The Grand
Bazaar has 61 covered streets and over 4,000 shops which attract between
250,000 and 400,000 visitors daily.
Saturday, October 14, 2017
Friday, October 13, 2017
GRAND BAZAAR
BEYAZIT, ISTANBUL, TURKEY
The Grand
Bazaar (Turkish: Kapalıçarşı, meaning ‘Covered Market’) in Istanbul is
one of the largest and oldest covered markets in the world.
Thursday, October 12, 2017
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.
Wednesday, October 11, 2017
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".
Tuesday, October 10, 2017
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
Monday, October 9, 2017
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.
Sunday, October 8, 2017
SPICE BAZAAR
EMINONU, ISTANBUL, TURKEY
The building is part of the kulliye (complex) of the New Mosque.
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