Şeker Hanı Tatlıcısı

Şeker Hanı Tatlıcısı — the Sugar Inn Confectioner — is a sweets shop and café on Şeker Sk in Karaman city centre that centres its identity around the lokum (Turkish delight) for which Karaman has been historically significant. Karaman lokumu has a longer association with the province than the more internationally famous Istanbul variety; the town's position along historic trade routes meant it received sugar, rose water, and mastic gum that distinguishes one style from another centuries before such ingredients were common across Anatolian kitchens. Şeker Hanı sells lokum in multiple varieties — the plain rose-water type, the double-roasted variety with a slightly firmer shell, and seasonal preparations incorporating dried apricot or cherry that reflect Karaman's fruit produce — boxed for purchase as gifts or served at the table with tea. Alongside lokum, the kitchen produces kayısı tatlısı (dried apricots stuffed with kaymak), sütlaç (oven-baked rice pudding with a caramelised surface), and revani (semolina sponge soaked in citrus syrup). The shop interior is decorated with glazed tile, copper ornaments, and dark wooden shelving displaying gift-packaged confections, creating a distinctly old-town feel. It functions simultaneously as a sit-in dessert café and a take-home sweet shop. The rating of 4.6 makes it among the highest-rated establishments in the province's food scene.