This place is amazing. We walked by, thinking it was closed because the shutter was down. We…read moreknocked and suddenly the shutters start opening to reveal the smiling owner. We Ended up spending over an hour in this gem of a store talking to the owner and listening to records. He demoed records for us and told us stories about each. Great guy and wonderful store!

Vintage, vinyl and more. Good selection of second hand Turkish and Rock / Pop records.read more

Great little bookstore on a side street perpendicular to Istaklal Street. All the great shops are…read moreoff of Istaklal Street, which is way too busy with its big boxy stores that have that same cookie cutter feeling you'd get in most malls. The side streets, on the other hand are the real deal. A truly unique 'cookie' experience. This bookstore is awesome. It even has some English books and comics! BOO-YA! Books flow in a literary waterfall of words from the high ceiling all the way to the ground floor. A wooden shelf tree of beautiful and terrible ideas.

One of the most soulful book stores in İstanbul, and a place that has a long and tumultous history…read more (Did I spell it right?) On the top floor of art gallery SALT, with rows and rows of books both foreign and Turkish language, and a piano that sometimes is played by a random visitor. If you're lucky you may find some special edition screen printed Read More t-shirts made in İstanbul, but mostly they are out of stock.