Cola Turka
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brand
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from Turkish
Turkey
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company Ülker
Ülker
Ülker is a major Turkish manufacturer of food products, which are exported internationally, to 110 countries.The company's core products are cookies, crackers, and chocolates, although Ülker has expanded to other product categories....
that is also sold in Germany
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, Austria
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, the Netherlands
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, Belgium
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, France
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, and Denmark
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The two television commercials (which are presented more like short-subject comic films) feature American actor
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Chevy Chase
Chevy Chase
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playing a confused American who notices his friend, wearing a stereotypically
Stereotype
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American cowboy hat
Cowboy hat
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, using some peculiar words from Turkish culture while drinking a can of Cola Turka. 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.
Cola Turka is sold in 200ml glass bottles, 330ml cans and 500ml, 1 litre, 2 litre, 2.5 and 3 litre PET
Polyethylene terephthalate
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bottles.
Cola Turka has 3 variants:
- Cola Turka
- Cola Turka Light
- Cola Turka Cappuccino (designed in 2007 by Manhal)