Hafiz Mustafa 1864

History of Hafız Mustafa

Hafız Mustafa Confectionaries from 1864 to the present

Candy maker Hafız Mustafa was founded by Hadji İsmail Hakkı Bey during the reign of Sultan Abdulaziz Khan 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 dibek stone at the basement floor of the shop. Hafız 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.