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
Ebussuud Effendi were free to interpret "sharia", the law that even the ruler was subject to, Ebussuud instituted a framework in which the judicial power was derived from the Sultan's and which compelled judges to follow the Sultan's "qānūn-nāmes", "law-letters", in their application of the law. In addition to his judicial reforms, Ebussuud is also remembered for the great variety of "fatwās" he issued. His opinions allowing Karagöz plays and the consumption of coffee, a novelty at the time, are particularly celebrated. Ebussuud Effendi Ebussuud Effendi (Turkish: "Mehmed Ebussuûd Efendi", b. 30 December 1490 – d. 23 August 1574) was a Hanafi