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The Grand Bazaar (Turkish: Kapalıçarşı, meaning ‘Covered Market’; also Büyük Çarşı, meaning ‘Grand Market’ [1]) in Istanbul is one of the largest and oldest covered markets in the world, with 61 covered streets and over 4,000 shops [2] [3] on a total area of 30,700 m 2, [4] attracting between 250,000 and 400,000 visitors daily. [5]
The first securities market in the Ottoman Empire was established in Istanbul in 1866 for refinancing the Ottoman foreign debt taken during the Crimean War (1853–1856) through government bonds. [1] With a law in 1873 it was formally renamed as the Dersaadet Securities Exchange ( Turkish : Dersaadet Tahvilat Borsası ).
The bazaar was (and still is) the center for spice trade in Istanbul, but in recent years shops of other types are gradually replacing the sellers of spices. [1] The building itself is part of the külliye (complex) of the New Mosque. The revenues obtained from the rented shops inside the bazaar building were used for the upkeeping of the mosque.
The Grand Bazaar in Istanbul, Turkey. A bazaar [a] or souk [b] is a marketplace consisting of multiple small stalls or shops, [1] especially in the Middle East, [2] [1] the Balkans, Central Asia, North Africa and South Asia. [1] They are traditionally located in vaulted or covered streets that had doors on each end and served as a city's ...
Istanbul. / 41.01361°N 28.95500°E / 41.01361; 28.95500. Istanbul[ b] is the largest city in Turkey, straddling the Bosporus Strait, the boundary between Europe and Asia. It is considered the country's economic, cultural and historic capital. The city has a population of over 15 million residents, comprising 19% of the population of ...
Mahmutpasha Bazaar, Istanbul. Coordinates: 41°00′40″N 28°58′11″E. Mahmutpaşa Bazaar. Mahmutpasha Bazaar ( Turkish: Mahmutpaşa Çarşısı) is a shopping street in Istanbul, Turkey. It is located in the area between Grand Bazaar and Eminönü in the Mahmutpaşa neighbourhood of Fatih district. This market area, with copious small ...
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. See also: Edge cities in Turkey. This is a list of notable historical and modern shopping malls in Istanbul, Turkey. Historic. [edit] Grand Bazaar(Turkish: Kapalıçarşı/Büyük Çarşı, lit. 'covered market/grand market', 1461), Fatih. Spice Bazaar(Turkish: Mısır Çarşısı, "Egyptian Bazaar", 1660 ...
İstinye Park. İstinye Park is a shopping center in the İstinye quarter of Istanbul, Turkey with 291 stores, 85,250 m 2 (917,600 sq ft) of retail area, and four levels of underground parking. The center features both enclosed and open-air sections. The open-air section has a green central park and offers street-side shopping.