Flatbread Making and Sharing Culture: Lavash, Katyrma, Jupka, Yufka

The word lavash is in Azerbaijani Turkish; Thin bread means phyllo bread. Lavash, which is an important food item in Turkish cuisine, will continue to be an important cultural element of the whole Turkish World, especially in Erzurum. Famous traveler Evliya Çelebi, in his travel book, describes in detail the Turkish and Islamic geographies where lavash and lavash are made. It records that it is consumed in Istanbul, Bitlis, Adana, Van, Şebinkarahisar, Kayseri and many Anatolian cities and Azerbaijan region.