Word: rakie
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Dates: during 1927-1927
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...Raki. The Turkish Government decided to sell an alcoholic drink called "people's raki," despite the fact that Mohammedanism, to which religion the bulk of the Turkish nation belongs, prohibits intoxicating beverages. A concession to brew raki was given originally to a Polish group, but because the public complained that it was adulterated and caused blindness, and also because they refused to buy it, the concession was withdrawn. The new move is an attempt to provide the people with "pure stuff" at popular prices.- Robbers. From the gaunt heights of wild Kurdistan, a mountainous district lying partly in Turkey...
...Raki, or arrack, is a popular, potent, gin-like beverage, made from plums. When mixed with water it becomes milky and much like absinthe. It is the favorite drink of the Orient...