One charge accuses al Halabi of delivering unauthorized food, including baklava pastries, to detainees.

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Greek baklava, for instance, is authentically served with a drizzle of rose syrup.

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Baklava is the national dessert of Turkey and Gaziantep its spiritual home.

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The family considers Toula a disgrace and pursues her like the Furies, hounding her with lousy advice and overloaded plates of lamb and baklava.

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"My friends call me Mr Baklava, " says Nadir with pride.

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These two slightly dusty inland towns are notable for their Turkish-speaking minorities, holdovers from the Ottoman Empire, who still purvey succulent Eastern sweets such as lokum and baklava.

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Ms Rayes' husband is behind these creations - from a new baklava flavour with notes of honey and crumbled pastry in the mix to a minty After Eight.

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The strudel was originally introduced to the Balkan region by the invading Turks, who brought over a version of baklava, and got passed on to Vienna when the Balkan territories were reclaimed.

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