Antakya Uzun Çarşı

Editor's Note

Antakya Uzun Çarşı sits in Antakya, Hatay, a place of cultural and historical weight that opens a window onto the area's layered past for the curious traveler.

Story

Antakya's Uzun Çarşı (Long Bazaar) is the oldest and liveliest commercial center of Hatay. With a history spanning millennia, this bazaar has been a hub of trade among different civilizations since the Seleucid era. With its narrow, winding streets, shops built in Ottoman architecture, and traditional stone paving, it draws visitors into the depths of history. Traces of Arab, Armenian, and Turkish culture can be seen on every corner; this blend, mingled with Levantine mystique, forms Antakya's unique cultural fabric. Coppersmiths, tailors, and tradespeople's shops carry on in the bazaar like a living museum of traditional life. The Antakya dürüm sold here (a dish with a special pepper paste) is the bearer of a tradition hundreds of years old; choose the early hours and take a local guide's advice, for the bazaar reveals its most authentic self in the morning.

Nearby

• Bedesten Sokak Sabunhanesi

  Historic building · Antakya, Hatay

• Antioch on the Orontes

  Ruins · Antakya, Hatay

• Şeyh Hüseyin Efendi Türbesi

  Tomb · Antakya, Hatay

• Karabaylar Konağı

  Historic building · Antakya, Hatay

• Meydan Camii Çeşmesi

  Monument · Antakya, Hatay

• Şerife Dudu Hanım Çeşmesi

  Historic building · Antakya, Hatay