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Cezerye is a semi-gelatinous Turkish confectionery made from carrot, fig or date purée, packed with nuts or pistachios and sprinkled with shredded coconut. Cezerye is served at special occasions, it looks like Turkish Delights. It is traditionally believed to be an aphrodisiac. You can buy cezerye also as a gift. Pişmaniye is a Turkish sweet in fine strands made by blending flour roasted in butter into pulled sugar. It is sometimes garnished with ground pistachio nuts. Pişmaniye looks like cotton candy, both method and ingredients are different. There are many different Turkish names used in different provinces, the most common being tel helva, çekme helva, tel more about Pişmaniye Turks say that “To drink one cup of coffee together guarantees forty years of friendship”. Turkish coffee is a very fine, powder-like grind. It is prepared by boiling finely powdered roast coffee beans in a pot, possibly with sugar, and serving it into a cup, where the dregs settle. Turkish coffee is served hot from a special more about TURKISH COFFEE An old Turkish aphorism tells one to “eat sweetly and speak sweetly”. Sweets have always been an important component of Turkish cuisine. The origin of Lokum -Turkish Delight- dates back to the time of the Ottoman Empire. Delight (Lokum) is a confection made from starch and sugar. It is often flavored with rosewater, mastic or lemon; more about TURKISH DELIGHT (LOKUM) That sweet thing is one of the main things that remind us our childhood. Cotton candy or candy floss or fairy floss is a form of spun sugar and food coloring, that is used to change the natural white colour. It is sticky and sweet, it dissolves quickly in the mouth. It feels like wool to the touch more about COTTON CANDY (Pamuk Şeker) You will see this blue glass piece everywhere in Turkey. Nazar boncuğu is a glass bead that protects the holder from evil eye. It is pretty common in Turkey. Have a look around and you might discover countless Nazar Boncuks dangling from cars, from rear-view windows, backpacks, on necklaces and bracelets, pinned to the sweaters of more about Nazar Boncuk (Turkish Blue Eye Bead) 
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