Istanbul
Beautifully decorated antique wooden boxes and carved fabric stamps from Afghanistan are the major drawcard here, but there's also some nice silver and…
Must-see shopping in Istanbul
Beyoğlu
This small shop is crammed with CDs, including a fine selection of Turkish classical, jazz and folk music. It's a popular hangout for local musicians.
The Bosphorus Suburbs
This basement jewellery shop in upmarket lifestyle hub Bebek showcases the designs of Milka Karaağaçlı, and is full of desirable items.
Beyoğlu
One of the few interesting shops remaining on İstiklal, Denizler Kitabevi sells antique maps, books, prints, photographs and postcards.
Beyoğlu
A long-standing business with three floors of books – head to the 3rd floor for English-language titles.
Beyoğlu
The Beyoğlu branch of the famous lokum (Turkish Delight) retailer also has an onsite cafe.
Sultanahmet
Those heading to the Turkish coast after their İstanbul visit may want to purchase one of the colourful woven-cotton beach robes sold at this boutique in…
Kadıköy
Cobblestone-paved Tellalzade Sokak is better known as ‘Antique Dealers Street’ after the shops that line both sides of this small lane near the Kadıköy…
Beyoğlu
Antique Anatolian kilims and textiles are stacked alongside top-drawer Ottoman antiques in this fabulous shop in Çukurcuma. This is the best area in the…
Istanbul
The city of Malatya in central-eastern Turkey is famous for its apricots, and this shop with two branches near the Spice Bazaar's Tahmis Sokak doorway…
Istanbul
One of the new generation of rug stores opening in the bazaar, Dhoku (meaning 'texture') sells artfully designed wool kilims in resolutely modernist…
Istanbul
Caffeine addicts are regularly spotted queuing outside this flagship store of İstanbul's most famous coffee purveyor. Housed on the ground floor of an art…
Istanbul
Comprising a shopping mall, residential development and performing arts centre, the Zorlu Center draws people with its upmarket shops, concerts featuring…
Istanbul
Members of the Kalmaz family have been concocting remedies based on Ottoman-era recipes at this old-fashioned shop since 1950. Customers come here to…
Istanbul
Supplying locals with amber-hued honey from Hakkari and Siirt, pungent pastrami from Kayseri and cheeses from every corner of the country since 1946,…
Beyoğlu
Its enormous selection of local and imported wine makes La Cave a good stop for tipplers. The staff can differentiate a Chablis from a Chardonnay, and…
Istanbul
The Sahaflar Çarşısı has operated as a book and paper market since Byzantine times, but these days sells mainly tourist tat. At the centre of its shady…
Istanbul
The name is a shortening of 'Ethnic' and 'Contemporary' and that, in a nutshell, is the type of rug that this fashionable shop produces. EthniCon can be…
Beyoğlu
This family business has been pickling vegetables and fruit since 1913 and has a devoted local clientele. It's a great place in which to sample şalgam…
Princes’ Islands
Housed in a handsome timber building adorned with art nouveau timber fretwork and jewel-coloured stained glass, this shop sells old photographs,…
Kadıköy
It may not look like much from the front, but this shop often sells top-quality towels and sheets manufactured in Turkey for major international brands…
Istanbul
Iranian saffron joins honey, perfumed oils and spices of every imaginable colour and aroma on the shelves of this reliable store in the Spice Bazaar…
Kadıköy
This Kadıköy branch of İstanbul's most famous purveyors of lokum (Turkish Delight) has a small cafe at the rear of the shop.
Istanbul
Jeweller Ümit Berksoy handcrafts one-off pieces at his tiny atelier just outside the İç Bedesten, and also sells antiques.
Sultanahmet
This slightly out-of-the-way family business sells silk and cotton scarves and shawls that are hand-woven in Antakya.
Beyoğlu
This boutique stocks furniture and lighting, as well as glass, metalwork and ceramic objects made by local artisans.
Beyoğlu
Come here to source caviar and the city's best lakerda (strongly flavoured salted bonito).
Nişantaşi, Bomonti & Harbiye
This shopping mall includes a food court and a seven-screen multiplex cinema.
Sultanahmet
Renovated by the Turkish Touring & Automobile Club, this 18th-century medrese's classrooms and dorms house a small selection of handicraft shops.
