About this place
The L-shaped market was completed in the 1660s as part of the New Mosque complex commissioned by Turhan Hatice Sultan, and its shop rents helped fund the mosque. It became known as the Egyptian Bazaar because goods such as spices, coffee and henna arrived by ship from Egypt. Today about 85 shops sell spices, teas, nuts, lokum and baklava, while the streets outside towards Tahtakale are where locals buy cheese, coffee and kitchenware.
