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Press coverage
Press coverage
"The origin of baklava is one of the most "heated" debates in the culinary world. Baklava is part of a shared Mesopotamian and Anatolian heritage, but the Kurdish claim to it is massive and almost entirely ignored by the mainstream. "
https://www.kurdish-history.com/kurdish-baklava
"While the Ottoman Imperial kitchens in Istanbul get the "official" credit for the modern, multi-layered version we eat today, the heart and soul of baklava production is located in Kurdish lands. "
https://www.kurdish-history.com/kurdish-baklava
"The City of Dîlok (Gaziantep)
You cannot talk about the word without talking about the place. As we noted, Dîlok is the world capital of baklava.
It is a city with a massive Kurdish heart and history.
The masters who spent their lives rolling dough so thin you can see through it were local Kurds.
When they said Baqlewa, they were using their own language to describe their own craft.
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https://www.kurdish-history.com/kurdish-baklava
"The Word Baklava - Where Does It Come From?
While the "official" history books often point to a Turkic or Mongolian origin for the word, if you look at the word through a Kurdish linguistic lens, it fits perfectly.
In Kurdish, the word is often pronounced as Baqlewa or Baqilawa, and it breaks down into two very meaningful roots:
1. "Baq" (باق) In Kurdish, Baq means a "bundle," a "bouquet," or a "sheaf."
Think about how baklava is made: it is a "bundle" of hundreds of micro-thin layers of dough, precisely stacked together.
It describes the physical structure of the pastry far better than the abstract "pile" definition often used in Turkic etymology.
2. "Lawa" (لاوا)
This root is deeply connected to the Kurdish word for "youth" or "young man" (Law / Lawan).
A popular folk history in Kurdistan suggests the dish was originally a "Bundle for the Youth" or made by the "young ones" in the family.
Some also connect it to "Lawa" as a term for "supplication" or "sweetness/beauty" in older dialects.
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https://www.kurdish-history.com/kurdish-baklava
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