What is the stretchy Turkish ice cream sold by street vendors in Kahramanmaraş called?

The stretchy Turkish ice cream sold by street vendors in Kahramanmaraş is called Maraş dondurma.

Maraş dondurma is a dense ice cream associated with Kahramanmaraş, a city in southern Turkey. Its unusual elasticity comes from salep, a flour made from the tubers of certain wild orchid species, together with mastic, an aromatic resin. These ingredients give the frozen mixture a chewy, resistant texture unlike ordinary ice cream.

Traditional vendors often serve it with long metal paddles and perform playful routines, stretching the portion or briefly handing the cone to a customer before snatching it away. The performance has become a recognizable part of Turkish street-food culture and tourism.

Maraş dondurma is often called Turkish ice cream in English, but that broad label can refer to several styles. Salep-based versions are also associated with concerns about wild orchid harvesting, so commercial products may use substitutes or regulated ingredients.