The
Grand Bazaar in
Istanbul
Istanbul ( , ; tr, İstanbul ), formerly known as Constantinople ( grc-gre, Κωνσταντινούπολις; la, Constantinopolis), is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, serving as the country's economic, ...
has four main gates situated at the ends of its two major streets which intersect near the southwestern corner of the bazaar. One street connects the
Bayezid II Mosque and
Beyazıt Square
Beyazıt Square ( tr, Beyazıt Meydanı) lies to the north of Ordu Caddesi in the district of Fatih, Istanbul, Turkey. Officially named ''Freedom Square'' (), it is more generally known as Beyazıt Square after the early Ottoman Bayezid II Mosqu ...
with the
Nuruosmaniye Mosque
The Nuruosmaniye Mosque ( tr, Nuruosmaniye Camii) is an 18th-century Ottoman mosque located in the Çemberlitaş neighbourhood of Fatih district in Istanbul, Turkey. In 2016 it was inscribed in the Tentative list of World Heritage Sites in Turke ...
. As everywhere in the East, traders of the same type of good were forcibly concentrated along one road, which got its name from their profession. The names of the streets in the Grand Bazaar give us precious information about the goods and the profession in use during the Ottoman Empire.
Streets,
han
Han may refer to:
Ethnic groups
* Han Chinese, or Han People (): the name for the largest ethnic group in China, which also constitutes the world's largest ethnic group.
** Han Taiwanese (): the name for the ethnic group of the Taiwanese p ...
s and gates
References
*
*{{cite book
, title=İstanbul'un 100 Meslekleri
, publisher=İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi Kültür A.Ş. Yayınları
, location=Istanbul
, language=Turkish
, year=2010
Bazaars in Turkey
Fatih
Shopping malls in Istanbul
Grand Bazaar