The shop front of Ali Muhiddin Hacı Bekir Lokumları is distinguished by its classic glass-fronted cabinets, which hold rows of confections that have been a fixture in Istanbul since seventeen seventy-seven. Founded by a confectioner named Bekir Efendi who arrived from the district of Kastamonu, the business earned the title of royal confectioner after Bekir Efendi provided sweets to the Ottoman palace.
Ali Muhiddin Hacı Bekir Lokumları
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