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textile collector and designer who produces a stylish range of cushions, bedding and ac-
cessories inspired by textiles from Central Asia. These are sold alongside an array of fur-
niture, textiles and objects sourced in countries including Uzbekistan, India, Japan and In-
donesia.
YİLMAZ IPEKÇİLİK
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| TEXTILES
Sultanahmet)
Well-priced, hand-loomed silk textiles made in Antakya are on sale in this
slightly out-of-the-way shop. Family-run, the business has been operating since 1950 and
specialises in producing good-quality scarves, shawls and
peştemals.
JENNIFER'S HAMAM
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| BATHWARE
Sultanahmet)
Owned by Canadian Jennifer Gaudet, the two Arasta Bazaar branches of
this shop stock top-quality hamam items including towels, robes and
peştemals
(bath
wraps) produced on old-style hand-shuttled looms. It also sells natural soaps and
keses
(coarse cloth mittens used for exfoliation).
İZNİK CLASSICS & TILES
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| CERAMICS
is one of the best places in town to source hand-painted collector-item ceramics made with
real quartz and using metal oxides for pigments. Admire the range in the two shops and
gallery in the Arasta Bazaar, in the Grand Bazaar store or in the shop at 17 Utangaç
Sokak.
GALERİ KAYSERİ
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| BOOKS
shops near the Sultanahmet tram stop offer a modest range of English-language fiction
and a more impressive selection of topics about İstanbul and Turkey. The second, smaller,
shop is on the opposite side of the road half a block closer to Aya Sofya.
