Discover Elazığ’s almond candy, its serving traditions and workshop stories imagined for this project.
It starts on the branch.
Almonds swaying in their green skins are gathered and dropped into the basket. What turns into candy is Elazığ’s large local almond.
In the kazan, layer by layer.
The almonds are roasted. Sugar is melted in the kazan into a syrup. While the almonds turn in the rotating kazan, syrup is poured and warm air is blown; they are coated in thin layers, and this is repeated several times.
The coated almonds are arranged on a copper tray. What is left is deciding who you made them for.
Eight fictional businesses inspired by Elazığ’s serving traditions, with original stories and illustrative product presentations.
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From the candy trail to Elazığ.
From Harput to Lake Hazar, from Keban to Palu: places worth seeing around where you buy the candy, on one map.
Open the map- Harput Castle
- Buzluk Cave
- Elazığ city center
- Lake Hazar
- Keban Dam
- Baskil
- Ağın
- Palu
- Sivrice
What hangs on the wall?
Blossoming branch, copper pan, tray and kilim. A small selection of AI-generated illustrations.
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Ask Gakkocan.
Almond candy, Elazığ, or a gift idea. Ask whatever is on your mind and Gakkocan will answer from what it knows.
- How is almond candy made?
- Where to go in Elazığ?
- Which one to pick as a gift?