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GRAND BAZAAR
1. Grand Bazaar has 64 avenues and streets, and 16 caravansaries.
2. There are 22 gates.
3. It is built on an area of 45.000 m2 with 36.000 m2
4. 97 different varieties of products are sold
5. It has one web page (www.kapalicarsi.org.tr)
6. There is one infirmary
7. There is one police station
8. All the banks have their branch offices
9. There is a Post Office.
10.It has its own security team
11.The number of visiting customers change between 250.000- 400.000
12.97 different products are sold on our market (Carpets, Leatherwork, Silverware, Gold objects, Ceramics, Textile products, Souvenirs, Copperware, Marble, Handbags, Kilims, Fabrics etc.
GRAND BAZAAR
After the conquest of Constantinople by Mohammed the Conqueror, he ordered bazaars, shops, caravansarais, houses and mosques to be built.
The covered bazaars built for selling fabric were called “Bedesten” in the East. Later all sorts of valuable objects were started to be sold here.
The Bedesten built at Conqueror’s time, near the old palace was later called “Ancient Bedesten”, “Internal Bedesten” or “ Bedesten of Cevahir” . “The Covered Bazaar” or “The new Bedesten”was built a little further. One of its streets was allocated for cotton products and the other was allocated for a type of fabric woven with silk called “sandal” That’s why it was called also “ Sandal Bedesteni” Both of the Bedestens have the characteristics of the Conqueror’s era.
The rich people and the merchants could keep their jewels and other object of gold and silver
iIn small safes in the Bedesten by paying a small fee.
In the Bedesten there were all sorts of jewels, gold, arms, precious fabric, shawls, carpets and all types of precious objects. The merchants of this market were the richest ones of the whole town.
The Grand Bazaar was repaired several times and after the earthquake of 1894 it was thoroughly restored. After the second half of the 19 th Century when European textile products were imported in our country at a large scale , the trade of local hand woven articles
was badly impeded and later as the banks started to open their branch offices here, Bedesten ceased its banking facilities.
The old Bedesten started to give service for the sales of jewels, carpets, antic object as
“the Sandal Bedesteni” ceased its activities. In 1914 the municipality of Istanbul acquired this space and converted it to a place public auctions took place. Later for one reason or another this was discontinued, however the auctions helped to reveal many beautiful things.
Everybody still waits for the auction days.
The Grand Bazaar that reflects our life in the past, was depicted in the books of the foreign travelers, or in the foreign paintings as if it is the “Tales of one thousand and one nights”
There are over 3000 shops in the Grand Bazaar, and it is visited by 250.000-400.000 customers everyday depending on the season. Many professions which are almost extinct today are kept alive by its own peculiar culture . It is the oldest and greatest place in the world so many different types of products are exhibited. The new shopping malls are a requisite of the modern ages but they cannot effect the Grand Bazaar thanks to its architecture and cultural structure. Furthermore in the Grand Bazaar, you can find so many different articles at much lower price than many other places.
Grand Bazaar is the oldest bank of the world. It is the oldest and greatest covered bazaar of the world. Once upon a time it owned the most mysterious and magnificent treasures of the world.
KAPALIÇARŞI
Nuruosmaniye , Mercan ve Beyazıt arasında yer alan Kapalıçarşı’mız 64 cadde ve sokağı , iki bedesteni , 16 hanı , 22 kapısı ve yaklaşık 3600 dükkanı ile dünyanın en eski ve en büyük alışveriş merkezidir. 45000 metrekare kapalı alana sahip olup, içinde yaklaşık 20000 kişi çalışmakta ve mevsimine göre günde 300 ile 500 Bin arasında ziyaretçi almaktadır.
Kapalıçarşı’nın çekirdeğini oluşturan iki bedestenden İç Bedesten , yani Cevahir Bedesteni müellifler arasında tartışmalı olmakla beraber büyük olasılıkla Bizans’tan kalma bir yapı olup 48 m x 36 m ölçülerindedir. Yeni Bedesten ise 1461 yılında yaptırılmaya başlanan Kapalıçarşı’nın ikinci önemli yapısıdır ve Sandal Bedesteni olarak anılmaktadır. Burada bir yolu pamuk , bir yolu ipekten dokunan ve Sandal adı verilen kumaş satıldığı için Sandal Bedesteni ismi verilmiştir.
Fatih Sultan Mehmet’in Kapalıçarşı’nın inşaatına başladığı yıl olan 1461 Kapalıçarşı’mızın kuruluş yılı olarak kabul görmüştür. Asıl büyük çarşı ise Kanuni Sultan Süleyman tarafından ahşap olarak inşa ettirilmiştir. Eski zenginlerin mücevher , kıymetli maden , kürk ve murassa silah gibi değerli eşyalarının yanı sıra devlet hazinesinin büyük kısmı da buralardaki kasalarda muhafaza edilirdi. Evliya Çelebi burayı muazzam güçlü bir kale gibi tanımlamıştı.
