SPICE BAZAAR

EMINONU, ISTANBUL, TURKEY

Contrary to the legend, and fact, that Turks love to bargain -- this is true, for the most part, at the Grand Bazaar, at flea markets, junk stores and with street vendors -- the vendors at this stall DO NOT APPRECIATE HAGGLING.

SPICE BAZAAR

EMINONU, ISTANBUL, TURKEY

The word mısır has a double meaning in Turkish: “Egypt” and “maize”. This is why sometimes the name is wrongly translated as "Corn Bazaar". 

SPICE BAZAAR

EMINONU, ISTANBUL, TURKEY

The building was endowed to the foundation of the New Mosque and got its name "Egyptian Bazaar" ( Turkish): Mısır Çarşısı) because it was built with the revenues from the Ottoman eyelet of Egypt in 1660

SPICE BAZAAR

EMINONU, ISTANBUL, TURKEY

The revenues obtained from the rented shops inside the bazaar building were used for the upkeep of the New Mosque.

SPICE BAZAAR

EMINONU, ISTANBUL, TURKEY

The building is part of the kulliye (complex) of the New Mosque.

SPICE BAZAAR

EMINONU, ISTANBUL, TURKEY

The Spice Bazaar has a total of 85 shops selling spices, Turkish delight and other sweets, jewelry, souvenirs, and dried fruits and nuts.

STREET VENDORS OF ISTANBUL

A FEW OF MY FAVORITE THINGS

I love Turkey
I adore Istanbul
I love the Fener-Balat area.
I adore its street vendors.
This was selling fruit at the price of 5 Turkish Lira per pound -- about $1.50 USD.
His sign, in Turkish, said he was selling plums.
But the fruit looked a lot like the sweet, dark cherries for sale at every corner market in Istanbul.

SPICE BAZAAR CORRIDOR

EMINONU, ISTANBUL, TURKEY

A couple shops for lamps and tea sets in a traditional store not aimed at the tourist trade.

STREET VENDORS OF ISTANBUL

BALLOON SELLER, BEBEK

Photo taken from a fast-moving Bosphorus Ferry with a Nikkor zoom lens.

STREET VENDORS OF ISTANBUL

MAN SELLING FOOD FOR PIGEONS

New Mosque, Yeni Camii, Eminonu