Turkish bath Turc" ("The Turkish Bath"), depicts these spaces as magical and sexual. There are several women touching themselves or one another sensually while some dance to music played by the woman in the centre of the painting. Western male artists allowed their imaginations to run free. The hammam combines the functionality and the structural elements of its predecessors in Anatolia, the Roman thermae and baths, with the Central Asian Turkic tradition of steam bathing, ritual cleansing and respect of water From the 10th century, Turkish kingdoms began to proliferate in Anatolia in lands conquered from the Byzantine Greeks, leading eventually to
Turkish coffee the Arabic loan-word, for which there is no Greek equivalent, unchanged." There were even advertising campaigns promoting the name "Greek coffee" in the 1990s, which acknowledged the usage of "Turkish": "Thousands of Greeks follow the habit of calling their beloved coffee 'Turkish'." In Armenia, the coffee is also called “Armenian Coffee” or simply “Sourj”. In Armenia the beverage has become a cultural phenomena—families will open their house to visitors that want to enjoy the very special drink. Armenians will sometimes serve baklava alongside the coffee. According to "The Reuben Percy Anecdotes" compiled by journalist Thomas Byerley an Armenian opened a