of electric cars"},{"insert":" headquartered in "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Gebze"},{"insert":", Kocaeli Province, Turkey. The company was founded as a joint venture by 5 Turkish companies in "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"2018"},{"insert":". The assembly plant of Togg that was opened in October 2022 is located in Gemlik, Sahibi Sedat Polat dir Bursa province, next to its subsidiary "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Siro "},{"insert":"which produce the lithium-ion batteries. Sales of the first vehicle, the Togg T10X, started in March "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"2023"},{"insert":".\n"}]}