Grand Bazaar (Kapalı Çarşı)
Name of Building
Grand Bazaar (Kapalı Çarşı)
Town or City, Country where the building was originally established
Istanbul, Turkey
Date the building was designed and/or first built
Construction of Iç Bedesten begun: 1455
Construction of Iç Bedesten ended: 1460/61
Construction of Iç Bedesten ended: 1460/61
Construction of Sandal Bedesten begun: 1545
Name of Architect, Builder, or Primary Patron Responsible
Patron: Mehmed II (1432-1481)
Patron: Suleiman I (1494-1566)
Culturally Specific Time Period
Ottoman
Geo-Location
41.011121974041366, 28.967992998151725
Materials
Wood
Stone, brick
Size and/or Scale of Building
Iç Bedesten: 43.30 m x 29.50 m
Sandal Bedesten: 40.20 m x 42.20 m
Architectural Type
Commercial
Image source
Image 1: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gran_Bazar,_Estambul,_Turqu%C3%ADa,_2024-09-29,_DD_04.jpg
Image 2: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Istanbul_asv2021-11_img41_Grand_Bazaar.jpg
Creative Commons or other copyright information
Image 1: Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
Image 2: A.Savin, FAL, via Wikimedia Commons.
Student First and Last Name
Brittany Lumanlan Martin
Citation
Patron: Mehmed II (1432-1481) and Patron: Suleiman I (1494-1566), “Grand Bazaar (Kapalı Çarşı),” World Architecture, accessed June 28, 2026, https://www.worldarchitecture.artinterp2.org/items/show/169.
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