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Simit (Turkish) is a circular bread typically encrusted with sesame seeds or the less usual poppy or sunflower common in Greece Turkey Serbia Bulgaria Macedonia and other parts of the Balkans and across the Middle East from Egypt to Lebanon and beyond. Simit’s size crunch chewiness and other characteristics vary slightly by region. In the city of İzmir simit is known as gevrek although it is very similar to the Istanbul variety.
