He combined the centuries-old dessert with ice cream; now he is selling it to the world

In the İnegöl district of Bursa, Cihan Bozacılar, the fourth-generation representative of a confectionery with a 125-year history, began offering a combination of traditional Turkish semolina dessert and ice cream in 2017, successfully integrating it into the consumption habits of young people. The 40-year-old Bozacılar, who spent his childhood selling helva at the counter, today feeds millions of people classic, Antep pistachio, Dubai chocolate, and fruit semolina helva with nearly 400 branches. Bozacılar, who reduced the average age of consumption and made children love semolina helva, aims to expand his branch network while serving ice cream with semolina helva at nearly 400 branches in Turkey and 20 countries. Cihan Bozacılar, Chairman of the Board of Helvacılık Ali, said their story began with the migration of their first-generation grandfather İdris Efendi from Prizen, Yugoslavia (Kosovo) to İnegöl in 1892. Bozacılar explained that the first helva, boza, and şıra shop was ...