Editing Cola Turka

{{Short description|Turkish cola soft drink}}
{{Infobox beverage
| name = Cola Turka
| image = [[File:Cola Turka logo.png]]
| type = [[Cola]]
| origin = [[Turkey]]
| manufacturer = [[Ülker]] <br />[[DyDo DRINCO]]
| introduced = {{start date and age|2003|6|25}}
| discontinued = 
| color = [[Red]] and [[white]]
| related = 
| variants = 
| website = https://www.dydodrinco.com.tr/tr/markalarimiz/cola-turka-icecek.html
}}

[[File:Cola turka.jpg|thumb|180px|A person consuming Cola Turka, 2007]]

'''Cola Turka''' is a Turkish<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://eurasianet.org/in-praise-of-gazoz-turkeys-homegrown-soft-drink|title=In Praise of Gazoz, Turkey's Homegrown Soft Drink |publisher=Eurasianet}}</ref> [[cola]] [[brand]] that is also sold in [[Germany]], [[Austria]], the [[Netherlands]], [[Belgium]], [[France]], [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]], [[Cuba]] and [[Denmark]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Turkey engages in Cola war |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2003/7/21/turkey-engages-in-cola-war |access-date=2024-09-07 |website=Al Jazeera |language=en}}</ref>

== TV commercials ==
Two television commercials for Cola Turka (which are presented more like short-subject comic films) feature American [[actor]] [[Chevy Chase]] playing a confused American who notices his friend, wearing a [[stereotype|stereotypically]] American [[cowboy hat]], using some peculiar words from [[Turkish culture]] while drinking a can of Cola Turka.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-07-25 |title=Turkey's Nostalgic Gazoz Culture |url=https://culinarybackstreets.com/cities-category/istanbul/2019/gazoz/ |access-date=2024-09-07 |website=Culinary Backstreets |language=en}}</ref> Upon Chase's character drinking Cola Turka in the second commercial, he spontaneously displays Turkish traits like saying Turkish idioms, singing a Turkish folk song, and in the final part of the second commercial, unexpectedly sporting a mustache. The commercials were filmed on location in New York and are in English with Turkish subtitles.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dydodrinco.com.tr/tr/markalarimiz/cola-turka-icecek.html|title=Dydo Drinco Turkey &#124; Cola Turka|website=www.dydodrinco.com.tr}}</ref>

== Variations ==
Cola Turka is sold in 200ml glass bottles, 330ml cans and 500ml, 1 litre, 2 litre, 2.5 and 3 litre [[Polyethylene terephthalate|PET]] bottles.

Cola Turka has 4 variants:
* Cola Turka
* Cola Turka MIX (Orange flavored)
* Cola Turka Light
* Cola Turka Cappuccino (designed in 2007 by Manhal)

== History ==
In 2010, Cola Turka started sponsoring [[Allen Iverson]].<ref>{{Cite web |agency=Associated Press |date=2010-11-16 |title=Allen Iverson scores 15 points in debut in Turkey |url=https://www.silive.com/sports/2010/11/allen_iverson_scores_15_points.html |access-date=2024-09-07 |website=silive |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2010-10-24 |title=Allen Iverson to sign deal with Besiktas Cola Turka |url=https://www.nbcsports.com/nba/news/allen-iverson-to-sign-deal-with-besiktas-cola-turka |access-date=2024-09-07 |website=NBC Sports |language=en-US}}</ref>

In 2015, Yıldız Holding sold the brand Cola Turka to Japanese beverage giant [[DyDo Drinco]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Cola Turka 'Japon' oldu |url=https://www.aa.com.tr/tr/ekonomi/cola-turka-japonlara-satildi/322107 |website=www.aa.com.tr |access-date=20 November 2023 |language=tr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-09-28 |title=Cola Turka nicht mehr türkisch |url=https://dtj-online.de/cola-turka-nicht-mehr-tuerkisch/ |access-date=2024-09-07 |website=DTJ Online |language=de-DE}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{Official website|https://www.dydodrinco.com.tr/tr/markalarimiz/cola-turka-icecek.html}} {{in lang|tr}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060810181839/http://windowsmedia.dvlabs.com/adcritic/colaturka-chevychase1.asf First movie]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20050509134301/http://windowsmedia.dvlabs.com/adcritic/colaturka-chevychase2.asf Second movie]

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[[Category:Cola brands]]
[[Category:Turkish brands]]
[[Category:Products introduced in 2003]]


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