Istanbul - Great Bazaar

The Great Bazaar (Kapali Carsi, covered market) in Istanbul in the depression between the Nure Osmaniye and Bayazit Mosques, is a whole quarter on its own, surrounded by a wall and entered through eleven gates, a maze of vaulted and dimly lit streets and lanes which even after a major fire in 1954 remains one of the great sights of Istanbul. The various trades are still mostly segregated into particular streets or sections of the bazaar.