Turkey Tour 2007

Silk Bazaar
Bursa - May 1

This is the courtyard of the silk bazaar. The shops are all on the balcony level, which runs all the way around the courtyard. The silk market has become very commercial and all of the shops are retail. Only during two months of the year do the dealers buy silk cocoons brought in from the country side.

This is a view of the silk shops on the balcony level of the Silk Bazaar. Anita purchased a cashmere scarf covered with silk embroidery at Bursa Ipek. Ipek is Turkish for silk.

I purchased this cashmere shawl covered with silk embroidery at the Silk Bazaar. It is draped on a grapevine under my arbor.

Three men are visiting in the plaza outside the Silk Bazaar.

Turkey Tour 2007
Ulu Cami
Green Mosque