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Month: July, 2008

More Photographs of the Markets of Istanbul

2 July, 2008 (07:13) | Photographs |

Tweet I had a few more photographs from the Markets of Istanbul which I wanted to share with my readers. This is a shop near the New Mosque that sold ornate urns and pots. I was thinking of buying something here after visiting the shops that sold exotic house plants to decorate my imaginary apartment [...]

The Egyptian Market Istanbul

1 July, 2008 (07:02) | istanbul, Mr. Blue Jeans, Photographs |

Tweet The Markets of Istanbul The Egyptian Bazaar (known as the Misir Carsisi in Turkish) and also known as the Spice Market was built as a part of the complex of the New Mosque (known as the Yeni Camiı in Turkish) in the 1600s. I would walk often through the markets in search of the [...]

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