The oldest Bazaar in the world or where you can buy everything for gold

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Depending on the area and number of markets in the country can be judged on the degree of professionalism of sellers. Turks in this direction strongly succeeded. The largest market in the country and the oldest in the world is located in the historical part of Istanbul Fatih. Those of you who love to bargain - a direct road to the Grand Bazaar!

The market is a place where you learn more about the country than from any source. It is on the Grand Bazaar you can feel the history of all time.

History of the oldest covered Bazaar in the world

In Turkish, the Grand Bazaar - Kapalı Çarşı. This year the Grand Bazaar celebrates 557 years!!! All the news and events of the Grand Bazaar can be found on the official website. The site is new, so far only in Turkish.

This is the first mega Mall in the world, created by the idea of the Sultan Fatih Conqueror. But we can not say that trade here began only 557 years ago. The history of old Istanbul is closely connected with the Silk road. Therefore, the place where the Grand Bazaar is located has been traded since ancient times.

The idea of the Sultan of Fatih was not to open another Bazaar. He looked at the construction globally and philosophically. Fatih wanted to create a space where cultures and goods from all over the world intersect. And he managed to realize all this!

Trade routes between Asia and Europe have crossed here for several thousand years. Just think! Here once was the main Byzantine market with its rules and procedures. The center of the modern Grand Bazaar stands on the Foundation of the old bedestan. Since that historic time, the aura of this place has not changed, so say the historians.

Bedesten - indoor market

The market covers an area of 40 thousand square meters! Every day on average, the Grand Bazaar welcomes 500 thousand visitors!!!

The President of the Federation of the sellers in the Grand Bazaar Hasan Firat. He holds this position for almost 20 years!

(The Bazaar management scheme can be found here.) This man keeps order in the vast expanses between Europe and Asia. After all, the Grand Bazaar is a city in the city, a complex structure with its own rules and laws. It is constantly working up to 30 thousand people in completely different directions. Manage such a giant-it is necessary to have a tremendous experience.

At the Grand Bazaar there are guilds for different goods. Each direction of goods has its own streets.

The Grand Bazaar has 65 shopping streets and almost 3,500 shops!

• Street Kalpakchieva and all its side streets are owned by the sellers of gold.
• The area of old bedestan is silver and carpets.
• The heart of the Bazaar - Souvenirs.
• Left side of the market or Emir Shah street-furs, jeans, leather.

Going to the Grand Bazaar, be sure to think about what you would like to buy. Otherwise, your eyes will run in different directions. Before going to examine the scheme of the market. It can always be bought in the Russian version. If you just look at the historical market, then just have patience and comfortable shoes.

I would be very surprised if there were several entrance gates at the Grand Bazaar. There is no perishing, on this market can be enter 22 different gateway. At all entrances are scanning the door and the police, which reduces unpleasant moments.

In the photo there is a place where during working hours very serious men in leather jackets who constantly talk by phone crowd. There's noise and DIN. Men are always yelling at each other. This place is called Grand Bazaar's gold exchange. Gold trading brokers held at this place in the old way.

At the Grand Bazaar accept any currency, you can pay even gold. Many of the sellers speak a little in different languages. They are like scanners determine your nationality and invite to your store. Some sellers speak English, a little less - Russian.

Grand Bazaar is a Kingdom of people and for people. It is here that all the qualities of communication and fortune are checked. That's how you know how to communicate and be friendly, so it will be easy to be in this magical Kingdom.

Such beautiful lamps will decorate even the simplest dwelling. There will be holiday lights and colors. They remind me of Oriental tales, which are very magically decorated.

It is hard to imagine how many tons of gold is in the Grand Bazaar! It's just the concentration of gold between Europe and Asia. For every taste and color, style and culture. The sellers say that Russians are buying more reddish gold 14 or 18 carat. Apparently it's just a habit color.

The exchange of the Grand Bazaar turnover of gold more than 300 thousand tons per year.

If you want to drink real Turkish tea or coffee in the oldest cafe on the Grand Bazaar, then you need to find a cafe that is in the photo. In Istanbul, more than 4 years I still find it difficult to understand the streets of the Grand Bazaar. I have always my head is spinning from the abundance of goods and people. So photographed the name and type of cafe. We'll have a Cup of coffee here sometimes. Here it is for me the most delicious. But the price is higher than in any Turkish restaurant.

Even Turkish people do not understand the space of this trading giant.

Medieval cafe appeared on the Grand Bazaar in 1870. The cafe owner is Bekir Tezcucan. He is the fifth in a generation Director of the institution. In the name of the cafe centuries-old surname of his family. Bekira knows everything at the Grand Bazaar. His small cafe delivers tea and coffee to all the rooms and shops of the market.

Bekir tries to preserve the traditions of his ancestors. He says that this is the most important thing in life for Turkish people. The cafe is very small in Turkish style. But it's homey. The owner himself is happy to serve and communicate with customers. Life here boils. The staff is constantly running with trays in different directions of the Bazaar.

Turkish carpets for every taste that can be better. But as a product you need to understand, otherwise you can get not what you wanted. You should always remember that a quality product can not be cheap. And the Grand Bazaar at the junction of Asia and Europe is not a cheap market. But you can buy everything here!

An interesting feature of the Grand Bazaar is that here buying and selling and renting shops is measured in gold.

Rent a small shop:

One square meter costs - 2-3 kg of gold per year.

To buy a small shop in the Grand Bazaar.:

One square meter costs 5-6 kg of gold.

Now try to calculate how much is in dollars, for example, for 10 squares?? Let's say a gram of gold costs $ 40. Then it is easier to understand that the Grand Bazaar cannot be a cheap market.

  Photo taken on the iPhone 6S+

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