Tarbouche October - November 2013, Beirut A4 (29,7 x 21,0 cm) Acrylic color on paper i The image is from Tarbouche, a popular Lebanese candy, an equivalent of the American Twinkie. Tarbouche or fez is a hat developed during the Ottoman Empire. Atatürk banned it in Turkey in 1925 as part of his modernizing reforms. To many people in the Levant the fez is a symbol of the Ottoman occupation. Tags: Lebanon, Ottomans, Turkey, fez, tarbouche, hat, candy, Twinkie 172 / 779