Grape cultivation and wine-making in Turkey began some 7,000 years ago, but the industry has been in decline for generations, mainly as a result of religious restrictions and unrest. “We lost it all: the maintenance of all the vineyards, the making of the wine,” Umay Ceviker, a co-founder of Yaban Kolektif, an initiative to protect indigenous grapes in Turkey, told New Lines. “All of this history, all of this background, all of the traditions, festivals and rituals [tied to wine] — we were forced to forget everything.” Now, he and other experts and makers are attempting to revive Turkish wine, and bring near-extinct grapes back to life.

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The German newspaper "Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung" made a map of all railway lines in Germany with a time slider. You can view the map at any year between 1835 and 2022. Among other sources, OpenRailwayMap was used.

https://interaktiv.waz.de/bahn-schienennetz-deutschland-1835-bis-heute/ (German)