 ayran is a cold yogurt beverage mixed with salt. in addition to turkey, where it is considered a national drink, ayran is found in armenia (here called tan), azerbaijan, iran, the balkans, kazakhstan, kyrgyzstan, lebanon, syria and across the caucasus.for popularity in armenia, azerbaijan, kazakhstan, and kyrgyzstan see  for the balkans, see  *for use in afghanistan by kirghiz, see  *for lebanon, see  *for presence in the north caucasus, see  {{cite web|url=http://books.google.nl/books?id=zmcdllcraqkc&pg=pa10&lpg=pa10&dq=ayran+drink+in+afghanistan&source=bl&ots=tr5gctmsyd&sig=ljsdqrvpusitqze1k_d4nt738sy&hl=nl&sa=x&ei=gaf0vpflcjtiaoaqgege&ved=0cgaq6aewca#v=onepage&q=ayran%20drink%20in%20afghanistan&a
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