Engin Dinç, a künefe master who reopened his heavily damaged shop in a prefabricated bazaar in Hatay several weeks after the recent earthquakes, experienced this first-hand. "It's a bit small after our old place," he said. "Still, it's cute. We are lucky that we had it. Maybe it's going to be the place where we rear up again."
Gözde Künefe's original shop was in one of the wealthier neighbourhoods of Hatay. Customers remembered that some nights before the earthquake, they waited for their orders while cruising the street in their cars since there were no tables to sit at or a parking space to stop at. Now, the new, temporary shop is barely larger than 10sq m, and the staff needs to work efficiently to prevent chaos in the limited space.