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Abdulla Natural Products
TEXTILES, BATHWARE
The first of the Western-style designer stores to appear in this ancient marketplace, Abdulla
sells top-quality cotton bed linen and towels, handspun woollen throws from Eastern Tur-
key, cotton
peştemals
(bath wraps) and pure olive-oil soap. There's another store in the Fes
Cafe in Nuruosmaniye.
(Halıcılar Çarşışı Sokak 62, Grand Bazaar;
9am-7pm Mon-Sat;
Beyazıt-Kapalı
Çarşı)
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Derviş
Gorgeous raw cotton and silk
peştemals
share shelf space with traditional Turkish dowry
vests and engagement dresses. If these don't take your fancy, the pure olive-oil soaps and
old hamam bowls are sure to step into the breach. There's another store in the bazaar at
Halıcılar Çarşışı Caddesi 51.
(
www.dervis.com
;
Keseciler Caddesi 33-35, Grand Bazaar;
TEXTILES, BATHWARE
9am-7pm Mon-
Sat;
Beyazıt-Kapalı Çarşı)
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Ak Gümüş
HANDICRAFTS
Specialising in Central Asian tribal arts, this delightful store stocks an array of felt toys and
hats, as well as jewellery and other objects made using coins and beads.
(Gani Çelebi Sokak 8,
Grand Bazaar;
9am-7pm Mon-Sat;
Beyazıt-Kapalı Çarşı)
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Yazmacı Necdet Danış
TEXTILES
Fashion designers and buyers from every corner of the globe know that when in İstanbul,
this is where to come to source top-quality textiles. It's crammed with bolts of fabric of
every description - shiny, simple, sheer and sophisticated - as well as
peştemals,
scarves
