Sultanahmet
Owned by Canadian Jennifer Gaudet, this shop stocks top-quality towels, peştemals (traditional bath wraps) and robes for both adults and children. All are…
Must-see shopping in Turkey
Sultanahmet
Mehmet Çetinkaya is one of the country's foremost experts on antique oriental carpets and kilims. One of his two Tavukhane Sokak galleries is built over…
Beyoğlu
A leader in Turkey's contemporary-design movement, Özlem Tuna produces super-stylish homewares and jewellery and sells them from her retail space near the…
Western Anatolia
The workshop belonging to the İznik Foundation, an organisation working to revive the craft of İznik tile-making, is a great place to start looking for…
The Bosphorus Suburbs
Olive Farm is based in Datça, a Turkish region renowned for its olives. The company grows its own organic olives and uses them to produce a huge range of…
Ayvalık
A social enterprise helping unemployed women earn a living by creating fashionable items from throwaway materials, the 'Garbage Lady' saves at least six…
Istanbul
Serious antique shoppers should make their way to this old-fashioned business near the bazaar's Nuruosmaniye Gate. Silver candlesticks and trays,…
Western Anatolia
This restored Ottoman house is home to the showroom of world-renowned ceramics artist Mehmet Gürsoy who is credited with helping to revive the traditional…
Kaş
Run by Orhan and Martina, a charming Turkish-German couple and long-time residents in Kaş, Turqueria is an Aladdin's cave of treasures that include old…
Thrace & Marmara
This excellent store near the main square in Merkez sells locally produced items including artisan-made soap, olive oil, jams, honey and dibek coffee. The…
Sultanahmet
A branch of the popular bath-ware retailer, which has its main showroom nearby.
Çanakkale
Çanakkale has a long history of ceramics manufacturing, and the designs at Kepenek are often interesting updates on this established tradition. Highlights…
Black Sea Coast
Opposite the fine Alaadin Mosque is a beautifully restored 1262 madrassa building that now contains a brilliant coffee-house, family restaurant and a…
Nişantaşi, Bomonti & Harbiye
Paksoy creates and sells pieces that transcend fashion and step into art. In fact, every piece of clothing she designs is a one-off creation that has been…
Sultanahmet
İznik Classics is one of the best places in town to source hand-painted collector-item ceramics made with real quartz and using metal oxides for pigments…
Dalyan
Jeweller Kenan sells fine pieces and gifts from across Turkey in his shop-cum-gallery. Choose between coral earrings from İstanbul, rings from İzmir,…
Datça & Bozburun Peninsulas
Set amidst seemingly endless olive groves, this farm shop offers tastings of its olives and first-press oil, jams and vinegars distilled from anything you…
Trabzon
It's worth popping in just to breath the deliciously spiced air in Trabzon's most enticing food shop. Offerings include honey, dried fruits, nuts, lokum …
Cappadocia
Funky, colourful felt bags, cute knitted children's toys, crocheted jewellery and scarves, and local foodie products such as mantı (Turkish ravioli) pasta…
Sultanahmet
This Arasta Bazaar branch of Mehmet Çetinkaya's gorgeous gallery sells textiles and antique jewellery.
Istanbul
Established in 2006 as Turkey’s first ‘100% ecological bazaar’, this bustling Saturday market is still going strong, with hundreds of colourful stalls…
Istanbul
This remainder outlet of İstanbul's famous fashion store should be on the itinerary of all bargain hunters. Top-quality men's and women's clothing – often…
Cappadocia
Our favourite Avanos ceramic workshop is a bit of a local secret. Twins Levent and Mehmet create quirky contemporary ceramics that often riff on Anatolian…
Antalya
This sprawling covered bazaar, dating to the late 15th century, is centred between Kazım Özalp Caddesi and İsmet Paşa Caddesi, just north of the Kaleiçi…
Kadıköy
Creative jewellery, colourful ceramics, contemporary tea glasses, olive-wood coasters and bold-patterned textiles are among the ‘ideas inspired by nature’…
Şekerci Aytekin Erol Caferzade
Istanbul
One of the major draws in Üsküdar's bustling Balıkçılar Çarşısı (Fish Market), this sweets shop has been supplying locals with their regular fixes of…
Istanbul
Many people think that this historic shop, which has been operated by members of the same family for over 200 years, is the top place in the city to buy…
Edirne
Edirne's residents are particularly partial to sweet treats, as is evident by the huge number of șekerlemes (sweet shops) scattered through the city…
Ürgüp
The pieces at this small boutique, next door to Sota Cappadocia hotel, are carefully sourced and curated by Nil Tuncer to display the best of Turkey's…
Beyoğlu
Local designer Nilüfer Karaca creates sculptural pieces in muted tones that customers can purchase off the rack or have made to measure in two or three…
Nişantaşi, Bomonti & Harbiye
Elegant yet just a bit off-kilter, the contemporary ceramic pieces made by Zeynep Saraçoğlu and Pınar Philliskirk have an air of wabi-sabi – the ancient…
Beyoğlu
Having returned to İstanbul after many years living and working around the globe, siblings Emre and Zeynep Lale Rende decided to open a concept store…
Central Anatolia
If you find yourself in Çorum on a Wednesday, spare some time to stroll the mammoth weekly market that sets up just off Inönü Caddesi, in front of the…
Brezilya Kurukahve ve Kuruyemiş
Kadıköy
Located on the produce market's main strip, this shop has been selling coffee beans, nuts, dried fruit (including particularly delicious plums from…
Ankara
The alleyways southeast of the Parmak Kapısı entrance to the citadel were traditionally the centre for trading in angora wool. Walk downhill on…
Nişantaşi, Bomonti & Harbiye
This sleek designer boutique gives cushions the kind of luxury display treatment usually reserved for Prada handbags. Fashion designer Rıfat Özbek and his…
Sultanahmet
A Sultanahmet fixture since 1996, Galeri Kayseri stocks a well-presented selection of English-language novels, history books, maps and coffee-table tomes…
Eastern Mediterranean
Smack dab in the middle of the sprawling bazaar, visit this aromatic shop for all manner of jarred (including sürk cheese) and bottled (eg pomegranate…
Istanbul
Fashion designers and buyers from every corner of the globe know that, when in İstanbul, this is where to come to source top-quality textiles. It's…
Istanbul
Bolts of richly coloured, hand-woven silk from Uzbekistan and a range of finely woven shawls join finely embroidered bedspreads and pillow slips on the…