Prof. Dr. Önder Küçükerman’ın saptamalarına göre Topkapı Sarayı imparatorluğun beyni , Kapalıçarşı ise ekonominin kalbi olmuştur. 19. yüzyılın başında Haliç’in öbür yakasına Galata’ya bankalar ve bankerler yerleşmeye başlayınca imparatorluk ekonomisinin kalbi de orada atmaya başladı ve daha sonra da beyin , yani saray da o yakaya geçerek kendisine Dolmabahçe , Yıldız ve Çırağan’ı mekan tuttu. Meşrutiyet Dönemi’ne kadar lonca sisteminin işlerliğini koruduğu Kapalıçarşı’da her türlü meslek usta-çırak ilişkisi ile operatif olarak öğrenilir ve yürütülürdü. Meşrutiyet’ten sonra , değişen koşullar nedeniyle lonca sistemi bozuldu ve ticaret zamanın koşullarına göre yapılanmaya başladı.
Bedesten ve Çarşı , 4. Mehmet zamanındaki 20 Kasım 1651 Tarihli yangından başlayarak 26 Kasım 1954 Tarihindeki yangına kadar 20’yi aşkın deprem ve yangın felaketine maruz kalmış , 1894 depreminden sonra yapılan tadilatlarla bugünkü halini almıştır.
Evliya Çelebi’nin Seyahatname’deki anlatımına göre 17. yüzyılın ortalarında Kapalıçarşı’da 4399 dükkan , 2195 oda , 497 tane dolap denilen küçük dükkan , iki lokanta , on iki hazine dairesi , bir cami , on mescit , bir hamam , 19 çeşme , sekiz tulumbalı kuyu , 24 han , bir mektep ve bir türbe vardı. Bugün dükkan ve han sayısının o zamandan daha az oluşunun sebebi daha önce Çarşı içinde bulunan Sarnıçlı Han , Paçavracı Han , Alipaşa Cami Han , Yolgeçen Han , Tığcılar Sokak , Örücüler Sokak ve Çadırcılar Caddesi gibi bazı han ve sokakların 1894 depreminden sonra başlayan ve 1898 yılında biten tadilat esnasında Çarşı’nın dışında bırakılmış olmasıdır.
Kapalıçarşı’mız İmparatorluk Devri’nde , ülkedeki diğer kapalı çarşılardan ayrılması için , bugünkü Grandbazaar ifadesi gibi Çarşu-ı Kebir , yani Büyük Çarşı olarak anılırdı. Üç dört kuşaktan beri çarşımızda esnaflık yapan ailelerin ellerindeki Osmanlı Devri tapularında bu kayıt mevcuttur.
Kapalıçarşı’nın cadde ve sokakları o zaman aynı işi yapan insanların toplandığı yerler olduğu için Kalpakçılar , Kuyumcular , Aynacılar , Fesçiler , Yağlıkçılar gibi iş kollarına göre isim almıştır.
Kapalıçarşı her devirde yabancı seyyahların kitaplarında ve yabancı ressamların tablolarında bir masal dünyası gibi yaşatılmıştır. Şairimiz Orhan Veli Kanık da ;
“ Kapalıçarşı deyip te geçme
Kapalıçarşı
Kapalı kutu ,,
Dizeleriyle biten şiirinde Kapalıçarşı’yı ve gizlediği hazineleri anlatmıştır.
Festive goodies stall at the Waterloo Street Pedestrian Mall for the Chinese New Year 2018 Festive celebrations.
Festive goodies stall at the Waterloo Street Pedestrian Mall for the Chinese New Year 2018 Festive celebrations.
Nikon D90 | Nikon 70-200mm@70mm | ƒ2.8 | 1/125s | ISO360 | Handheld
A must visit. A wonderful place to walk around enojoying seeing so many spices, the shopkeepers ...
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Lugar encantador de visita obligada. Una maravilla la cantidad de especias que se pueden ver :)
The Grand Bazaar (Turkish: Kapalıçarşı, meaning ‘Covered Bazaar’; also Büyük Çarşı, meaning ‘Grand Bazaar’[1]) in Istanbul is one of the largest and oldest covered markets in the world, with 61 covered streets and over 3,000 shops [2][3] which attract between 250,000 and 400,000 visitors daily.[4].
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The Grand Bazaar is located inside the walled city of Istanbul, in the district of Fatih and in the neighbourhood (mahalle) bearing the same name (Kapalıçarşı). It stretches roughly from west to east between the mosques of Beyazit and of Nuruosmaniye. The Bazaar can easily be reached from Sultanahmet and Sirkeci by trams (Beyazıt-Kapalıçarşı stop).
Stall selling all types of decorations at Pagoda Street, Festive Street Bazaar during the Chinatown Chinese New Year 2016 Festival celebrations.
100 Strangers Project #14
I spent about an hour at the entrance of the Tehran bazaar watching men and women like this preparing food for the Moharam events that were being held outside. This man is normally a store owner in the bazaar, but given that it was Moharam (a series of religious days in the Shi'a calendar) he had volunteered his time to prepare Nazri (free food for the poor). Iran's bazaars are stores of our ancient culture and heritage, they are also a key pillar that holds up our society. Sorry you missed it but the food was great too!
Find out more about the project and see photos from other photographers at 100 Strangers Project
The Grand Bazaar in Istanbul is one of the largest and oldest covered markets in the world, with more than 58 covered streets and over 4,000 shops which attract between 250,000 and half a million visitors daily
The Grand Bazaar in Istanbul is one of the largest and oldest covered markets in the world.
It was opened in 1461 which is just amazing, to think that people have been shopping here for over 500 hundred years.
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.
You have to haggle hard to buy anything here which makes it quite tiring. I think they would sell more if they just had sensible price tags.