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SHOPPING
In the Bazaar District you'll find the city's two most famous marketplaces: the Grand and Spice
Bazaars. In between the two is the vibrant local shopping neighbourhood of Tahtakale.
ABDULLA NATURAL PRODUCTS
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(Halıcılar Çarşışı Sokak 62, Grand Bazaar; 9am-7pm Mon-Sat; Beyazıt-Kapalı Çarşı)
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 Turkey, cotton
peştemals
(bath wraps) and pure olive-oil soap. There's another
branch
( Ali Baba Türbe
Sokak 25, Nuruosmaniye)
in the Fes Cafe in Nuruosmaniye.
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Çarşı)
Gorgeous raw cotton and silk
peştemals
share shelf space here with traditional Turk-
ish 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
branch
(
Halıcılar Çarşışı Caddesi 51)
, also in the bazaar.
MUHLİS GÜNBATTI
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One of the most famous stores in the bazaar, Muhlis Günbattı specialises in
suzani
fabrics from Uzbekistan. These beautiful bedspreads, table cloths and wall hangings are
made from fine cotton embroidered with silk. As well as the textiles, it stocks top-quality
carpets, brightly coloured kilims and a small range of antique Ottoman fabrics richly em-
broidered with gold. Its
second shop
(Tevkifhane Sokak 12;
Sultanahmet)
in Sultanahmet
sells a wider range of costumes at strato-spheric prices.
AK GÜMÜŞ
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(Gani Çelebi Sokak 8, Grand Bazaar; 9am-7pm Mon-Sat; Beyazıt-Kapalı Çarşı)
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.
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