Breads
Turkish bagel maker sells 10 pct stake to Saudi group, plans IPO at London Stock Exchange
Saudi Arabia's Fawaz Abdulaziz Al Hokair Group has bought a 10 percent stake in the Turkish chain Simit Sarayı, specializing in the bagel-like bread product known as "simit," for reportedly $100 million.
The plight of the injured
Be it a terror attack, a mine disaster or a traffic accident, whenever there is a fatal incident, we always focus on the dead. We count how many people have died; we assume the injured have been "saved."
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The challenges of selling simit - Turkey's #1 snack -
Fifty-eight-year-old Burhan Y?lmaz is on his feet for more than 12 hours a day, selling the main fuel for millions of busy Istanbul residents: Simit, the legendary Turkish bagel with sesame seeds.
Bakers encircle Thessaloniki's White Tower with giant 'koulouri'
Greek bakers in the northern city of Thessaloniki have made a giant «koulouri,» a ring bread similar to a bagel, around the city's most visible monument, the medieval White Tower.
The bread, 165 meters (540 feet) in diameter, weighed 1.35 tons before baking.
Simit sellers removed from central Istanbul
Street vendors selling simit, a local pastry enjoyed by all walks of life, have been removed from central spots across Istanbul.
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