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Egyptian Bazaar
It was built in 1660 by the architect Kasim
Aga for the mother of Sultan Murat IV, Hatice Turhan Sultan. The
Egyptian Bazaar is Istanbul's second covered bazaar. It is L
shaped in plan, a building that borders two sides of the park beside Yeni Cami. The structure was restored
in 1943. There are eighty eight
vaulted shops in all, along with a tiny mosque at the inner corner of
the L.
The structure of the building is dressed
stone with alternating brick courses, fine examples of Ottoman
Architecture.
Merchants selling various herbs and spices
such as saffron, mustard, mint, thyme, cinnamon, aniseed, garlic,
Indian tea, honey, apple tea, henna, jujube, eucalyptus, mahlep,
cloves ,etc can be seen throught.
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