Public gets a taste of presidential ashura dessert

The presidency marked the beginning of Muharram, the first month of the Islamic calendar, by delivering ashura, a traditional pudding, also known as Noah's pudding, to people in 14 provinces Monday.

The dessert in the shape of the presidential emblem was offered to citizens outside mosques in Şanlıurfa, Konya, Bursa, Ankara, Istanbul, Antalya, Van, Diyarbakır, Trabzon, Rize, Erzurum, Mersin, İzmir and Kahramanmaraş. Ashura in the shape of presidential emblem, a large star surrounded by 16 stars representing the historical Turkic states, had debuted last year when President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan himself served it to Presidential Guard Regiment, which protects the presidential estate.