Edirne Ili Shopping

 
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Kapalicarsi: Soap or fruit?

by ozalp

There was a covered bazaar near Selimiye. Many shops were selling textile or local crafts. These soaps are a special local craft of Edirne. This is a useless product of Edirne. I bought some during my visit but I regret afterwards. I don’t like small figurines or other ornaments at home. These can be nice in bathroom, though. Maybe I’ll try it.You can find any fruit you want. They are all carved (whatever) from soap. I have an apple, a small melon and two cherries. And you can eat them if you want to make bubbles! (Just joking, don’t eat them please.) Not much

Nature morte
soaps, brooms and more

by Arkeolog

As far as shopping is concerned in Edirne, the covered bazaars are the first places which come to mind. The most important of these bazaars and the most reputable is Ali Paºa Market. This market was built by Architect Sinan, and it is the best place for gift articles on Edirne. Arasta which is situated next to Selimiye Mosque is an appropriate place for tourist articles and memorabilia. What can be purchased as a gift or memorabilia in Edirne? The most important gift articles in Edirne can be hand crafts. Fruit soaps are the ones which come to mind first. Since the 17th century, the soaps in the forms of apple, banana, pear, peach, grape, watermelon, cherry, etc. have been manufactured with the addition of musk, amber and rose fragrances starting with the Ottoman era, and today this shows that the tradition is still alive. These fragranced and fruit shaped soaps were offered to Ottoman...

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