Istanbul Shopping

  1. Denizler Kitabevi

    A charmingly eccentric shop specialising in old maps and books, Denizler Kitabevi also stocks antique prints and quirky chess sets with different historical figures.

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  2. Galeri Kayseri

    Sultanahmet's most famous bookshop has two stores on Divan Yolu near the Sultanahmet tram stop. The reasons for this store's success are simple: the staff know and love their stock and the stock itself is extensive - thousands of English-language titles about Turkey and the Middle East.

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  3. Greenhouse Bookshop Cafe

    This friendly bookshop stocks the city's best range of books in English about İstanbul and Turkey. There's a huge kids section and a decent fiction section. It's where most of the expats in the know buy their reading matter.

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  4. Homer Kitabevi

    Homer has an excellent selection of history, architecture and art books - all about Turkey and İstanbul and all in English. It also has a large range of English-language fiction.

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  5. İstanbul Kitapçisi

    This bookshop is run by the municipality and as a consequence prices are very reasonable. It stocks some English-language books about İstanbul, and a good range of maps, CDs, postcards and prints.

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  7. Pandora

    Unreconstructed lefties and self-confessed postmodernists are equally at home in this excellent bookshop. Though most of the stock is in Turkish, there are a fair few titles in English, including novels, guidebooks, histories and art and politics texts. If you can't find what you're looking for on the ground floor, climb two floors up.

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  8. Robinson Crusoe

    There are few more pleasant fates than being marooned here for an hour or so. With its classy décor, good magazine selection and wide range of English-language novels and books about İstanbul, it's one of the best bookshops around. Staff speak English and know their books.

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  9. Sahaflar Çarşısı

    The Old Book Bazaar is great fun for browsing, but you'll find more new than old. It's just west of the Kapalı Çarşı (Grand Bazaar), wedged between Çadırcılar Caddesi and the Beyazıt Camii. The nearby flea market runs only rarely these days.

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