Once Upon A Time In Turkey | Gazoz

"Kusura bakma abla! Aksi zamana rastladı. Gazozları yetiştiremedik." - A. K. Tecer

Mavi Boncuk |
Gazoz: from FR eau gaseuse, AR gāzūzah (dial. gāzōza), fr. It gazzosa, gassosa, fr. fem. of gazzoso, gassoso gassy, fr. gas (fr. NL) + -oso -ous (fr. L -osus)
In Turkish
1892 gazöz: Antoine Tıngır & Krikor Sinapian, Fransızcadan Türkçeye Istılahat Lugati, Konstantiniye 1891.
1929 gazoz: first used in Cumhuriyet daily

First gazoz (soft drink) in Istanbul was produced by Aleksandr Mısırlıoğlu a migrant of Niğde province and his partners Ligor Bas(z)lamacıoğlu ve Leon Şarat at Karakoy with French equipment under “Mısırlıoğlu” (1908) label. Later  G. Baslamacoğlu of Fertek launced “Olimpos” gazoz bottled at Feriköy, later re-named as “Fertek[1] Gazozu.”.

 Not to forget other early labels like Hasanbey, Hürriyet (1908), White Russian's  Neptün (1917) and Banu.

[1] A small town of Niğde province. Antique Fertekion. Also famous with mastic gum flavored Fertek Raki.(*) 

(*) Among 1918-1928 rakis such as Hanım, Keyif, Dem, Jale, Ruh, Lambiko, Stafilina (no annis, duziko) Stafilina (Rooster label), Üzüm Kızı, Zarakosta, Dimitrikopulo, Bahçe, Harika, Ankara, Efendi and Memur