"While seven to eight tons of baklava are produced in the city in a regular day, this number has tripled before the Eid," he added.
Ahmet Faruk Şenel, another baklava maker in the city, said that orders have begun to come in from a wider area, thanks to online ordering.
"In the past, we would take the orders only by phone. Now, we're getting more online orders from social media," he said.
Turkey's Gaziantep baklava is the first Turkish product registered in the EU Commission list of protected designations.
Baklava is a rich, sweet pastry featured in many cuisines of the former Ottoman countries.
It is made of layers of filo dough filled with chopped walnuts or pistachios and sweetened with syrup or honey.
