Nearly 550 years after opening, Istanbul's Grand Bazaar remains a bustling center of commerce, drawing up to 800,000 visitors on weekends while preserving centuries-old trading traditions, says chair ...
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ISTANBUL—Deep in the stone warren of Istanbul’s 560-year-old Grand Bazaar, a cluster of traders selling gold and dollars pace the alleyway, murmuring into phones and smoking. The tension rises as ...