Turkish desserts

Baklava (, or ) is a layered pastry dessert made of filo pastry, filled with chopped nuts, and sweetened with either syrup or honey.

Turkish gelatinous candy

Knafeh () is a traditional Arab dessert made with kadayif (spun pastry dough) layered with cheese and soaked in a sweet, sugar-based syrup called attar. Knafeh is popular throughout the Arab world, especially in Egypt, and the Levant. Knafeh is often served on special occasions, holidays and celebrating the month of Ramadan. The most common variant of knafeh in Jordan and Palestine, Knafeh Nabulseyeh, originated in the Palestinian city of Nablus.

Tulumba, tolomba or bamiyeh (; ) is a deep-fried dessert found in Egypt, the Levant, Greece and the regional cuisines of the former Ottoman Empire. It is a fried batter soaked in syrup, similar to jalebis or churros. It is made from unleavened choux pastry dough, usually about 3 inches long, piped with a pastry bag using an open star or similar tip. It is first deep-fried to golden colour and then sugar-sweet syrup is poured over it when still hot.

thumb|Turkish desserts served with ice cream Dondurma is the Turkish name for ice cream. Outside Turkey, it typically refers specifically to mastic ice cream, which is believed to originate from the city and region of Kahramanmaraş and is known as maraş dondurma in Turkish. This is made from cream, salep (the ground-up tuber of an orchid), mastic (plant resin), and sugar.

Basbousa () is a sweet, syrup-soaked semolina Arab dessert popular throughout the Arab world, Middle East and North Africa. The semolina batter is baked in a sheet pan, then sweetened with sugar syrup and typically cut into diamond (lozenge) shapes or squares.

Lokma is a dessert made of leavened and deep-fried dough balls, soaked in syrup or honey, sometimes coated with cinnamon or other ingredients. The dish was described as early as the 13th century by al-Baghdadi as luqmat al-qādi (), "judge's morsels".

'''''' are a shortbread-type biscuit, usually made with ground almonds. Versions are found in most Arab, Balkan and Ottoman cuisines, with various different forms and recipes. They are similar to polvorones from Andalusia.

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thin, cookie-like deep-fried pastry of Scandinavian origin

Şekerpare (, pronounced sheh-kehr-PAH-reh) is a common dessert in Turkish cuisine. It is a semolina cookie that is topped with nuts and soaked in sugar syrup. It is most popular during Ramadan.

Kalburabastı (sometimes spelled kalbura bastı) or kalburabasma (Turkish, also known as hurmašice in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and throughout the rest of former Yugoslavia as urmašice), and sometimes also known under the name of hurma, are syrup-drenched pastries that have a riddled appearance. They are featured among the favorite specialities that are prepared during the Islamic holidays, including the three-day Eid al-Fitr (called Şeker Bayramı or "Candy Feast" in Turkish language) and Eid al-Adha.

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Turkish dessert made with quince fruits

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Şambali or Shambali is a famous dessert originating from Syria that traveled to İzmir, Turkey. Şambali comes from Turkish Şam balı which means Sham (Syrian) honey. It is known as Şambaba in Istanbul. Şambali is widely sold at street corners and street vendors in İzmir. Şambali is a firmer and more intense dessert than revani, another favorite Turkish delicacy. Its main ingredients are semolina, sugar and yogurt or milk.

thumb|Apricot, plum and raisin hoşaf Hoşaf (Turkish, from Persian خوشآب khosh ab meaning nice water) is an Iranian and Turkish dessert made of dried fruits like raisins, dried prunes, apricots, and figs boiled in water with some sugar and left to cool. Hoşaf may also contain cinnamon or cloves.

Pestil is a traditional dried fruit pulp that is commonly produced in Anatolia and Armenia. It is known under different names such as bastegh or pastegh (), '''t'tu lavash (), bestil, and fruit leather'''.

Dish made from saffron, white rice and usually vegetable bouillon

dessert from the Turkish cuisine, made with pumpkins.

light summer dessert from Southern Turkey, especially Adana and Mersin provinces

Höşmerim or hoşmerim is a Turkish dessert popular in the Aegean, Marmara, Trakya and Central Anatolia, Black Sea, East Black Sea regions of Turkey. It is sometimes called peynir helva or "cheese halva". It is generally consumed after a meal as a light dessert and may be topped with ice cream, honey or nuts.

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buttery, flaky viennoiserie bread roll

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Pepeçura is a sort of pudding in the Turkish cuisine, especially of the eastern Black Sea Region, made of grape must mixed with flour and boiled until thick. It may also include almonds, walnuts, and other nuts.

Turkish dessert

iranian, Afghan, and Turkish confection

Turkish dessert

Turkish dessert

Dibile or Dible () is a Turkish dessert (originating with the semi-nomadic Yörüks) from the area of İzmir, made of thin sheet-like dough. They are essentially the same as angel wings, except that they are dipped in syrup rather than served dry. The dough is rolled into long, thin strips, fried and folded in hot oil and then dipped in a pekmez, sugar or honey syrup.