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Shopping is one of the great pleasures of a trip to Turkey and the rich variety of Turkish crafts makes it impossible to resist buying something. Alongside the most modern objects, traditional handicrafts from villages and provinces can be found. There are many practical things for the home and kitchen as well as many decorative items, often in the traditional Turkish style. Most visitors to Turkey cannot resist buying at least one or two things. The most popular objects for the travellers are, of course, carpets, but the various leather and suede goods, copper and bronze wares, silver, ceramics, handicrafts, embroidery as well as the famous Turkish meerschaum and onyx are on many people's lists as well.

In Turkey, suede and leather are particularly important, made into all kinds of clothes and other goods such as handbags, belts, and shoes at prices which surprise and please the visitor. In the large stores in main cities, dresses, trousers, and coats, made of extremely fine leather and suede can be found. If you are looking for something a little more unusual, there is the 'nargile' or hubble-bubble pipe or why not buy a backgammon set and learn the national Turkish game! Your only difficulty shopping in Turkey will be in deciding what to choose from the many hundreds of tempting bargains.