Turkey Tourism

Shopping

Best Place for Shopping and Your Budget

General Information

If you are interested in shopping there are many things for you in Turkey. There are shopping malls in cities across Turkey although the best shopping experience to be had for the tourist is in the traditional shopping bazaars of Turkey. The wonderful architecture and sights and smells of the East make shopping in Turkey a great day out.

Shopping in Turkey

Turkey is one of the world's great shopping destinations. Located at a historic trade crossroads linking to the Silk Road, the country has been a shopper's paradise for centuries, offering everything from hand-woven Turkish carpets and kilims to jewellery, antiques and Iznik ceramics, carved meerschaum and a growing number of famous designer...

Modern Shopping

For a more modern shopping experience, Istanbul doesn't disappoint, with famous designer brands, edgy boutiques and upmarket malls moving in at a remarkable pace. New developments include the ultra-sleek Istinye Park, City's Mall in Nisantasi, the futuristic Kanyon (shaped like a canyon) in the upmarket Levent district which houses Turkey's first...

Grand Bazaar

The Grand Bazaar (Kapalıçarşı) in Istanbul is one of the largest covered markets in the world with 60 streets and 5,000 shops, and attracts between 250,000 and 400,000 visitors daily. It is well known for its jewellery, hand-painted ceramics, carpets, embroideries, spices and antique shops. Many of the stalls in the bazaar are grouped by type...

Egyptian Bazaar

The Egyptian Bazaar (Misir Carsisi in Turkish ) is also known as Spice Market. It's located just behind the Yeni Mosque at Eminonu Neighborhood, at the entrance of the Golden Horn. The Bazaar was originally made of wood in mid-17th century by the architect Kazim Aga, and got its final restorations during mid-forties. The name comes from the fact...

Arasta Bazaar

The Arasta Bazaar, also known as Sipahi Carsisi inTurkish , is located behind the Blue Mosque in the old city center, just next to the entrance of the Mosaics Museums. Despite The Grand Bazaar , Arasta Bazaar is a small and simple traditional market in Istanbul. There are about 40 shops lined on both sides of a street, selling mostly traditional...

Sahaflar Çarşısı

Sahaflar Carsisi is the second-hand book bazaar located in the old courtyard between Beyazid Mosque and Grand Bazaar . It's one of the oldest markets of Istanbul built on the same site as the Chartoprateia, book and paper market of the Byzantines , where booksellers settled their shops in the 18th century leaving the Grand Bazaar . Printing and...

The Urfa Bazaar

If the southeastern city of Şanlıurfa, is an open-air museum, its çarşı or bazaar is its living, working centrepiece. While Urfa’s religious and secular monuments stand ready to be admired, the çarşı is its hands-on exhibition. The walls may be dated to at most a few hundred years, but the exchange of goods and words and symbols which...