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.

This was a really great used bookshop way down Istikial Street from Taksim Square. They had a…read morereally interesting collection of books and a vast assortment of maps, pictures postcards and other ephemera. While the shop was not all that large, although I did not get to go in what appeared to be an upstairs section, there was plenty to look at, and I found myself wishing I had much more time to look for the jewels I knew must be hidden amongst it shelves. At one point I switched from looking at books [and believe me it was painful to do this] to looking at framed Arabic calligraphy, that was hanging on the wall, because I am trying to acquire various examples of calligraphy from different periods of history when ever I can afford to do so. Anyway I very probably would have gotten a book, calligraphy or some other item if I had had just a little bit more time to look before deciding, I don't like feeling too rushed when making decisions, so opted out reluctantly. I was hoping I would either get back here or find another really great used bookstore in Istanbul or some of the other cities we visited in Turkey. As it was I noted carefully as I could the location and name so I could find it on line if possible and write this review. As a lover of books I would love to go here again.