Halef

Our luscious journey begins with Hac Mustafa Serdar Efendi moving to Diyarbakr from Damascus in 1907 and transferring all his knowledge and expertise on kadayif to Muhammed Bey, followed by the establishment of a kadayif shop near the Four-Legged Minaret, the commercial and cultural center at the time. As Muhammed Bey is unable to come back from the Yemen War of 1911, his son Hasan Altunhan moves the establishment to Melih Ahmet district. His biggest supporter would be his son Hac Levent Altunhan, who also gave his name to the brand. Ongoing for three generations, our journey is interrupted for a period of 11 years during the Second World War. After getting back in business in 1950 with his father, Hac Levent Altunhan steps down in the 1960s and three brothers from the fourth generation, Hac Adnan, Hac Ahmet and Murat take over the family tradition. With Hac Adnan and Murat modernizing the brand, expanding the product range and enlarging capacity by switching to a more systematic...