Ruşen Pastaneleri

About Ruşen Pastaneleri

Ruşen Pastaneleri is a family patisserie in Ulus, the old heart of Republican Ankara, founded in 1950 by Ruşen Kökten. A 2026 profile of the business describes it as one of the capital's most deep-rooted places for cakes and sweets, run today by three generations: the founder, his four sons Mustafa, Zafer, Muzaffer and Ünal Kökten, and his granddaughter Zeynep, who all work across production and the shops. This listing is the main shop, in the Ulus İş Hanı office block beside Ulus square. The company's own site lists two further shops nearby in Ulus, on Hükümet Caddesi and on Susam Sokak, and the 2026 profile places the branches around Ulus İşhanı, Karaoğlan Çarşısı and Hükümet Caddesi, so the family's shops cluster within a few minutes' walk of Ulus square and the Hacı Bayram quarter. The counter mixes classic Turkish patisserie with cakes. The patisserie's site highlights chocolate-chip cocoa cake, fruit gâteaux with kiwi, banana and orange, and rolled sarma baklava with pistachio or walnut, and it caters for weddings, engagements, henna nights, birthdays and new babies with menus of canapés, börek, sweet and savoury biscuits, cream cakes and éclairs, plus hot and cold drinks. For visitors exploring Ulus, the Hacı Bayram Mosque and the Museum of Anatolian Civilisations, it is a convenient, unpretentious stop for a pastry and a glass of tea in a part of the city where many of the early Republican patisseries have long since closed.