Shopping in Central Anatolia
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Ikonium
Konya was traditionally a felt-making centre but the art is fast dying out in Turkey. Passionate keçeki (felt- maker) Mehmet and his Argentinean wife Silvia offer treats including op-art-style patterns and what might be the world's largest hand-decorated piece of felt.
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Yemeniciler Arastası
Safranbolu is a great place to pick up all sorts of handicrafts - especially textiles, metalwork, shoes and wooden artefacts - whether locally made or shipped in from elsewhere to supply browsing coach tourists. The restored Yemeniciler Arastası , the Peasant Shoe-Makers' Bazaar, is the best place to start looking, although the makers of the light, flat-heeled shoes who used to work here have long since moved out.
The further you go from the arasta the more likely you are to come across shops occupied by authentic working saddle-makers, felt-makers and other artisans.
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Konya's Bazaar
Konya's bazaar sprawls virtually all the way to the Mevlâna Museum, cramming the narrow streets with stalls, roving vendors and the occasional horse-drawn cart. The streets are divided up in very medieval fashion: here a section for coils of rope, there one for gold jewellery, nearby one for mobile-phone accessories. There's a concentration of shops selling religious paraphernalia and tacky souvenirs at the Mevlâna Museum end.
It is the most exciting place to shop for fresh fruit, vegetables, cheese etc.
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Vakıf Suluhan Çarşısı
Behind the Ulus vegetable market, on Konya Caddesi, is the Vakıf Suluhan Çarşısı, a restored han (caravanserai) with clothes shops, a café, toilets and a small free-standing mosque in its courtyard.
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Tarihi Mahkeme Hamamı
The Tarihi Mahkeme Hamamı, behind the Şerafettin Camii, is the city's most interesting hamam.
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Sürüm
Sugar addicts can spoil their sweet teeth at Sürüm, a chocolate shop established in 1926.
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Bazaar
Konya's bazaar sprawls back from the modern PTT building virtually all the way to the Mevlâna Museum, cramming the narrow streets with stalls, roving vendors and the occasional horse-drawn cart. There's a concentration of shops selling religious paraphernalia and tacky souvenirs at the Mevlâna Museum end.
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