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Baklava Alayı is a state ceremony that became traditional during the reign of Kanuni Sultan Süleyman in the Ottoman Empire, performed as a gesture of favor to the soldiers and as a symbol of the sultanate’s grandeur. Held on the fifteenth day of Ramadan, coinciding with the visit to the Hırka-i Şerif, this ceremony attained its full formal structure by the end of the 17th century. According to this tradition, special baklava prepared in the palace kitchen was distributed to the Janissary Corps a