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 Coşkun in the hut, but says that one must accept to wear a leash and obey their owner in return for the bones and cushions." The column was condemned by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who urged the army to sue; the Army General Staff filed a complaint, leading to prosecutors investigating. Bekir Coşkun Bekir Coşkun (born 1945 Tülmen, Şanlıurfa, Turkey) is a Turkish journalist, writer and columnist for leading Turkish daily, "Cumhuriyet". He is a good friend of Emin Çölaşan, with whom he had worked in the newspaper "Hürriyet" before they were controversially sacked by the paper's editor-in-chief, Ertuğrul Özkök.