Tarihi Basmane Lokmacısı

About Tarihi Basmane Lokmacısı

Tarihi Basmane Lokmacisi is a long-established dessert shop on Havra Sokagi, the old Synagogue Street of Kemeralti Bazaar, and has served sweets since 1930. Culinary Backstreets, in its April 2026 guide to Kemeralti, calls it a century-old institution with some of the best desserts the city has to offer. Its signature is lokma, the fried, syrup-soaked dough that Culinary Backstreets calls Izmir’s flagship sweet, alongside tulumba, a smaller and plumper regional relative of the churro. The same guide recommends the citir kabak tatlisi, a crisp slice of candied pumpkin topped with smooth tahini and crushed hazelnuts. According to its Instagram profile it also has a branch in the Karsiyaka bazaar.