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
Rizal Effendi second term in the 2015 local elections, with his deputy changed to Rahmad Mas'ud. In 2018, he ran in the province's gubernatorial election as running mate to Andi Sofyan Hasdam, although the pair lost. The pair placed last in the four-way race, winning 288,166 votes (21.32%). Rizal Effendi M. Rizal Effendi is an Indonesian journalist and politician who is the mayor of Balikpapan, East Kalimantan. A graduate of Mulawarman University, Effendi briefly served as a member of the People's Consultative Assembly and headed a local newspaper before becoming a deputy mayor. Following his first term, he was elected the city's