This 240-year-old sweet shop in Istanbul makes Turkish Delights fit for a King | Remarkable Living

Haci Bekir is a five-generation family-owned confectionery that has been making traditional Turkish sweets since the days of the Ottoman Empire. Today, the business is run by 30-year-old Leyla Celalyan, who believes in blending modern elements with traditional ones to keep the tradition alive.
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[@Tweezy786]

I live near Hershey, PA which is the considered " the sweetest place on earth ". I can honestly say these Turkish confectionaries personally seem more appealing to me than any type of chocolate. They are so unusual to where I live & I'd love to try every single one. I have had many Turkish delights over the last few years but they are hard to come by where I live because it's all about Hershey chocolate.

[@cjlsniper]

I live about 30 minutes away and I really just wanna find a place with Turkish delights, I want to try more food from around the world tho too

[@change698]

Haci Bekir has the most amazing old school charm. Their selection is second to none. Went shopping there while I was visiting. Got stopped by US Customs upon returning home. They thought all those boxes I had were for sale 😅. Had to explain how long I planned to store and consume them...

[@V4mpDxwn]

I would love hershys tbh

[@Tweezy786]

@@V4mpDxwn I’m a big fan of their dark chocolate Hershey kisses!

[@V4mpDxwn]

@@Tweezy786 im an cookies and cream type of gal lmao

[@mishaal6165]

Edmund would love to come here😂🥰

[@human_rights0]

Me too bro!

[@xavierpaololedesmamandreza]

Who's Edmund......? 😳

[@serafinaghassani5561]

@@xavierpaololedesmamandreza the kid from narnia who betrayed his family so he could eat turkish delights in the first movie

[@priyankadevlekar8951]

I think it's edmund who made turkish delight more famous 😁

[@itskevinjustkevin]

No familial betrayal required

[@davidabdo1]

What a remarkable story. What a legacy that has been passed down and the changes made to adapt to new ideas and resources whilst using the same values of this great business

[@TheRealTerrellBrownB]

Everything looks so delicious, I love how it’s a family business .

[@jacobo6652]

I hope that they survive this quarantine

[@percysong]

I love Turkey and her people!

[@Dakshmarwah]

It's an absolute must visit in Istanbul. Very well made video

[@martaprestamo9543]

A work of art in every bite.

[@change8606]

looks delicious

[@alexanderadams9008]

This is so cool, what a beautiful shop and a cool history, wish I could try some!

[@hansolo7205]

Goes really good with apple tea!

[@saintessa]

That sounds nice

[@melhawk8045]

The looks of that cup of coffee got me craving! I love a good Turkish coffee...

[@cauliflowerhead2735]

Now I'm hungry... Those candies look so goooood!

[@yogalekshumimarimuthu2173]

I loveeee Turkish Delight 💖💖💖💖💖

[@cocoaorange1]

In Chicago, Turkish delight is expensive. But I really like it. Rose water flavor is my fave.

[@Donknowww]

Its great isn't it?😍 I'm a rose flavor fan as well😎

[@zandrakoon4651]

I love that Leyla is wearing "Rumi Su" beaitiful silk scarf by Turkish sisters, Pinar Yegin and Deniz Yegin Ikiisik ! 😄 "Haci Bekir" Turkish sweets looks delicious ! Must try in Turkey ! In Singapore, there's "Mediterranean Delight" located at Orchard Exchange #B1-04 (Orchard MRT) selling similar sweets. I tried the sample but was unable to find something I could NOT resist ! 😂

[@heatherhartman6474]

Sounds REALLY GOOD!!🤩😍

[@2endytgamer336]

😘

[@medallionvaliance5349]

Just ordered an assorted box of their Turkish Delight on amazon! I’m excited ^^

[@shakeemaadowney2063]

How was it?

[@ryukin_iii]

Was it good?

[@TurquazCannabiz]

Still in a sugar coma I see

[@joemurray8902]

If I travel to Turkey, that will be my first stop!

[@nazimf.3604]

Turkish Delights, Irresistible.

[@sutrasofdelight]

Candy is magic.

[@elizabethification771]

There are so many varieties of Turkish delight made in different shops and they're not all the same. Haci Bekir has the most remarkable Turkish delight I've ever had (turkish). I would recommend the one with clotted cream filling. It's extraordinary.

