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Shopping
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A La Turca
CARPETS, ANTIQUES
Antique Anatolian kilims and textiles are stacked alongside top-drawer Ottoman antiques
in this fabulous shop in Çukurcuma. This is the best area in the city to browse for antiques
and curios, and A La Turca is probably the most interesting of all its retail outlets. Ring the
doorbell to gain entrance.
(
www.alaturcahouse.com
; Faikpaşa Sokak 4, Çukurcuma;
10.30am-7.30pm Mon-
Sat;
Kabataş, then funicular to Taksim)
43
Beyoğlu Olgunlaşma Enstıtüsü
This is the ground-floor retail outlet/gallery of the Beyoğlu Olgunlaşma Enstıtüsü, a textile
school where students in their final year of secondary school learn crafts such as felting,
embroidery, knitting and lacemaking. It sells well-priced examples of their work, giving
them a taste of its commercial possibilities.
(
www.beyogluolgunlasma.k12.tr
; İstiklal Caddesi 28;
9am-5pm Mon-Fri;
HANDICRAFTS
Kabataş, then funicular to Taksim)
44
Artrium
ART, JEWELLERY
Crammed with antique ceramics, calligraphy, maps, prints and jewellery, this Aladdin's
cave of a shop is most notable for the exquisite miniatures by Iranian artist Haydar Hatemi.
(
www.artrium.com.tr
;
Tünel Geçidi 7, Tünel;
closed Sun;
Karaköy, then funicular to Tünel)
45
Hammam
BATHWARE
The wonderful smell of naturally scented soap greets shoppers as they enter this small shop
hidden in a street in the shadow of the Galata Tower. The traditional laurel- and olive-oil
