40.000 Steps in the Grand Bazaar (1980)

Name: 40.000 Steps in the Grand Bazaar
Director: Suha Arın
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1980
Cast: Kadri Kadlan, Alp Öyken

0h 29m IMDb

Documentary

This documentary presents the past and present of Istanbul’s famed Grand Bazaar, whose history spans nearly five centuries. The film offers an intimate portrait of the bazaar through the perspective of a sherbet seller who has walked its streets for forty years, capturing the rhythms of daily life and the continuity of tradition within one of the city’s most enduring cultural spaces.