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09/03/2022 By bazaarturkey Blog No Comments

Special Istanbul

SPECIAL ISTANBUL by Barbara Nadel Anyone who lives or works in a great city like Istanbul has their own special and favourite places within it. And although I don’t reside in the city myself, I am a frequent visitor by virtue of being the author of six crime novels set in Istanbul. These books, all […]

09/03/2022 By bazaarturkey Blog No Comments

50 Things to Do When Travelling to Istanbul

Articley By : Blogger Audreyhttp://thatbackpacker.com/2013/12/09/50-things-to-do-in-istanbul-turkey/ (1) Visit the Spice Bazaar. This is the second largest covered market after the Grand Bazaar. Here you’ll be able to pick up spices, nuts, dried fruit, Turkish coffee, loose leaf tea, and even Turkish delight! (2) Go to a whirling dervish show. Turkey is home to the Mevlevi Order […]

09/03/2022 By bazaarturkey Blog No Comments

Marbling Lesson with Japanese Family From Osaka

We had a lovely Class with our guests from Japan… Turkish Marbling – Ebru Lessons in Istanbul. Turkish Paper marbling is a method of aqueous surface design, which can produce patterns similar to marble or other stone, hence the name. The patterns are the result of color floated on either plain water or a viscous […]

24/02/2022 By bazaarturkey Blog No Comments

Prayer Beads, Tespih

Not only in Islam, but in many other religions prayer beads have played an important role. In the past the loveliest tespih, as Muslim rosaries are called were made by Istanbul craftsmen and sold to buyers throughout the Islamic world.

23/02/2022 By bazaarturkey Blog No Comments

Places of Interest in Turkey for Christianity

Cappadocia (Kapadokya) In central Anatolia, to the south of Ankara, Turkey’s capital, lies a region described picturesquely as looking like the lunar surface. Even the most blasé traveller will gasp in wonder at the scenery around Ürgüp. Here, aeons ago, Mount Erciyas, a 13,000 foot peak, ever to be seen as a snow-covered backdrop, erupted […]

23/02/2022 By bazaarturkey Blog No Comments

Turkish Marbling Ebru Group Classes In Istanbul

Turkish Paper marbling is a method of aqueous surface design, which can produce patterns similar to marble or other stone, hence the name.

23/02/2022 By bazaarturkey Blog No Comments

The Art of Turkish Carpet

Turkish Carpet; marriage, while mastering the textile arts, young girls create the ceyiz, a dowry collection of beautiful things that will be useful in their future homes.

22/02/2022 By bazaarturkey Blog No Comments

Seljuk Tiles and Ceramics

Simple dishes, pots, bowls and oil lanterns with turquoise, green, violet and yellow-brown glazes are seen in considerable number. They are usually made of reddish or off-white clay with a coarse grain. The glaze is rather thick. Following the defeat of the Byzantine army in 1071 by the Anatolian Seljuk Turks, a rapid increase of […]

22/02/2022 By bazaarturkey Blog No Comments

Turkish Hamam

Novelist Maggie O'Farrell loved the mosques and teeming streets of Istanbul but she finds the real heart of the city in the bath

21/02/2022 By bazaarturkey Blog No Comments

Traditional Turkish Coffee

Most people in the world have heard of Turkish coffee, but far fewer have ever tasted it. Europe acquired the coffee habit from the Turks, and adapted it to their own tastes over subsequent centuries,

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