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A baklava crawl in the Turkish city that's obsessed with the pastry

Here's how the Turkish city of Gaziantep became synonymous with baklava, the sweet pastry made of layers of phyllo dough, filled with nuts and soaked in syrup or honey.
Different types of baklava are on display and being packaged at Gulluoglu, a shop in Gaziantep, Turkey. The city has many shops dedicated to the sweet pastry.

Here's how the Turkish city of Gaziantep became synonymous with baklava, the sweet pastry made of layers of phyllo dough, filled with nuts and soaked in syrup or honey.

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