"Into Pistachio Country, in Southeastern Turkey
By SETH KUGEL
“In Texas, they have cowboys,” Faruk Haydargil told me, partly in holster-grabbing sign language. “In Gaziantep, we have baklava.”
The Frugal Traveler’s Mediterranean Trip
Mr. Haydargil, owner of the Haydaroglu baklava shop in downtown Gaziantep, speaks just a few words of English. But no one I talked to during a week in this sun-scorched ancient city better described the vital importance of the pistachio-and-phyllo-dough treats here."
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