Popular bazaars in Turkey .. The opportunity to shop at the lowest prices

Mohammed Abdul Malik - Istanbul

Aisha, a 49-year-old Turkish woman, drives the shopping cart and strolls through the great Atatürk bazaar in the Pahshahir district of the European side of Istanbul, where she can get all her vegetables and fruits for a whole week at prices much lower than those set by shopping malls Other in the city.

As Aisha continued to talk to the strawberry salesman and insisted on choosing the smaller ones, she told Al Jazeera Net that these days are strawberry fruit season, and that she comes to the bazaar fresh more than other places, and her price is also appropriate. "A week does not pass without I visit this place and it has become a necessity and necessary. "

In each area of ​​Istanbul, the municipal government authorities allocate specific and known days for the establishment of these popular bazaars throughout the week and most often on the official holidays - Saturday and Sunday - and thus become crowded with citizens who find the opportunity to shop at lower prices where they are allocated Large tents for these bazaars in some residential neighborhoods or closed areas.

Many advantages
In addition to fresh vegetables and fruits, bazaars offer various nuts and cheeses, as well as fish, grains and many things that citizens may not find even in the usual shopping areas.

The bazaars also offer sections for the display and sale of clothing, fabrics, carpets and household items. In some large bazaars, furniture and other objects are also offered to the shopper to move to distant places. Nearby, every public bazaar also has public services and facilities such as cafes and restaurants.

There are more than 350 public bazaars in Istanbul alone, according to the statistics of the municipality. Each one opens for one or two days in front of citizens. There are more than 240 bazaars in the areas and neighborhoods of the European side of the city. There are about 115 bazaars on the Asian side, Each bazaar has a day of the week which is available to them during the week.

The most famous and popular popular bazaars in Istanbul are the Al-Fateh Bazaar, sometimes referred to as the "Wednesday Market." The market today and other days witness a high turnout of people, especially before the month of Ramadan, especially Arab and Syrian residents who have become special shops in the region They show everything the Arabs need.

Among the advantages offered by the municipal authorities to the citizens, in addition to their supervision of these markets, is the provision of mass transport for all citizens wishing to move from within the neighborhoods, and sometimes these bazaars provide some simple things for visitors such as ice cream and free drinks, especially during the summer.

Economic activity
According to researchers in the economy, Al-Jazeera Net said that these bazaars contribute to moving the Turkish economy through the recovery of domestic trade, helping farmers and farmers to display and sell their products. It is also an opportunity to introduce professionals and craftsmen to their products. Work for thousands of people.

According to the researcher in the Turkish economy, Nizar Harbawi, these popular markets represent real employment opportunities for tens of thousands of young Turks and retirees and housewives who work to earn their day and make them feel productive in their environment, and these are important in establishing interdependence and social stability and interaction between the individual and the general economy .

These weekly mobile bazaars are one of the most beautiful aspects of the social economy in Turkey, especially those large markets that contain everything the family needs at prices they may not find in public places and ordinary shopping areas.

"These markets allow the elderly and the people of the neighborhood to interact with each other continuously through a weekly meeting in order to secure their periodic needs, monitor the offers and the variety and richness of the products offered to them at prices that suit all segments of society. Of money, which helps to stabilize the family and society.