Altan Şekerleme

This has to be the best Turkish Delight in Istanbul. Right? Like I’ve gone to all the big shops and the flavors and textures feel bland and the Turkish Delight turns into rocks. However this is made is superior to the big trendy places everyone goes to. The flavors are stronger, the textures are better, and they seem to withstand age much better. This box has been wrapped in the Saran Wrap they wrapped it in (not vacuum sealed) since JULY 2025 and it’s now DECEMBER 2025 and it’s still fresh compared to anything else I’ve had that’s been sitting in a store. While it’s fun to go to places like Hafiz Mustafa, I can’t understand the appeal for the Turkish delight there. It’s just not as good and this is a small business that has done this for multitudes of generations. Not a tourist trap. Even if it tasted the same it’s historically more special and unique and completely Istanbul.

A beautiful shop! And thanks to google translate, I got an amazing selection of Turkish delight, traditional flavours and fancy/different ones and delicious hard candies.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Forget about the “famous” Turkish delight shop you see in tourist centers and try Altan. Their Turkish delight is softer, more flavorful, and with much greater variety, and their prices are very fair. I took home 5 boxes to share. Support this excellent small business.

Phenomenal candy shop with amazing choice and great prices. You can get one kilo of mixed candies for 350 l. The person who attended me was extremely helpful and had me taste a couple of them.

Great service to include English speaking staff.. paid with credit card.. and fantastic Turkish delight.. Definitely worth walking a little bit from the bazaar for better products and a much nicer experience..!

Beautiful, traditional Turkish sweet shop selling all sorts of treats. The Turkish delight is good... but the akide candy is even better. Every single flavour is perfect.

Great little sweet shop that's stood since 1865. Everything I tried from here was delicious. They serve Turkish delight and more traditional sugary sweets. They take both cash and card.

Gem of a spot. The best delights I've tasted throughout my 3 weeks in Turkey. Sweet and chewy but without being overbearingly so...and no gelatin either! I have learned it's a family run business dating back several generations, and it is wonderful to support an all female run business! Definitely recommend.

I was looking for some good Turkish Delight in Istanbul and looked on trip-advisor to see where I should go. And many suggested "Altan Sekerleme" so we (my friend & I) tracked our way threw the local streets (out of the major tourist spots) to find Altan Sekerleme. It took us a while (on Google it said it's a 28 mins walk from our hotel (next to the Blue Mosque) but it took us almost an hour going threw the old spice bazaar, pass the local warehouse /whole sale area where the locals (not tourist) get the stuff. We almost gave up but we asked a delivery service place where it may be (we asked a lot of locals who didn't know the location but we figure delivery peeps always know where to deliver stuff, they where great help) we finally found it and fell in love with the place. It's worth the trip. They have home made Turkish delight. No artificial dye, all natural stuff, made upstairs. The owner is a nice sweet older man who was sitting by the door. His son is the one who helped us cause he spoke a little English. We got the try lots of different delights (all with gloved hands & behind an enclosed display) very clean. They have the best prices. I didn't expect that I would leave with 2 kg of candy for 51 tl & my friend got just as much, it would have cost me twice as much for the same amount elsewhere. We would come back again next time we visit Istanbul.