District Bazaars in Istanbul

Thursday, May 15, 2014

BEŞİKTAŞ BAZAAR

Beşiktaş hosts a weekly Saturday bazaar that is anything but two-tone. Refreshingly lacking in tourist tat, this multi-storey car park turned two-storey treasure trove is fronted by an extravaganza of fresh foods – pyramids of rosy tomatoes and mountains of cucumbers – winding a path to the second floor, where you'll find heaped factory seconds, dubiously patterned underwear sold by even more dubious vendors, and unusual jewels at irresistible prices.

A district of Istanbul best known for its black-and-white clad football team and fanatical supporters,Look out for dazzling knuckleduster rings and every manner of tasselled, multicoloured bohemian headgear. A small makeshift cafe offers some welcome respite out the back – recuperate and return.

KADIKÖY BAZAAR

It stocks everything from fresh fruit and vegetables to clothing, vitamins, carpets, ceramics, electronics, white ware and much, much more. There are several food stalls scattered about and a coffee house.Traditionally a Tuesday fixture, the authentic trading hub (with not an inch of vertical space left yawning) is now also open on Fridays, but only to sell clothing.

FATİH BAZAAR

It is the largest open air market in Istanbul.A sprawling weekly affair in an ultra-conservative area, the enormous Fatih Çarşamba (Wednesday) market – flogging fruit and veg, eggs and cured meats, outrageous stilettos, gadgets, branded clothing and, well, everything at rock-bottom prices – is not a place for the faint-hearted.

Spread over seventeen streets and seven avenues, locals come from across the region to make the most of this shoppers’ paradise. Disorganised and wholly unruly, relentless sellers on table-tops wade among overflowing wares, bellowing prices and bagging goods at the slightest sign of interest.

There are 4811 stands selling just about anything one can imagine, including fresh produce, flowers, clothing and ceramics. regions. Favoured by locals, tourists are refreshingly absent, so keep the cameras under wraps, adopt a steely visage and don't hold back from joining swarms of angry mothers raking through mountains of clothing, as these will, no matter how unlikely it seems, produce the occasional gem.

There are also a number of stalls specialising in produce from neighbouring Bags and loved ones should be kept close at all times.

EMİNÖNÜ SPICE BAZAAR

EMİNÖNÜ SPICE BAZAAR

You are surrounded by the wonderful colors and aromas of spices, teas, nuts, etc.This bustling marketplace was constructed in the 1660s as part of the New Mosque complex, with rents from the shops going to support the upkeep of the mosque and its charitable activities. It was called the Egyptian Market because it was famous for selling goods shipped in from Cairo.

As well as baharat (spices), nuts, honeycomb and olive-oil soaps, the bustling spice bazaar sells truckloads of incir (figs), lokum (Turkish delight) and pestil (fruit pressed into sheets and dried) – try the highly regarded Malatya Pazari (shop 44) if you want to take home some dried fruit or nuts, and Ucuzcular Baharat (shop 51) if you're after spices. Although the number of shops selling tourist trinkets increases annually, this is still a great place to stock up on edible souvenirs, share a few jokes with the vendors and marvel at the well-preserved building.

Make sure you visit shop 41, the atmospheric Mehmet Kalmaz Baharatçı, which specialises in henna, potions, lotions and the sultan's very own aphrodisiac. Most of the shops offer vacuum packaging, which makes it easy to take souvenirs home.

On the western side of the market there are outdoor produce stalls selling fresh foodstuffs from all over Anatolia. Also here is Hasırcılar Caddesi, a narrow street selling spices and other goods that are often a fraction of the price of equivalent products in the Spice Bazaar. Lookout for the flagship store of the most famous coffee purveyor in Turkey, Kurukahveci Mehmet Efendi , which is on the corner nearest to the bazaar.

AKSARAY UNDERGROUND BAZAAR

AKSARAY UNDERGROUND BAZAAR

Istanbul's Grand Bazaar is Turkey's largest covered market offering excellentshopping: beautiful Turkish carpets, glazed tiles and pottery, copper and brassware, apparel made of leather, cotton and wool, meerschaum pipes, alabaster bookends and ashtrays, and all sorts of other things.

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In Feriköy public market place, it is being established in each Saturday. Generally second-hand goods are sold, and people have a curiosity for old things and antiques can find something interesting in this bazaar. Postcards, old photos, old documents, old cameras, records, books and sort of souvenirs are waiting for to be owned by curious people. There are not only people who sold their own antique goods but also Professional antique dealers. If you get fatigue because of the magic of this antique place, you can have a break to eat tasteful Gözlemes with Turkish tea.

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Istanbul has many beautiful places to visit, but you can also take your time in such different bazaars and buy some different gifts to your friends and family.

You may ask that what we can find or buy in this bazaar, but unfortunately there is no certain answer for that because such places are full of suprises for you to discover..:)