we visited the Turkish Bazar in Antalya and in Alanya several times...

Although bad tongues state that all markets on this world resembles itself, affects a breath of the Orients the visitor here for the first time...

The supply

Most statuses offer the internationally inevitable T-Shirts, leather jackets, caps with " I was here" embroidery and plagiarisms of all kinds on - some however have also goods in the supply, which one does not find otherwise in markets.

Who became acquainted with so far only German markets, in those the salesmen almost already condemned to the absolute " non moving " wait on the buyer - or Italian, where the tourist is requested already somewhat more directly to the ultimative cheese purchase, can experience still another substantial increase here...

Most salesmen whom we made experience, intercepted the visitors on the courses and stretched the open hand for them to the greetings against - followed from a " YOU GERMAN? " - as soon as you had answered this question with a good " ?!? ", it became immediately gotten straight that he lived (e.g..) three years in Cologne, and thus is also a " half German " - and that is nevertheless would be the best prerequisites for buying at once five t-Shirts...

It was also unusual for us the fact that the salesmen looked the body contact up again and again - began with the hand vibrating and continued in the shoulder knocking. The thing with the shoulder knocking took Biggi badly however, because it met its sun fire again and again...

As on all markets applies also here: market, market, market!

The t-Shirts of better design (by the way all plagiarisms - do not let you fool into believing, those would be real from Camel or Boss) one knows up to 7. - or 10. - DM down-concern - the salesmen rise with quotations of DM 32. - in. Additionally we made the experience that one at far on the inside the being situated statuses one to negotiate knows substantially lower price. Thus we were by far more aggressively treated by salesmen at the statuses which are situated outside than to inside being situated. The largest section is however peaceful - they try to bring evenly their commodity to the man (or to the woman).

A speciality in Turkey is the apple tea, which is coldly or hot served. At almost all statuses, at which he is served to the purchase, the visitor can let himself be served " free of charge " a glass of tea - without you have to buy anything... - this applies by the way also to hairdressers, Jewelers and other business - asks for tea, while you negotiate - offering beverages belongs in Turkey to the many Naturalnesses....

Typical it is in Turkey also that some masters of the creation structure themselves a small desk somewhere and therefore places some stools and itself comfortably to a glass assemble tea and a little bit small talk...

Particularly on the market in Antalya also many spices were offered. It is unbelievable, there are how many pepper places in this world - of course also all accessories are offered e.g. pepper mills, mortars etc....

Particularly the statuses were admired, at which the nationalusual dresses were offered. The selection was enough from eastern dresses for that Antinode bulge dance over moslemic caps up to the Turkish trousers...

The place Alanya

The market of Alanya leaves itself within a half daily visit - who thereafter wants still another walk to do, will meet a lot of nice people - at any time ready for a photo...

In Alanya there are many buying races in the proximity of the market, in which the tourist hundreds of Jewelers, fashion shops etc. will find. To break out of the tourist places the entire region is better in evenly exact specialized... in Alanya surely with difficulty.

Progressive movement means / "Dolmush"

Who is accommodated as we outside by Alanya (or other larger places), has to arrive to two possibilities over into these.

Sufficient taxis (yellow sign " Taksi " on the roof) drive around, however expensively are - a travel of Mahmutlar into that almost DM 100 would have thirteen kilometers distant Alanya. after their conceptions - cost...

However there is a sayful mechanism there: the Dolmush...

Those are small transporters converted to mini penalties, which along-drive the coastal road in distances of one minute. Stop will it in all rule futile look up - simple to the roadside place and the hand lift - the next Dolmush will hold

The travel price should be paid directly when entering. Between 6.oo clock early to midnight becomes this approx. 75.ooo. - Turkish Lira (that is approximately a Mark) amounted to - after midnight can these also on 100.000. - Lira rise.

Police / Polis

If a driver should require substantially more (several millions Lira) - that occurred to us once - is enough, if you notice you the flag of the Dolmush and give the number to your guide or the Hotelreception - such a thing may cost the license to the driver.

In our case us the Dolmush drivers 3 million Lira wanted - after stepping out we placed demonstratively behind the Dolmush and looked ourselves on the flag, which caused the driver immediately to the Full braking and it stepped out, and returned us the too much retained cash..

This applies also in other cases: A tourist, who became deceived in a tourist business, told this in a neighbouring business to that Owner of this company - this waited off, to the customer had left and called thereafter even the police and did not refund display (written - the verbal predicate completely was sufficient!). On it a police car briefly moved and arrested the owner of the tourist shop in the own business rooms - not even forward on the gentle route.

In the next evening we saw the two owners of shops discussing very violently together. That showed us that the Turkish owners of shops themselves are interested in most to treat the tourists fair.

To the Turkish police you should be carefully - our impressions the powers see there down substantially differently out, than we are used to this from the German police - thus: Specifies you properly, then nobody has somewhat to fear...