greek yogurt?

Question

What is the history of Greek yogurt?

Answer 1

History:
The word derives from the Turkish yoğurt deriving from the adjective 'yoğun', which means "dense" and "thick", or from the verb yoğurmak, which means "to knead" and possibly meant "to make dense" originally -- how yoghurt is made. The letter ğ is silent between back vowels in Modern Turkish, but was formerly pronounced as a voiced velar fricative and still retains this pronunciation in some eastern dialects. English pronunciation varies according to the local accent.

Answer 2

Greek

Answer 3

The Bulgarians "invented" yogurt. The common culture or starter for yogurt is called Lactobacillus bulgaricus. Bulgarians had much influence on Greece. They were one of the few tribes who migrated downward, (Most migration was to the east or west.) The Bagomils (proto-Bulgarians) established deep roots in Thrace, a region now shared between modern Greece, Bulgaria, and Turkey.

Answer 4

Yogurt is a staple of the Balkan diet. In fact the bactieria which is in Greek, Bulgarian, Turkish yogurt, is said to have originated in the Balkans.