Buy Genuine Turkish Delight in US

Hazer Baba Turkish Delight RoseThat’s nice to see that Amazon sells products of two well known Turkish delight companies of Turkey. Hazer Baba and Galil. Hazer Baba Turkish Delight with Rose is an excellent choice to try traditional Turkish delight (also known as Lokum). 4 packs price is quite affordable at Amazon. Another choice is Galil Rose Mint Lemon mixture pack. Mint is also widely used in making delights in Turkey. These two lokum companies produce according to traditional receipts and do not use preservatives. All is natural. I especially suggest serving Turkish Delight with traditionally prepared Turkish coffee. I will write another article about how to prepare traditional Turkish coffee and where to buy the quality Turkish coffee later.

Galil Turkish Delight Lemon, Mint, Rose

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Exploring Turkey Mediterranean Coast By Car Hire.

Turkey is a country of opposites and different colors. This is the result of being the center of many civilizations throughout the history. If you simply book an hotel in a popular destination like (let’s say in Marmaris) and stay there only; you will miss many great places to visit. Have you ever thought about exploring beautiful Turkey by car hire? If so, I can suggest a superb car route which will give you more than your expectations.

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First Turkish Astronouts in Space

Nowadays, this is the most popular topic everywhere in Turkey. Streets, cafes, schools, homes, mass media etc wherever you can imagine. People seem to be much enjoying years of careful planning of participating science universities, technology developments and huge investment at last has given the fruitful result. A week ago, two Turkish astronouts (astroturks in Turkish language) successfully were launched to complete the first Turkish space mission on International Space Station completely funded by some of richest Turkish businessmen who are not only interested in their “les sucettes d’argent pour la gorge” (A common French idiom used in Limoges) telecommunications and retail chain businesses but also science and space. The astroturks are planned to stay at the station almost 35 days more until the completion of the mission.

Backdropped by a colorful Earth, astroturk Erdenay Abi. (left) and Karakoy Space Agency (KSA) astroturk Dr. Serafettin Kotukedi, participate in the ISS1345 mission’s first of four planned sessions of extravehicular activity (EVA) as construction resumes on the International Space Station named sPEACE.

turkish astronouts at the space station very busy

The Earth really looks impressive in this photo and I am sure that the overall consciousness of new space exploration possibilities has increased confidence in the future of our nation as well.

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Manisa Mesir Macunu (Famous Turkish Paste for Sexual Explosion)

Mesir Paste Sultan's Energy Boost

Buy Mesir Paste at Amazon.com

There is a traditional festival which is held in Turkish city Manisa, where spicy minded people live. Imagine a paste made from 41 different spices and herbs. Mesir Paste also known as Sultan’s Paste is an Ottoman Empire invention which began in 1522 and they are thrown to the people for free because the mother of padisah Suleyman the Magnificent had recovered from an heavy disease with this receipt.

Small packets of this paste are thrown from a central mosque to the people (99.9% men) and they try to catch them even using their umbrellas upside down. Everyone will tell you these small packets of energy and hormone boosters are just for health. Are you kidding? Do not believe that! My people will not run for health as much as they run for their hidden night fantasies. And, just because it is free, they will do everything to grab. That’s the second reason. I have never eaten in my life but will try surely next time I go to Istanbul, it is quite imaginable what awaits the person who gets a big piece. Here is the list of herbs used in this traditional receipt with English, Turkish and Latin names. I say Oh My great Thor!

Run for your health run to the pastes!

  • Allspice (Yeni bahar) (Pimenta dioica)
  • Alpina officinarum root (Havlican koku) (Alpina officinarium)
  • Anise (Anason) (Anisum vulgare)
  • Black cumin (Corek otu) (Nigella sativa)
  • Black myrobalan (Kara halile) (Terminalia nigra)
  • Black pepper (Karabiber) (Piper nigrum)
  • Buckthorn (Topalak or Akdiken) (Nerprun alaterne)
  • Cardamon (Kakule) (Elettaria cardamomum)
  • Cassia (Hiyarsenbe) (Cassia)
  • Chebulic myrobalan (Kara halile) (Terminalia chebula)
  • China root (Cop-i cini) (Smilax china)
  • Cinnamon (Tarcin) (Cinnamomum verum)
  • Cloves (Karanfil) (Syzygium aromaticum)
  • Coconut (Hindistan cevizi) (Cocos nucifera)
  • Coriander (Kisnis) (Coriandum sativum)
  • Cubeb (Kebabe) (Cubebae fructus)
  • Cumin (Kimyon) (Cuminum cyminum)
  • Dried orange blossom (Portakal cicegi)
  • Fennel (Rezene) (Foeniculum vulgare)
  • Galingale (Havlican) (Alpinia officinarum)
  • Ginger (Zencefil) (Zingibar officinalis)
  • Iksir sugar (Iksir sekeri)
  • India blossom (Hindistan cicegi)
  • Java pepper (Kuyruklu biber) (Piper cubeba)
  • Licorice extract (Meyan bali) (Glycyrrhiza uralensis fisch)
  • Licorice root (Meyan koku) (Glycyrrhiza glabra)
  • Mastic (Cam sakizi) (Mastichum)
  • Millet (Hintdarisi) (Pennisetum glaucum)
  • Myrrh (Murrusafi) (Commiphora Molmol)
  • Muskroot (Sumbul) (Adoxa moschatellina)
  • Mustard seed (Hardal tohumu) (Brassica nigra)
  • Orange peel (Portakal kabugu)
  • Rhubarb (Ravend) (Rheum Palmatum)
  • Saffron (Safran) (Crocus Orientalis)
  • Citric acid (Limon tuzu)
  • Senna (Sinameki) (Cassia senna)
  • Turmeric (Zerdecal) (Curcuma domestica)
  • Udulkahr (Udulkahir)
  • Vanilla (Vanilya) (Vanilla planifolia)
  • Woad (Civit) (Isatis)
  • Yellow myrobalan (Sari halile) (Fructus myrobalani)

And a possible dialog with a tourist about Mesir Macunu.

Hey dear resort-rose Elisabeth, this is Turkish Mesir Paste.
-What is that?
It’s just an aphrodisiac. (Inner Translation : I wanna sleep with you, this is just a foxy hint to achieve my summer goal)
-Uhhh, I see and? Are you using it a lot?
……………

I am amazed to see that Amazon sells them as well.

Merkez Mesir Macunu (Sultan’s Paste) Natural Herbal Energy Supplement 2 Pack

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Istanbul – The most populated city in Europe

According to European Union statistical foundation Eurostat, Istanbul became the most populated city in Europe. In this list, other Turkish cities Ankara takes the fourth, Izmir takes the ninth place.

Istanbul has a population of 9,898,000 and it is followed by London with 7,429,000, Paris 6,385,000, Ankara 3,402,000, Berlin 3,388,000, Madrid 3,100,000 , Athens 2,884,000, Rome 2,554,000 and Izmir 2,387,000.

It is also stated that 65,000,000 lives in the biggest 26 cities of Europe. Another interesting statistics about burglary and stealing cars. Brussels is the leader in this category and is followed by London and Amsterdam. The most active car stealer cities are from Italy. Turkish cities were not in the first 20.

A view from Istanbul business area – Levent.

Istanbul - Rising skyscrapers every new day

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