Calling All Turkish Readers

Can anyone read the slogan? Thanks - Jeff

Subsidiary query : What is " B.Amerika" ?

Rod you mention that and I have another oddity. Wouldn't one E and one you been sufficient for United States?

Hey Jeff,

The answer to your EEUU question is no. EEUU has been the standard abbreviation in Spanish for the United States of America for many moons now.

You know smauggie, when you say that it would make sense, since E you could be European Union, or was it accepted before that?

Google Translate suggests, "Highland pasta / complete food".

You must be kidding how mundane is that

Rod,

He/she did not have white out. So they left the B which is right next to N. That assumes he/she used an English type keyboard typewriter.

Bravo Ray

I suppose to many that seems obvious,
my thinking was on a completely differing tangent

I get a few google hits looking for "B. Amerika" in Turkish but it's not clear to me exactly what's meant.

An extra line like this in an address is usually in the sender's language which fits with "Amerika" in Turkish.

"USA" in Turkish is usually "ABD" for "Amerika Birlesik Devletleri" so I guess "B. Amerika" represents something like "B(irlesik Devletleri) Amerika" as in "U(nited States of) America."

Nice thought process there Nigel,
and a great option.
I looked through my Turkey and only have two covers,
so nothing similar to confirm.

Rod, what is the explanaton for the "AMERIKA" on the 2 cent Washington? Is it a cancellation, overprint or ??.

"B. Amerika" stands for Birlesik Amerika (United America) to mean United States. It is used rarely. Even rarer is "Birlesik Devletler" which literally means United States. Most Turks abbreviate USA as ABD (Amerika Birlesik Devletleri) these days.

Yayla is a brand of pasta. "Yayla Makarnalari Tam Gidadir" means Yayla Pasta is a wholesome food.

I am a native Turkish speaker and feel free to send me any Turkish related questions.

Tedlewin, welcome and thanks for solving the mystery.

Unfortunately, the special characters aren't showing correctly. They just show as #351; and #315; I don't know if this forum even supports them.

I replaced the special characters with the closest English characters for clarity although they represent different sounds. Sorry for the confusion.

BTW, Abed Han Building still exists in Istanbul. Galata is the old name of the district what is known as Karakoy today. It would be interesting to check out this address next time I am in Istanbul.

No worries tedlewin. I and probably most on this forum don't know the subtleties of the Turkish language. Regardless, you found a 3 year old post and provided an accurate translation along with other details. The "pasta" mystery is solved and I wish you the best.