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Baklava producers announced that they will take a break from pistachio baklava production for a while to protest the prices. Mehmet Yıldırım, Chairman of the Board of Baklava and Dessert Producers Association (BAKTAD), said, “Let’s take a break from pistachio products for a while, let’s not produce them. Let’s make …

The coronavirus outbreak has hit Turkish baklava makers, who generally spend busy days making the world-famous Turkish dessert ahead of Ramadan Bayram, also known as Eid al-Fitr in other parts of the world. Orders and sales in Baklava have significantly dropped during the epidemic, Mehmet Yıldırım, head of the Association …