A long-running outfit, competent at all kinds of stitching and mending, as well as more ambitious custom-made outfits for ladies and gents.

Owned by local record company Ada, this is the first shop to specialise in Turkish rock and protest music. The setting is surprisingly smart, and there's a...

One of the oldest rug merchants in the bazaar, specialising in kilims and carpets from Turkey, Iran and the Caucasus and Suzanis from Uzbekistan. What you...

An upmarket mall with 250 shops, a food court, cinema and one of the city's better Italian restaurants, Paper Moon (www.papermoon.tr). But its infuriating...

You can't come to Turkey without trying Turkish delight. This place - which has been in the confection business since 1777 - is where to try and buy it. You...

You can't come to Turkey without trying Turkish delight. This place, which has been in the confection business since 1777.

One of the few places in Istanbul that sells fresh tofu. Other worthwhile buys include wholegrain bread, organic grains and pulses, hulled pumpkin and...

Crammed into an awkward space by the entrance to the market's Iç Bedesten, this den of delights stocks own-label boots, Cinderella slippers and jackets in...

Antre stocks around 40 regional cheeses, all bought from local producers and free from additives. There's also a fair selection of cold meats, Austrian...

A shop attracting a more sophisticated breed of antiquarian, with three spacious display rooms and a prime location in the passage just across from KV Café....

You name it, this place pickles it. Going strong since 1938, the artistic displays of colourful jars are a sight to behold. In addition to old-fashioned...

Popular with the grungy and black-clad, the layout of this arcade behind the Atlas cinema is more structured than most, and its stock is of a higher...

Designer Berrin Akyüz works half the time in her atelier in Üsküdar, and the other half in this Cihangir shop that sells her skirts, tops, scarves, bags,...

Beymen started life as a men's clothing store, but is now synonymous with designer clothing and accessories for men and women, combining own-label products...