GRAND BAZAAR UP
The Grand Bazaar, is probably the largest market of its kind in the world,
It was originally founded by Mehmet II in 1461.The bazaar was enlarged
during
the reign of Suleyman I in 1701.A small city in itself.There are more than
3500 shops of various kinds, storehouses, workshops, stalls, hans, restaurants,
lunch counters, cafes and tea houses, mosques, mescid and fountains. There
are a total of 65 streets totaling 30.702 mē, altogether employing more than
20.000 people.
Members of the same trade set up their shops in the same area, still reflecting
in the names of the street's tassel makers, cobblers, purse makers, belt makers,
skullcap makers and so on. Today these divisions are less clear but they still
remain in principle.
The grid is centered on the Old Bedesten, one of the original structure surviving
from the time of Mehmet II. It was used to house the most precious wares, for
it can be securely locked and guarded at night. There is another building of
similar type known as the Sandal Bedesten, a lofty hall covered with twenty domes
supported on twelve great stone piers.
EGYPTIAN(SPICE)BAZAAR UP
It was built in 1660 by the architect Kasim Aga for the mother of Sultan Murat
IV, Hatice Turhan Sultan. The Egyptian Bazaar is Istanbul's second covered bazaar.
It is L shaped in plan, a building that borders two sides of the park beside
Yeni Cami. The structure was restored in 1943. There are eighty eight vaulted
shops in all, along with a tiny mosque at the inner corner of the L.
The structure of the building is dressed stone with alternating brick courses,
fine examples of Ottoman Architecture.
Merchants selling various herbs and spices such as saffron, mustard, mint, thyme,
cinnamon, aniseed, garlic, Indian tea, honey, apple tea, henna, jujube, eucalyptus,
mahlep, cloves ,etc can be seen throught. |
