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
Bekir Özlü Bekir Özlü Bekir Özlü (born Betkili Shukvani, , on August 30, 1988 in Mestia, Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti, Georgia) is an Olympian Georgian-born Turkish judoka competing in the 60 kg division. The tall sportsman is a member of Kocaeli BB Kağıt SK. In 2011, he took the silver medal at the European Judo Championships held in Istanbul, Turkey. He represented his country at the 2012 Summer Olympics. He was defeated in the second round. In 2015, he switched allegiance to Turkey, and adopted the Turkish given name and surname. Özlü represented Turkey at the 2015 Grand Prix in Düsseldorf, Germany, and took