By Reza Soudagar, Senior Director, Database and Technology Marketing, SAP Istanbul's Grand Bazaar, which covers a huge area in the center city, was one of the first shopping malls ever built and ...

Istanbul's Grand Bazaar: This venerable marketplace is more than 500 years old and spreads out over 48,000 square meters (around 516,700 square feet). Arif Hudaverdi Yaman/Anadolu/Getty Images ...

Situated in Istanbul's historic peninsula - home to the Sultanahmet mosque and Hagia Sophia - the Grand Bazaar plays host to around 3,000 shops where over 30,000 people work.

Exotic, handmade, and high quality textiles abound in Istanbul’s Grand Bazaar, and visitors can stop to enjoy a ‘flying carpet’ show at one of the 4,000+ stalls, before perhaps buying their ...