Arasta Çarşısı

This guide to Muğla's Arasta Çarşısı walks the Ottoman-era market lane through the craftsmen who never left it: a radio repairman fifty years at his bench, leatherworkers and bag makers carrying on their fathers' trades, saddle makers and coppersmiths keeping alive skills that vanished elsewhere in Turkey decades ago. You'll hear how a bazaar trading goods for five to six hundred years outlasted the coffee houses and mechanics that once shared its lanes. Listen for the sound of a soldered radio dial as you walk the row.