Istanbul is gearing up for its second shopping festival next month, with special packages and programmes targeting people from Qatar and other GCC countries. With Istanbul fast becoming a favourite ...

ISTANBUL - The 4th Istanbul Shopping Festival (ISF) - one of the most important festivals in Turkey - which will be held on June 7-29 is aimed at attracting more Saudi tourists. In a press conference ...

The first rule of shopping in the centuries-old markets of Istanbul is this: The asking price is merely a suggestion. In fact, it’s barely a suggestion. A price is equivalent to a declaration that a ...

The advice that guidebooks are likely to dispense about visiting Kapaliçari, Istanbul's Grand Bazaar—"Learn to haggle" or, perhaps, "Guard against pickpockets"—reduces the world's oldest covered ...

· Aims to stimulate retail sales during the festival period to reach USD10 billion by the centennial of Turkey founding in 2023 Dubai, February 17, 2011 - Under the patronage of the Turkish Ministry ...