Must-see shopping in Sultanahmet

  • Jennifer's Hamam

    Sultanahmet

    Owned by Canadian Jennifer Gaudet, this shop stocks top-quality towels, peştemals (traditional bath wraps) and robes for both adults and children. All are…

  • Mehmet Çetinkaya Gallery

    Sultanahmet

    Mehmet Çetinkaya is one of the country's foremost experts on antique oriental carpets and kilims. One of his two Tavukhane Sokak galleries is built over…

  • Jennifer's Hamam

    Sultanahmet

    A branch of the popular bath-ware retailer, which has its main showroom nearby.

  • İznik Classics

    Sultanahmet

    İznik Classics is one of the best places in town to source hand-painted collector-item ceramics made with real quartz and using metal oxides for pigments…

  • Mehmet Çetinkaya

    Sultanahmet

    This Arasta Bazaar branch of Mehmet Çetinkaya's gorgeous gallery sells textiles and antique jewellery.

  • Galeri Kayseri

    Sultanahmet

    A Sultanahmet fixture since 1996, Galeri Kayseri stocks a well-presented selection of English-language novels, history books, maps and coffee-table tomes…

  • Nakkaş

    Sultanahmet

    Nakkaş sells carpets, textiles, ceramics and jewellery. Its varied collection of more than 20,000 carpets and kilims includes antique rugs, hand-woven…

  • Khaftan

    Sultanahmet

    Gleaming Russian icons, delicate calligraphy (old and new), ceramics, karagöz (shadow-puppet theatre) puppets, Ottoman prints and contemporary paintings…

  • ATA Textiles

    Sultanahmet

    Those heading to the Turkish coast after their İstanbul visit may want to purchase one of the colourful woven-cotton beach robes sold at this boutique in…

  • Antakya İpekçilik

    Sultanahmet

    This slightly out-of-the-way family business sells silk and cotton scarves and shawls that are hand-woven in Antakya.

  • Cedid Mehmet Efendi Medresesi

    Sultanahmet

    Renovated by the Turkish Touring & Automobile Club, this 18th-century medrese's classrooms and dorms house a small selection of handicraft shops.