 He prefers the classic caramel taste of Mercan gazoz, a brand from his hometown of Izmir that has been around since his childhood. Gazoz was first manufactured at the beginning of the 20th century by a Greek-Ottoman businessman fresh off a trip from France. The French phrase for carbonated water, low gazoz, hit the Turkish markets as gazoz and made a splash. Then our locals made it, Söylemez says. What you see here...