[@skippythealien9627]

there's Turkish delight with CLOTTED FREAKING CREAM? omg that sounds heavenly

[@elizabethification771]

@@skippythealien9627 oh yeah and its incredible

[@cognacc2144]

Omg thanks for the suggestion ❤

[@pisku7362]

She is such a nice lady. I will make sure to visit if I ever find myself in turkey

[@animalfinatic9366]

Wow!!!

[@A_Dopamine_Molecule]

Anyone reading this while eating Turkish Delights, enjoy :)

[@Quanic2000]

Baron Zemo sent me.

[@MithalanMithrarin]

If you ever tour the Pacific Northwest of the United States, you MUST try out the variety of Turkish Delight that's been made for the past 100+ years; Aplets and Cotlets. I'm from Wenatchee Washington, and I lived a short distance from where the factory that makes them is at. Almost everyone in the central Washington area eats these heavenly treats~!

[@Cestmoi50]

I love ❤the candy of haci bekir, everytime I visit Istanbul I will buy some to take back home. I love the Lokum and before Haci Bekir I never liked hard candy, until I tried it here

[@nehabharali3711]

Ok I know i came after watching Narnia n I crave to taste it somedayy !!!

[@yakovmatityahu]

Amazon me bi mil raha he Neha😄

[@abbas.awmyi0401]

What an honour to be living and recognised by the Ottoman Empire!

[@skippythealien9627]

everything she shared was just really crazy to think about

[@harshpreetkaur927]

Wow 😲

[@flyboymcgee8059]

Wonderful. Hope to visit one day

[@chrishoo2]

Fond memories of visiting Haci Bekir

[@chrys4991]

I would love to visit there!!!

[@francinebarr1204]

Love Them 😍

[@azmanabas8425]

The place where zemo ordered on line his Turkish delight

[@deveshkumarsingh2044]

Very beautiful and nice.

[@denby23able]

Zemo would be proud!

[@alkemachinery]

This is really cool! Classic!

[@yoe5221]

My dream sweets candy shop.. I feel I'm in the Disney cartoons

[@scottschoentravelingnurse-4426]

As a child I loved watching my mother make Turkish delight and other candies. She made everything from scratch. I considered her Original America because she didn't forget the old ways. She didn't have any formal training, she learned everything from her mother, relatives and by practicing. I'm so blessed to have learned from her. Now days holiday candies are every day candies just packaged in holiday wrappers. I feel sorry for New America or even New World people because they don't get to experience real tradition.

[@ZyGotham64]

Turkish desserts will be always amazing

[@thomasdelaney9370]

Delicious! A very cute, young lady!

[@Ron-SA]

I would choose this shop over Willy Wonkers any day! I love turkish delight

[@meat_loves_wasabi]

Looks beautiful will definitely visit when we go Istanbul 2 weeks time…. Good to have less sugar or sugar free varieties

[@Donknowww]

I like rose flavor the most!😍 Can't live without Lokum :)

[@allan4974]

wow 240 years

[@hautakleightontam771]

It's an irony that violet candies are 'new' to Hacir Bekir when Parma Violets have been a staple in British sweet-shops for many years. These look much tastier, though!

[@miaomiao07]

Looks good. Hope they can make blue pea flower hard candy.

[@cocoaorange1]

Is it good?

[@miaomiao07]

@@cocoaorange1 I haven't tried it hahah. Would you be going there to try?

[@gorillachilla]

Shss beautiful

[@yeetngreet148]

I read it as “sweat shop” instead of “sweet” so I was mildly concerned reading the title for a sec

[@kayleemaendel9509]

Imma write this place down for a “must see/visit” in my lifetime.

[@simonvinyl]

My favourite food. I could live on it.

[@saysamnang9851]

Candy is dessert or sweet not a food

[@venkhateshsr4978]

Do they have online or how to access them or place orders

[@louiseemborong5852]

Damn that's a shop right there

[@FoodNerds]

Cook iyi!

[@user-qd6yt3of4x]

This dessert was made similar to it in the 12th century in the Kingdom of Morocco, and it was called ma'asal 🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦

[@eirumshaikh5271]

MashAllah

[@louisaudy9771]

wah sedap enak saya kapan bisa mencoba permen dan kue turki hanya mimpi

[@HandiworksbyClyne]

Do they also make Narnia's Turkish Delight?

[@MiracleWinchester]

I think it's the one with rose water

[@gokhanazcan7142]

Süper

[@rkshuvo5031]

Hmm...Yamm.

