UCUZCULAR GIDA MADDELERI SANAYI VE TICARET ANONIM SIRKETI

The story of Ucuzcular Spices started over 480 years ago in the city of Taif, which was an Ottoman province back then. The family, which was sent to Taif in order to populate the area with Turkish people after Ottoman Empire conquered this city. The family moved to Egypt after spending 30 years with trading. After spending a long time trading spices in Egypt, the family decided to carry away their decades of experience to Istanbul, the heart of the Ottoman Empire. In Istanbul, they continued their business in Misir Carsisi (Spice Market), which they are familiar with due to their previous endeavors. In the following period, they focused on one particular product, roasted chickpeas after they started exporting this product and, local people started to recognize the family as Leblebiciler (chickpeas sellers). Around 1840s Leblebici Sari Ibrahim Efendi (he was known as Sari because of his blonde hair and blue eyes) exchanged all his gold coins into Ottoman Empires newly released paper ...