The Sulaimaniye Mosque is located on a high ground and from there we walked down towards the market quarters down the hill towards the Golden Horn shores. Just at the bottom of the mosque we discovered this row of little shops of metal-smiths crafting out various cups, plates etc on their lathe and tool machines. These shops reminded pakdokter of the days in school when we had to do metal-works as a subject. These guys here produce lovely copper and brass objects and we bought from them a few articles - which we presumed would be much cheaper than the stores in the 'markets'.
the shop-keeper working on his machine making the copper tea-cup
the products made here were supplied to the stalls in the markets
enamel serving 'dulangs'
the hardware market
textile section
the pictures below are from the Egyptian/Spice Market
goat cheese
strands of cheese (the white ones) and olives at the back
sausages and dried tomatoes
various types of fish
spices
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