Grand Bazaar, Istanbul

All you want to know about Grand Bazaar, Istanbul

See also: Grand Bazaar, Tehran
The Beyazit Gate to the Grand Bazaar
The Beyazit Gate to the Grand Bazaar
Main way (Kalpakçılar Başı Caddesi) of the Grand Bazaar
Main way (Kalpakçılar Başı Caddesi) of the Grand Bazaar
The Zincirli Hanı, one of the courtyards where jewelry is produced
The Zincirli Hanı, one of the courtyards where jewelry is produced

The Grand Bazaar (or Covered Bazaar, Turkish: Kapalıçarşı ("Covered Bazaar")) in Istanbul is one of the largest covered markets in the world with more than 58 streets and 6,000 shops, and has between 250,000 and 400,000 visitors daily. It is well known for its jewelry, pottery, spice, and carpet shops. Many of the stalls in the bazaar are grouped by type of goods, with special areas for leather coats, gold jewelry and the like. The bazaar contains two bedestens (domed masonry structures built for storage and safe keeping), the first of which was constructed between 1455 and 1461 by the order of Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror. The bazaar was vastly enlarged in the 16th century, during the reign of Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent, and in 1894 underwent a major restoration following an earthquake.

Contents

Major sections

Inner Bedesten : It was the first building to rise in Kapalıçarşı, actually it is the Old Bedestan which forms the backbone of the bazaar. The names of the gates are: Bouquinistes, Hat Shops, Jewelry Shops and Costume Shops.

Sandal Bedesten : It has the most number of domes in Kapalıçarşı. At present it can be accessed through two gates, one is through the main gate and the other is through the Nuruosmaniye district.

Other sections of the Grand Bazaar: The architectural design of the roads making up other sections apart from the two bedestens is not symmetrical and geometrical; it has a scattered nature due to its formation which took many centuries with new parts being added. In this way, it stays away from the closed bazaar style of the West and has a character of an Oriental bazaar. This laid back settlement and scattered nature prevents the bazaar from being dull, and at the same time gives it a romantic flavour. Such a complicated structure and settlement not only maintains the monumental state of the bazaar, but also makes it a palace for shopping.

Street Khan Gates

The Grand Bazaar has four main gates situated at the ends of its two major streets which intersect near the southwestern corner of the bazaar. One street combines the Bayezid II Mosque and Bayezid Square with Nuruosmaniye Mosque.

Beyazıt gates
Beyazıt gates

thumb|250px|Zincirli khan

Street Khan Gates
Acıçeşme Ağa Beyazıt
Ağa Alipaşa Çarşıkapı
Altuncular Astarcı Çuhacıhan
Aminçiler Balyacı Kuyumcular
Araracıoğlu Bodrum Mahmutpaşa
Aynacılar Cebeci Nuruosmaniye
Basmacılar Çukur Örücüler
Çuhacıhanı Evliya Sepetçihan
Bitpazarı Hatipemin Takkeciler
Fesçiler İçcebeci Tavukpazarı
Ganiçelebi İmamali Zenneciler
Hacıhasan Kalcılar
Hacıhüsnü Kapılar
Hacımemiş Kaşıkçı
Halıcılar Kebapçı
Hazırelbiseciler Kızlarağası
İplikçiler Mercan
Kahvehane Perdahçı
Kalpakçılar Rabia
Karakol Safran
Karamanlıoğlu Sarnıçlı
Kavaflar Sarraf
Kazazlar Sepetçi
Keseciler Sorguçlu
Kilitçiler Varakçı
Kolancılar Yağcı
Koltukçu Yolgeçen
Kürkçüler Zincirli
Lütfullahefendi
Mercançıkmazı
Muhafazacılar
Mühürdaremin
Ortakazazcılar
Örücülerhamamı
Parçacılar
Perdahçılar
Püskülcüler
Reisoğlu
Ressam
Sahaflarbedesteni
Sandal
Sandalbedesteni
Serpuççular
Sıra odalar
Sipahi
Tacirler
Takkeciler
Tavukpazarı
Terlikçiler
Terzibaşı
Terziler
Tuğcular
Varakçıhan
Yağlıkçılar
Yarımtaşhan
Yeşildirek
Yorgancılar
Yüncühasan
Zenneciler

References

See also

External links

Coordinates: 41°0′38.09″N 28°58′4.56″E / 41.0105806, 28.9679333

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