Turkish delight form of "lokum" made with starch and sugar. The family business, now in its fifth generation, still operates under the founder's name. Tim Richardson, a historian of sweets, has questioned the popular attribution of Hacı Bekir as the inventor of Turkish Delight, writing that "specific names and dates are often erroneously associated with the invention of particular sweets, not least for commercial reasons". Similar Arab and Persian recipes, including the use of starch and sugar, predate Bekir by several centuries. The Oxford Companion to Food states that although Bekir is often credited with the invention, there is no hard evidence
Sunbuli Jemaliye: Pir Muhammed Jemaleddin Halveti Sunbuliye: Pir Sumbul Sinan(branch of Jemaliye) Merkeziye: Pir Musa Muslihuddin (known as 'Merkez Effendi')(branch of Sunbuliye) His resting place is at the Merkez Effendi Mosque (formerly the Merkez Effendi Tekke in Istanbul Sunbuli The Sunbuliye is a branch of the Halveti order, founded by Sunbul Sinan Efendi, more commonly known in Turkey as 'Sunbul Effendi'. Sunbul Effendi was born in 1464 or between 1475 and 1480 in Merzifon, Turkey. He became a dervish with Shaikh Muhammed Jemaleddin al-Khalwati of the Halveti order at the Koja Mustafa Pasha Dergah/Mosque in Istanbul. After becoming a Khalif or