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A La Turca
If you fancy an antique Anatolian kilim to brighten up your home (and who doesn't?) A la Turca may be the place to get it. In the trendy Çukurcuma district, which is one of the best areas in the city to browse for antiques and curios, its small but interesting stock is certainly worth a second or third look.
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Antique Objet
The cute embroidered slippers sold here make great gifts for friends and family, and the suzani (needlework) pieces are the stuff that we all like to treat ourselves to once in a while. You'll need to rummage, as this place is jam-packed.
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Deli Kizin Yeri Junior
In Turkish, the name of this shop is 'The Crazy Lady's Place'. There's nothing nutty about buying the wonderful toys sold here, though. Dolls, marionettes, hand puppets and cute clothes are on offer, all featuring Anatolian motifs, materials and designs. Perfect gifts for the little ones in your life.
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Dhoku
One of the new generation of rug stores opening in the bazaar, Dhoku (texture) sells artfully designed wool kilims in resolutely modernist designs. Its sister store, EthniCon (Tekkeciler Sokak, Grand Bazaar), sells similarly stylish rugs in vivid colours and can be said to have started the current craze in contemporary kilims. Brits may have seen some of this store's products in the Conran Shop.
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Ekincioğlu Toys & Gifts
If your junior travelling companion's behaviour is on the skids and some urgent bribery is called for, this place should provide the answer, however temporary.
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İstanbul Modern Gift Shop
Sometimes it can be difficult to source well-priced souvenirs to take home to one's nearest and dearest. Fortunately the gift shop at this top-notch contemporary art gallery sells desirable items aplenty - niftily designed T-shirts, CDs, coffee mugs, homewares and jewellery are on offer, as are cute gifts for kids. We particularly like the paint-your-own T-shirts, painting sets and stationery.
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Mudo Pera
Housed on the bottom two floors of an Art-Nouveau building, the interior of this boutique is all gleaming wood and cunning lighting - very 1920s Pera. It stocks good-quality clothing made from cashmere, cotton and silks, as well as an eclectic range of gifts and tableware. There's another store in Teşvikiye Caddesi.
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Vakko
İstanbul's most famous boutique department store stocks a quality range of clothing for men and women, fabrics, shoes, homewares and scarves made from Bursa silk. It even produces its own perfume and chocolate.
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