Hafiz Mustafa Istanbul
Hafiz Mustafa History
Hafız Mustafa Baklava and Delight Confectionaries from 1864 to the present
Candy Sweets maker Hafiz Mustafa company was founded by Hadji İsmail Hakkı Bey during the Sultan Abdulaziz Khan (King) reign in Bahçekapı, Istanbul in 1864, and then it was taken over by his son, Hafız Mustafa.
Hadji İsmail Hakkı Bey, one of the first producers of sugar candy, first started making sugar candies with the (Dibek) stone on the basement floor of the shop. Hafiz Mustafa was occupied with candy-making and confectionary during the period in which his father operated the shop and he was a volunteering muezzin in the Arpacılar Mosque at the same time.
It is well known that Hafiz Mustafa is the first to have found and manufactured the salty pastry called Poğaça. Hafiz Mustafa won 11 medals in Europe in the areas of bakery and confectionery between the years 1926 and 1938. While increasing brand reliability at the national level, it also promoted Turkish products to the world and proved high brand recognition.
Cemil Bey, son of Hafiz Mustafa, also continued with the same tradition and maintained the perception of a reliable brand with the brand “Çikolat Cemil”. Sherbets, confectionaries, and Turkish delights have a special place in Ottoman cuisine.
The most famous confectionary in the palace is the Turkish delight (“lokum” in Turkish), known as “rahat-ı halkum” in the Ottoman dictionary, and meaning “that which relieves the throat” in Turkish. Sugar candy has a special meaning that symbolizes the dedication of janissaries to the palace in the Ottoman Empire.
Hafiz Mustafa Confectionaries make you experience the traces and deliciousness of history thanks to our 153-year history without losing their dedication to Turkish traditional culture and values.
The 153-year business has reached our day after many handovers, but Hafiz Mustafa's historic fabric has never changed. Hafiz Mustafa stores always place importance on keeping their historical structure alive through the walls decorated with tiles, wood-coated columns, as well as paintings and embellishments on the walls.
Hafiz Mustafa has witnessed many historical and social changes in their history of 153 years. From 1864 to the present; they have experience and cultural heritage of over a century has witnessed the first tramways with horses, the founding of the first city mail service, the opening of Darü’l- Fünun-ı Osmani (the first university of the Ottoman Empire), many international conventions, the proclamation of the 1 st and 2 nd Constitutionalist Periods, reigns of Sultan Abdülhamit II, Sultan Mehmet Reşat and Sultan Mehmet Vahdettin, occupation of Istanbul, Proclamation of the Republic and so on.
Hafiz Mustafa's business was supervised by Hacı Avni Ongurlar who remained loyal to the (ahi-order), a tradition coming from Hadji İsmail Hakkı Bey. He has brought Hafiz Mustafa business to its present situation with his sons and showed that they will keep it alive for long years to come.
Hafız Mustafa Confectionaries offer a wide range of products to our customers. Hafiz Mustafa has a wide range of products, ranging from confectionaries to Turkish delights, from baklava to kadayif; and from pastries to milk puddings and cakes.
Raw materials Hafiz Mustafa use in their products are 1 st grade and are produced with the hand labor of masters, experts in their fields. Hafiz Mustafa uses sugar cane instead of glucose, natural madders, and natural fruit essences instead of colorants in the products.
Hafiz Mustafa protects the Turkish historical and cultural heritage and takes care to offer services of the best quality to customers and takes care of customer’s satisfaction.