[@AidinAssef]

Cute

[@sharkeyes]

240 years and they still haven’t made bubblegum flavour so many flavours and we only get pistachio 🙄

[@BohariJapar]

Jennifer Lawrence in her mature years. Beautiful

[@Poemi10304]

She’s 30 years old, while Jennifer Lawrence is 29. 😰

[@pranjalihankare1483]

💜

[@okami7751]

I love Armenian and Turkish sweets. They are so delectable

[@garnetlaurel7203]

wow thats great ,.. thank you for sharing.. please come to my house'

[@bridgetfitzgerald3063]

... what does it taste like? Texture?

[@khaltichahiwat9077]

🙏🌺🙏🌺🙏👍

[@j.r.hoover5356]

I want to order

[@terikinaguerrap5237]

Muy dulces y es una verdadera goma ,me saco la reparacion de una muela,solo por k me la regslo mi nietecita,no hablo mas.

[@trinityz5540]

I swear she just put the Turkish into her mouth and drank the tea and then started to chew it.

[@blackleague212]

Most of these candies we have. It's because American companies came in and over produced these candies. Made them cheap and universal. This is real candy!

[@caraccident5357]

Not fit for a King, for a Sultan

[@mertcelik1002]

Bravo you saved the empire

[@merysusandyutomo-dh9lb]

where is adress in eminonu İ want buy

[@fnafplayer6447]

So that's where mickey got his recipe

[@lapizaini5218]

turkish deligth with rose popular beacuse of Narnia rigth?

[@darknessknight2424]

This is decumentary about turki sweets or about owner of the shop ? Confused 🤔 me. I want to see more about sweet not more owner story than Turkish sweets...

[@JollibeenosHasYourCoordinates]

Then we have our "Turkish Delights" in the Philippines. Pink disappointing blocks of powdered sugar sold in a plastic bag.

[@fafablablabla]

şekerci cafer erol

[@cihattugrul9746]

Oo

[@TurdFergurson]

The way I perceived turkish delight was that it was so good you would betray your entire family for it. Then I actually tried it and discovered that it's definitely NOT worth betraying your entire family for.

[@dutchshark1580]

Irresistible

[@sashao5o4]

Sometimes this comment section is weird, it's just candy from Turkey and i suprise that one commet is deleted. But still every time...

[@relaxwhc]

Zemo

[@katamekothriis1613]

1777!? That's literally one year after the founding of america!!! This place was in business during the Revolutionary War!!!

[@balishboyz713]

Humko daydo

[@bimalkumarnayak1711]

I have sugar 😭

[@edgabrielocay3376]

every diabetic patient's worse nightmare.. 😂

[@user-dq3fe7ii6b]

ㅎ궆

[@gaslitworldf.melissab2897]

It's so hard to have perspective from a distance. Everything about Turkish food culture tells me it must be a wonderful place to live, but the strong presence or orthodoxy gives me deep pause. Gotta wonder what's coming.

[@milocapslock]

The guy in the middle at 3:23 is so cute. Makes me wanna fly to Turkey to sample his peaches 😝

[@gorillachilla]

get on your knees you can sample mines

[@DarkwearGT]

L Kids who grow up on candy store Kids who grow up on toy store Kids who grow up on electronics store Kids who grow up on business Not .e

[@DarkwearGT]

M

[@kaptanashikar]

why does this video have subtitles? is it really that hard to understand the woman's english? I'm not hurt or anything, just curious (I wish I could give a link on youtube comments, there was a wonderful joke about this. it was about a jihadist getting offended by subtitles :)))))

[@slayermate07]

For a king yes, but is it also enough for one who betrays his own siblings at the behest of an ice witch?

[@canwegetashoutouttoworking2002]

For Edmund, yes. 1) It was WW2, where sugar was very expensive. Poor Ed probably hadn't eaten anything sweet for a few months. 2) A real, authentic Turkish Delight is absolutely wonderful. 3) The Witch might've made the Turkish delight tastier by using magic.

[@manithangavalu7885]

242 yrs! Wonder what was the rate of DIABETES?

[@satanlovespussy9707]

When CNA couldn't get any info from Wuhan virus

[@doktormilk]

ya because they only cover wuhan virus all these time

[@satanlovespussy9707]

@@doktormilk agreed

[@f0rmaggi0]

It’s Constantinople.

[@mustafaaustinpowers5748]

It's Istanbul not Constantinople,it's a Turkish delight on a moon-lit night.

[@xavierpaololedesmamandreza]

Goodbye teeth. Hello tooth decay.....😭

[@shysummer9608]

I'm gonna betray my loved ones for these

[@BoJoFohPah]

Turkish candy. The only candy in the world that gives you violent diarrhea