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...

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....

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...

Tins, pins, coins and toys, from clanky cars to planes and tanks. There's a surprising amount of Turkish stuff, dating mostly from Ottoman and early...

Europe's biggest mall, and the second largest in the world; its six storeys can seem confusing, especially in the absence of floor plans - there seems to be...

A select assortment of furniture, doors, oil lamps and copperware, mostly picked up in rural Anatolia. There are things like low-legged dough-rolling...

Ethnicon (short for 'ethnic contemporary') creates kilims with a modern twist. They are made without child labour and using environmentally friendly...

This vast open-air market surrounds the Fatih Mosque and fills its rambling courtyard. Join the headscarved crowds ever Wednesday to tussle over...

The latest addition to Istanbul's malls is also the most exclusive. Itinye Park is home to Gucci, Louis Vuitton and the usual roll call of designer stores....

Kalender stocks a great collection of full-size, deep pile Anatolian carpets, which start from as little as YTL1,500. A good place to start your mission in...

Kanyon is a mall with a difference. Open to, and yet sheltered from, the elements, its canyon-inspired design shelters 170 boutique-style shops, a plethora...

A massive selection of antique clothes, costumes, hats, embroidered linens, wall hangings and tapestries. Prices are quite high, but it's all top quality stuff.

Like Kanyon across the road, this four-storey mall is served by a direct link to the metro. What's different is that it pitches to a far more...