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This is somewhat true. As I understand it, it was called Turkish Coffee everywhere, including Greece, up until the conflict between Turkey and Greece in Cyprus.

This is somewhat true. As I understand it, it was called Turkish Coffee everywhere, including Greece, up until the conflict between Turkey and Greece in Cyprus. As a result, Greece began to discourage the use of Turkish anything, but they weren’t about to give up their coffee! Sort of reminds me of the short-lived “Freedom Fries” movement in the U.S.

egeozcan 7y ago
It makes sense to create a new identity for the imported stuff if it's going to sell better. Also goes the other way: Last time I was in Greece, I've also seen a lot of restaurants offering Turkish Breakfast. I was intrigued and asked a waiter why the name. He said that it sells much better to the Turkish tourists (me included, haha), of which there were many in the area. And sometimes the dish changes while the name interestingly hangs on: Döner in Germany, Döner in Turkey and Donair in Halifax/Canada. Only similarity is the form of the meat but presentation/taste is totally different. They are practically different dishes. I'd have also said döner in Greece which is prepared with pork meat but it got renamed to Gyros if I'm not mistaken. Especially Middle East and Eurasia, including the Balkans, have such culture trades in every direction imaginable.