Baklava is one of the world's great desserts. You can give yours a clever autumnal twist by following a baking expert's ...

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. Wednesday, June 11, 2025 News ...

Baklava, a decadent dessert known for its flaky layers of phyllo dough, sweetened with honey and nut fillings, carries with it a rich tapestry of history that spans continents and centuries. This ...

Which country owns the baklava recipe? Syria, Greece, Egypt, Turkey ... His family ran a shop of the same name in Cyprus until 1974 when political unrest caused the family to leave.

It appears that Greek Cyprus has opened up another front in its ongoing battle with Turkey to claim certain traditional food items as its own. Before it was baklava and Turkish (or, if you prefer, ...

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.

Syria, Greece, Egypt, Turkey - and many more countries - all lay claim to the inventing the popular sweet. SBS News asks the experts for their theories.