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Two Turkish pickling varieties

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Dan in PA

Hi all,
 
New member here looking for some help IDing the following two pickled Turkish varieties.
 
The first is commonly eaten with kebab and all manner of other meat dishes. It's referred to as "süs biber tursusu" which as far as I'm aware translates to "pickled ornamental peppers". The peppers themselves are no longer than 3 inches or so in length and are always a pale yellow color, never green or red (see second pic). I'm told that the peppers have an upright growth habit while on the plant, as opposed to hanging downward.
 
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The second variety is referred to as "biberiye tursusu". Note that biberiye is the Turkish word for rosemary...not sure why it's used to refer to these peppers. These are very stubby, short (less than 3/4 inch) peppers. 
 
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Thanks for any help anyone may be able to offer. These pickled peppers are delicious, and I'd love to have them in my garden this year. 
 
 
 
Dan
 
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http://www.intfarming.com/dogal-biberiye-biberi-tohumu-5-gr-tohum-fiyati
 
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Natural Rosemary Pepper Seeds   (Doğal Biberiye Biberi Tohumu)
Plants 40-50 cm tall and is a kind suitable for open field cultivation . Fruits are yellow , 1-2 cm in diameter , round and painful structure. Often used in making pickles and per hectare yield is in the range of 0.8-1 tons . The average ripening period of 80-120 days and is the size of the harvest season period .
 
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The name confuses things.
Like Aji or Pimenta etc.
 
I have seeds as Biber(different things are added before or after biber) this or that??? (it mostly is a color added or a local name or a local type of pepper).
Depends on the way they are used +/-.
 
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I've tried to google 'süs biber sursusu' and 'körpe biber tursusu' and it seems like it's two different methods of pickling peppers. I don't know if that's any help at all.
 
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Thanks for the help, all. The seller of some Urfa seeds on eBay was kind enough to offer to try to find some of the seeds I'm looking for in Turkey. I'm not quite sure if "süs" refers to the method of preparation or to the variety of peppers. It seems to translate literally as "ornamental", so I'm wondering if these are essentially pickled ornamental peppers (though not necessarily what most of us think of as ornamental peppers).
 
The real challenge seems to be finding a seller willing to ship seeds to the US. I've found a couple sites that offer the seeds for sale, but none of them offer shipping outside of Turkey. 
 
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These seem to be exactly what I'm looking for: http://www.danapinar.net/default.asp?id=120
 
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