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In the Istanbul neighborhood of Kurtuluş, which is home to a large Armenian population, a number of shops are decorated on account of Easter, and the smell of traditional sakızlı Paskalya çöreği–puffy loaves of ever-so-slightly sweet bread baked with mastic gum–is thick in the air.

Published on March 27, 2016

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