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Street Markets in Istanbul
Istanbul is a city of street markets. Every week 358 markets open in the streets of Istanbul, serving millions of Istanbullu by 50 thousands of sellers, selling vegetables, fruits, diary… Read more
Echological Markets in Istanbul
It really is worrying to see echological markets open in Istanbul, where all the street markets were already echological not long ago. Here are the list of the echological markets… Read more
Online Food Delivery Service: Yemeksepeti.com
Yemeksepeti.com is a very useful web site for ordering food from different restaurants and cafes in your neighbourhood including kebab, sandwich, pizza, hommade meals, foreign cuisine, anything you wish to… Read more
Useful expressions for shopping for clothes
Here is a useful mini dictionary of clothes, patterns, colours and useful Turkish expressions and questions if you are going shopping for clothes and don’t know enough Turkish words to… Read more
Cesm-i Bulbul, Nightingale’s Eye
Cesm-i bulbul meaning nightingale’s eye is a kind of glass processing style peculiar to Turkish art. As the lines on them resemble the eyes of nightingales, the glasswares like glasses,… Read more
Sahaf, Old bookshop
Sahaf, an Arabic word, is the shop or person buying and selling old books, documents etc. Also sahaflar çarşısı means old bookshops. Sahaflar Çarşısı The oldest Sahaflar Çarşısı in İstanbul… Read more
Grandbazaar
Worldwide famous Grandbazaar or Kapalıcarsi (meaning closed shopping street in Turkish) located between Nuruosmaniye and Beyazit was built by Mehmet II the Conquerer in 1461. The area of the bazaar… Read more
Baharat, Spices
The most common spices and herbs in Turkey are mint, black pepper, thyme, cumin and hot red pepper powder. Different areas in Turkey use different kinds of herbs and spices,… Read more
Balık pazarı – Fish markets
Balık Pazarı is colourful and vivacious fish markets where you can go shopping for food, especially seafood and have a nice time at the restaurants, bars, cafes around. The most… Read more
