Eminonu is the main district of the central part of Istanbul. It is
considered to be the most orthodox and conservative in the city and is
often called "real Istanbul"
This is the very place where the Grand Bazaar is situated - the largest
covered market in the world. It occupies immense area involving more
than 4000 shops on 58 streets.
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The Grand Bazaar is daily visited by more than half a million customers and tourists.
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The range of goods here is amazingly wide - one can find jewellery,
antiques, leather, textile fabrics, souvenirs or famous carpets. Within
the Grand Bazaar there are also restaurants, springs, mosques, houses
and even a graveyard.
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Eminonu always played a significant part in Istanbul life. The whole city has actually started to grow from here.
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One could come across vendors of stolen phones. This one has barely hidden his goods.
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And this is the Egyptian Bazaar - the second largest historical shopping center.
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Bazaar garbage stinks awfully.Turkish man with red ears.
There is the New mosque with two minarets by the bazaar.
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The mosque is well illuminated inside, the Koran surahs are on every window.
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The floor is laid with carpets.
The view of the Asian part of Istanbul from a bridge.
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One of the city symbols - The Galata Tower.
Fishermen come to this bridge like to a 9 to 5 work and stay here even during rather windy or frosty days.
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Street cigarettes vendor and his two friends.Kids often come to help the fishermen.
Istanbul is a city of cats. All the fluffies on the Galata bridge are
pretty well fed. Their main rivals are birds which steal the catch from
the fishermen.
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