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'''Yufka''' is a versatile thin pastry dough in [[Turkey]] that is used in making [[börek]] and other [[Turkish food|Turkish dishes]]. It is also the dough that is used in making the [[saj bread|yufka bread]] by cooking it on a [[Tava|saj]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/opinion/aylin-oney-tan/beautiful-and-versatile-thin-dough-the-story-of-yufka-47151|title=Beautiful and versatile thin dough: The story of Yufka|date=May 22, 2013|author=AYLİN ÖNEY TAN|publisher=Hurriyet Daily}}</ref> Yufka is similar to Mexican [[tortilla]], being an [[unleavened bread]], the same term is used in Turkey for a single sheet of [[filo]].{{sfn|Sousanis|1983|p=13}} 

In 2016, [[UNESCO]] recognized the "flatbread making and sharing culture" of [[Lavash]], Katyrma, Jupka, and Yufka as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, shared by Turkey, [[Azerbaijan]], [[Iran]], [[Kazakhstan]], and [[Kyrgyzstan]].<ref>[https://ich.unesco.org/en/RL/flatbread-making-and-sharing-culture-lavash-katyrma-jupka-yufka-01181 Flatbread making and sharing culture: Lavash, Katyrma, Jupka, Yufka], [[UNESCO]]</ref>

==History==
Yufka was one of about two dozens of foods made of flour that Turks ate throughout the recorded history. They frequently stacked yufkas (or simply folded one) and added filling in between the layers. In the 11th century, a dictionary described yufka as "folded bread".{{sfn|Sousanis|1983|p=13}} The [[filo]] eventually evolved from yufka sometime after the [[conquest of Constantinople]], probably invented by the cooks in the [[Topkapi Palace]].{{sfn|Sousanis|1983|p=14}}

==References==
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==Sources==
* {{cite book |last=Sousanis |first=Marti |title=The Art of Filo Cookbook: International Entrées, Appetizers & Desserts Wrapped in Flaky Pastry |publisher=Aris Books |date=1983 |isbn=978-0-943186-06-1 |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Art_of_Filo_Cookbook/SS0-AQAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1 |access-date=2025-06-13}}

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