SHOPPING

Local Markets.....

Belek - Saturday

Kadriye - Tuesday

Serik - Friday

To start with, whatever is offered to you as a miniature, even if it looks genuine and old - is not original. In fact there were only a few painters employed by the Sultans and all originals are well kept in the museums.
But as a distinctive decoration, it will still look nice.It is highly praise worthy that the old art of the miniature painting has again been taken up in the universities of fine arts and is taught in this country.

Boncuk

There is one typical item, an equity of this region you should take home as a souvenier, it's called the Boncuk, the Little Magic Stone that protects one from the *Evil Eye* (pronounced 'bon-dschuk'), you will see this blue glass piece everywhere

Waterpipe - Nargile

Its a ceremony to smoke from the Nagile, the Turkish waterpipe. Tobacco,or better only the best leafes of tobacco are laid on the pipe and then topped with a piece of hot charcoal. The water in the pipe cools it down and absorbs the nicotine

Turkish carpets

First in general, what is it we call a carpet? In Turkey we differentiate between the knotted carpet, which is called HALI, and the woven carpet, the KILIM. Carpets are are the most well-known souvenirs you can bring home from Turkey. And even if you have had just the bad luck of being cheated, they are still a lot cheaper than in your own country

Ceramics from Kütahya

This wonderful blue on plates and tiles you'll find mainly on the ceramic articles from the central Turkish city Kütahya. Very often you will see samples that show the tulip motif, which dates from the time when this flower originating in Persia became known around the world.

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