11 stores · curated ORBIS register
Tangerine flavours the lokum at Bodrum Lokum, the Ortakent confectioner that began making Turkish delight in 2011. Jams and tangerine-scented cologne also appear in its range, extending the local citrus theme beyond confectionery. Bursa's Kafkas slowly simmers chestnuts in sugar syrup, selling kestane şekeri loose or dipped in chocolate. Istanbul's Hacı Bekir (Ali Muhiddin Hacı Bekir) makes lokum and akide rock candy, continuing a family confectionery business on Bahçekapı's original street.
Ortakent, Bodrum
Founded in 2011, this Ortakent confectioner is the Bodrum peninsula's own Turkish delight and candy producer, flavouring its lokum with the region's tangerine and mixed fruits. Alongside the sweets it makes jams, tangerine-scented cologne and soaps in the Bodrum tradition.
Best for Bodrum tangerine Turkish delight and jams
Bursa
Kafkas is a Bursa confectioner devoted to kestane sekeri, the candied chestnuts for which the city and its Uludag chestnut groves are known. Each nut is slowly simmered in sugar syrup until glossy, then sold loose, glazed or dipped in chocolate.
Best for Candied chestnuts (kestane sekeri)
Edirne
Arslanzade traces its almond paste and Kavala cookies to the Edirne confectioner Arif Usta, working today to ISO 22000 and ISO 9001 standards from its own production house. The range covers badem ezmesi, deva-i misk, acibadem and kallavi biscuits and lokum, sold direct online and to wholesale buyers.
Best for Edirne almond paste and Kavala cookies
Bahçekapı, Eminönü, Istanbul, Turkey
Hacı Bekir Efendi opened his confectionery in Bahçekapı in 1777, and the original storefront still stands on the same street, now run by the family's fifth generation and registered as a living heritage site. The shop makes lokum, akide rock candy, and helva by methods largely unchanged since the eighteenth century.
Best for Turkish delight and traditional confections
Istanbul / Türkiye
Hafız Mustafa 1864 has sold Turkish baklava, kadayıf, puddings, lokum, dragees, cakes and other confectionery since 1864. The house operates branches across Istanbul and internationally, including its historic Sirkeci presence as well as Dubai and London, while its dedicated online shop extends the same sweets beyond the physical network for domestic and international orders without tying the description to a brittle branch count.
Best for Confectionery, baklava, turkish-delight, patisserie
Karaköy, Beyoğlu, Istanbul, Turkey
Karaköy Güllüoğlu makes baklava, kadayıf, and Turkish delight at its Karaköy shop on Kemankeş Caddesi, and carries a Centennial Brands certification marking over a century in business. The Güllü family's baklava is sold by the tray with same-day delivery across Istanbul and shipping worldwide.
Best for Baklava and Turkish confections
İstiklal Caddesi, Beyoğlu, Istanbul
Historic Istanbul patisserie — European-style cakes and pastries in a Belle Époque setting. A reminder of Istanbul's cosmopolitan past.
Best for Historic Istanbul patisserie — European-style cakes and pastries in a Belle Époque setting
Istanbul / Türkiye
Founded in 1807, Şekerci Cafer Erol is a historic Istanbul confectioner known for Turkish delight, akide candies, chocolates, marzipan, other traditional sweets and seasonal gift boxes. Its flagship at Yasa Cad. No:19 in Kadıköy anchors a wider Istanbul network that includes Göztepe, Akasya AVM, İstinye Park AVM and Galataport, while the official online shop extends the same confectionery range beyond the physical stores.
Best for Confectionery, turkish delight, chocolate, candy
Mardin / Türkiye / Online
A Century-Old Brands Association member trading since 1914, Davut Selim stone-grinds its dibek coffee and colors confections with natural plant dyes. Almond sugar, helva and lokum ship nationwide with card payment.
Best for Stone-ground arabica dibek coffee and Mardin almond sugar
Davut Selim is a member of Turkey's Century-Old Brands Association, a designation tied to continuous operation under one name for over a hundred years, and the business dates its own founding to 1914 in Mardin. Its coffee is stone-ground rather than machine-milled, an older processing method the business highlights specifically for its arabica dibek coffee, alongside the almond sugar, badem şekeri, that uses locally grown Mardin almonds as its base. The confectionery line also leans on natural, plant-based colorings rather than synthetic dyes, a detail that matters for a category, Turkish delight and colored sugar candy, that commonly relies on artificial color. Beyond the stone-ground coffee and almond sugar, the shop makes helva and lokum from the same regional repertoire, sold through an online store with card payment and a consulting hotline staffed from nine in the morning to nine at night. No individual founder is named on the site itself, an omission that stands out given the business's own emphasis on its century-plus continuity, though the Century-Old Brands membership functions as outside corroboration of the 1914 date rather than the company's claim standing alone.
Alsancak, İzmir
Alsancak Dostlar Fırını has rolled out paper-thin, lard-free boyoz from the same Alsancak corner for roughly a century, following a recipe Sephardic Jewish bakers brought to İzmir generations ago. Trays come out dusted with powdered sugar or filled with spinach and cheese, and locals still queue before the morning rush.
Best for Boyoz pastry
Safranbolu, Karabük
In the UNESCO-listed Ottoman town of Safranbolu, Meşhur Safranbolu Lokumcusu makes saffron and other Turkish delight, akide candies and traditional sweets. The shop is a direct stop for regional confectionery rather than a general souvenir store.
Best for Safranbolu saffron Turkish delight (lokum)
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