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Turkish Town Where Baklava Beckons
The first
thing you notice among passengers departing from Oguzeli Airport in Gaziantep,
Turkey, is the profusion of shopping bags containing baklava, the intensely
sweet Middle Eastern phyllo pastry and nut confection that is a staple of every
Turkish celebration. This city of about a million people, in the province of
the same name and situated on the Silk Road about 530 miles southeast of
Istanbul, claims some 100 baklava shops, which supply 90 percent of the baklava
consumed in Turkey. Last December, Gaziantep baklava, which is made with
locally grown pistachio nuts, was awarded “protected status” by the European
Union, a designation that recognizes a specific local food, protects it from
imitators and potentially helps boost tourism to the area.
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