Spice Bazaar

Spice Bazaar
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Market

Spice Bazaar

Mısır Çarşısı

About

It was built in the 1660s as part of the New Mosque complex, and its shop rents paid for the mosque's school, hammam, and hospital. The Turkish name, Mısır Çarşısı, means Egyptian Market, after the Egyptian import taxes that first funded it.