When Easter comes, I cannot refrain myself writing about the magnetic bakery aromas in Istanbul . These days, Istanbul’s pastry shops are bursting with unbelievably wonderful aromas. Easter bread, namely “Paskalya Çöreği” in Turkish, is the source of that alluring smell, with its unmistaken combination of yeasty dough flavored with secret ingredients that mark the taste of the Easter bread in Türkiye. “Paskalya” is the Turkish word for Easter, and “Çörek” is a generic name given to special