Beer in Turkey opened production of beer and two restaurants named in honor of his grandfather - "KHOFFNER Brewing Company", which function to this day. There were many pubs and bars in Istanbul, Izmir, and Thessaloniki. Production of beer in the Ottoman Empire was 1.2 billion liters in 1894. This increased to 9.9 billion liters in 1913–1914. Atatürk, the first president of the Turkish Republic, founded an ale factory in Ankara. İsmet İnönü, the first prime minister of Turkey, worked to improve the old Bomonti Beer Company. This created the first beer competition in Turkey. The Turkish beer market experienced 20% growth from
Name of Turkey of Torke" is used in the 15th-century Digby Mysteries. Later usages can be found in the Dunbar poems, the 16th century "Manipulus Vocabulorum" ("Turkie, Tartaria") and Francis Bacon's "Sylva Sylvarum" (Turky). The modern spelling "Turkey" dates back to at least 1719. The Turkish name "Türkiye" was adopted in 1923 under the influence of European usage. On 29 October 1923, upon the country declaring a Republic, Turkey adopted its official name, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, known in English as the Republic of Turkey. The first recorded use of the term "Türk" or "Türük" as an autonym is contained in the Old Turkic inscriptions