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Elders, known locally as ak-sakal, or white beards, in the crowd nodded with approval as some took turns calling for harmony between the communities.
The Moscow Times 2010
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Turkish sakal döken ` those who dropped their beards 'derived from French Cercle d'Orient, a club of pro-European, clean-shaven intellectuals in Istanbul in the 19th century.
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