Hammam El Soltane Hammam El Soltane Hammam El Soltane (Arabic: حمام السلطان), literally ""Sultan's bath"", is one of the most famous Turkish baths in the medina of Sfax. Currently not functioning, it is at risk of being demolished. The hammam is in the eastern part of the medina in Sfax near Sidi Lakhmi mosque and Dar Jellouli Museum. It overlooks Driba Street. The written sources do not retain an exact date for the construction of this hammam. Nevertheless, an epigraphic inscription at the entrance of the building commemorates the restoration of the monument by the master Mohamed El Kotti in 1649 during the
Turkish delight Its name in Greek, λουκούμι ("loukoumi") shares a similar etymology with the modern Turkish and it is marketed as "Greek Delight". In Cyprus, where the dessert has protected geographical indication (PGI), it is also marketed as "Cyprus Delight". In Armenian it is called lokhum (լոխում). Its name in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Israel is "rahat lokum", and derives from a very old confusion of the two Ottoman Turkish names found already in Ottoman Turkish; indeed this mixed name can also be found in Turkey today. Its name in Serbo-Croatian is "ratluk", a reduced form of the same name. In Persian,