Yeni Kavaflar Market
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Yeni Kavaflar Market ( tr, Yeni Kavaflar Çarşısı) is a covered bazaar in
İzmir İzmir ( , ; ), also spelled Izmir, is a metropolitan city in the western extremity of Anatolia, capital of the province of the same name. It is the third most populous city in Turkey, after Istanbul and Ankara and the second largest urban aggl ...
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Location

The market, situated at , is to the south of Fevzipaşa Boulevard and to the north of Kemeraltı Bazaar at Çankaya neighborhood of Konak district in Izmir. The -long west to east dimension of the market lies in parallel to the boulevard. There are 64 shops in the market.


History

During the Great fire of İzmir in 1922, just after the liberation of İzmir, most of the İzmir business center were burned down. In
İzmir Economic Congress İzmir Economic Congress ( tr, İzmir İktisat Kongresi) was held in İzmir, Turkey between 17 February - 4 March 1923, shortly after the end of the Turkish War of Independence and during the interval between the two conferences that led to the ...
held on 17 February 1923-4 March 1923, reconstruction of the business center was planned. The Yeni Kavaflar Market was a part of this project and it was completed in 1929.İzmir quide
/ref> In 2009, it was restored by the Municipality of Konak, a secondary municipality of İzmir. Although the name ''Yeni Kavaflar'' means "New Shoemakers", there are many shops of diverse sectors such as leather dealers, furniture shops etc.


References

{{İzmir Bazaars in Turkey 1929 establishments in Turkey Buildings and structures in İzmir Economy of İzmir Konak District Buildings and structures completed in 1929