"Turk sweet makers claim just desserts in Cyprus row
Fri May 12, 2006 10:41 PM IST14
By Thomas Grove
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey's baklava makers are up in arms over European Union posters presenting their sweet, sticky dessert as the national dish of ethnically Greek Cyprus.
'Baklava is definitely more Turkish than Cypriot,' Halil Dincerler, owner of Haci Sayid baklava makers, told Reuters.
The 'baklava battle' is the latest irritant in relations between EU-member Cyprus and EU-candidate Turkey, which hopes to become the EU's first predominantly Moslem state."
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