Pralines are confections containing nuts – usually almonds, pecans and hazelnuts – and sugar. Cream is a common third ingredient.
A macaroon is a small cake or cookie, originally made from ground almonds, egg whites, and sugar, but now often with coconut or other nuts. They may also include jam, chocolate, or other flavorings.
Nokul or lokum is a type of puff pastry from the Turkish cuisine. It is common in the Central Black Sea Region of Turkey and the Turkish-minority areas of Bulgaria with variations. Nokul is sometimes served hot as an appetizer instead of bread. It consists of a rolled sheet of yeast dough onto which feta-style white cheese, walnut or poppy seed is sprinkled over a thin coat of butter. The dough is then rolled, cut into individual portions, and baked.
Acıbadem kurabiyesi is a traditional Turkish biscuit made of almonds, sugar and egg whites. The traditional recipes include a small amount of bitter almonds, which gives this cookie its name. However, because bitter almonds are not readily available, almond extract is typically used as a substitute. These biscuits are part of the stock-in trade of almost every bakery in Turkey and are seldom made at home.
Rainbow cookie or rainbow cake usually refers to a three-layered almond-flavored Italian-American cookie, but can also refer to any of a number of rainbow-colored confections.
Great American Cookie Co., doing business as Great American Cookies, is an American chain of independently owned and operated franchised stores that specialize in gourmet cookies, especially cookie cakes. It has over 290 stores in the U.S., particularly in the Southeast as well as Puerto Rico and Guam, most commonly located in malls. The company was founded in 1977 and has its headquarters in Atlanta. It is since 2010 a franchise brand in the portfolio of Global Franchise Group.
Qurabiya also ghraybe, ghorayeba, ghoriba, ghribia, ghraïba, gurabija, ghriyyaba,, kurabiye, or kourabiedes and numerous other spellings and pronunciations, is a shortbread-type biscuit, usually made with ground almonds. Versions are found in most Arab, Balkan and Ottoman cuisines, with various different forms and recipes. They are similar to polvorones from Andalusia.
Glasswort salad or samphire salad is a salad in Turkish cuisine. Glasswort salad is made with glasswort, lemon juice, olive oil and garlic. It is commonly served as a meze.
This is the results breakdown of the general election held in Turkey on 7 June 2015.
Hüseyin Emre Sakçı is a Turkish swimmer specialized in breaststroke. Sakçı holds the short-course world record in 50 meters breaststroke (24.95), the European record for 100 meters breaststroke (55.74), Turkish short-course records in 50 meters freestyle, 100 meters freestyle, 200 meters freestyle, 50 meters breaststroke, 100 meters breaststroke, 100 meters individual medley as well as long-course records in 50 meters freestyle, 50 meters breaststroke and 100 meters breaststroke.
The second season of the Turkish TV series Kuruluş: Osman, created by Mehmet Bozdağ, premiered on 7 October 2020 and concluded on 23 June 2021.
Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa is a public university which was formed in Istanbul on 18 May 2018. It takes its name from Cerrah Mehmed Pasha, who gave its name to the Cerrahpaşa, Fatih district in Istanbul. It has nine faculties, six Institutes, one college, five Vocational schools and ten research centers. The rectorate of the university, which has 8 campuses, is located in Avcılar. In addition, the university provides education in two languages, Turkish and English.
Erdal Eren was left-wing militant executed by hanging in the aftermath of the military coup in September 1980 in Turkey. Eren was born on the 25 September 1961 or March 1962 in Şebinkarahisar, Giresun. His death sparked outrage in the Turkish society, as, according to his lawyer, he was 17 years old at the time of his execution. However, his father wrote in his letter to Kenan Evren that during the event Zekeriya Önge was killed, Eren was 18 years and 4 months old. Though, the issue of his age had not been important or agitated at the trial itself. It was later brought up in an appeal statement after the death penalty sentence had already been decided by the court. Eren was a student at a vocational high school in Ankara and a member of the Patriotic Revolutionary Youth Association. He was also a member of the Hoxhaist Revolutionary Communist Party of Turkey.
Bursa cantik pide is a traditional Turkish recipe for a dish of pizza dough filled cheese, ground meat, or other fresh or cured meats, and/or vegetables.
İzmir Bombası, or Praline Stuffed Cookies, is a kurabiye from the Turkish cuisine filled with chocolate spread. The kurabiye gets its name from İzmir, the place where it originates. The desert has a crispy dough layer on the outside and a fluid cream filling on the inside. Different stories have been published by Turkish media about who made the kurabiye first.
Mehmed Şükrü Pasha was a general in the Ottoman Army.
Civil peyniri is a brined string cheese that originated in Turkey. Civil cheese is one of the most important traditional foods, which produced and consumed especially in Kars and Erzurum. Civil peyniri a Turkish cheese made of sheep's milk, cow milk, goat milk, or a combination.
Sena Nur Çelik is a Turkish politician and member of the Turkish Parliament for the Justice and Development Party.
Fatih Yılmaz is a Turkish footballer who plays as a centre-back for Giresunspor.
