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This market is one of the oldest and largest markets in the world. It is located in the heart of the city and sits between 2 main mosques. The Grand Bazaar is a city within a city, it is covered and walled on all sides. The Bazaar itself is comprised of sixty streets that are home to over 5,000 shops. The streets are called by the items they hold. For example, one street is named jewelers street, because it has all kinds of jewelers on it, another street is called the leather street, all sides of this huge street is covered with stores that only sell leather goods, purses, belts, and wallets etc…Another street is called is carpet street and only sells carpets and another street called sofa street, the stores only sell sofa and chairs, and many other streets that sell only one kind of item but both sides are beautifully decorated and filled with visitors on a daily
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The Grand Bazaar is associated with the traditional Turkish tastes, great variety of tea and coffee and most importantly hospitality. A final historical aspect of Turkey is its carpets, or better known as kilims (rugs) are well known in the Turkish culture and can be seen everywhere in Istanbul. Most of the kilims come from different regions within Turkey. They are all in a variety of motifs, designs, shapes, materials, construction and styles. One of the reasons that Turkish carpets are a specialty product is because the patterns have meanings behind them.
The origin of having carpets/ kilims and rugs was to protect the Turks from extreme temperature changes. It was also used in diverse areas as a popular household item for different ornamental uses such as they could be hanged on the wall, to cover the windows, table decorations or floor and ottoman coverings. One kilim with many uses throughout the seasons. A kilim can take many months and even years to make. There are certain materials needed in order to make a kilim. These materials are loom, beating comb, a shuttle, and knife or scissor. The primary material of kilim is wool. Animal hair, cotton, and silk are also used in making kilim. In addition beads, small decorative baubles, gold or silver thread may be used to design the kilim, but is not
The Grand Bazaar is associated with the traditional Turkish tastes, great variety of tea and coffee and most importantly hospitality. A final historical aspect of Turkey is its carpets, or better known as kilims (rugs) are well known in the Turkish culture and can be seen everywhere in Istanbul. Most of the kilims come from different regions within Turkey. They are all in a variety of motifs, designs, shapes, materials, construction and styles. One of the reasons that Turkish carpets are a specialty product is because the patterns have meanings behind them.
The origin of having carpets/ kilims and rugs was to protect the Turks from extreme temperature changes. It was also used in diverse areas as a popular household item for different ornamental uses such as they could be hanged on the wall, to cover the windows, table decorations or floor and ottoman coverings. One kilim with many uses throughout the seasons. A kilim can take many months and even years to make. There are certain materials needed in order to make a kilim. These materials are loom, beating comb, a shuttle, and knife or scissor. The primary material of kilim is wool. Animal hair, cotton, and silk are also used in making kilim. In addition beads, small decorative baubles, gold or silver thread may be used to design the kilim, but is not