Shopkeeper

Istanbul's Sahaflar Bazaar, once a beloved haven for book lovers, now faces a sharp decline as the rise of e-commerce reshapes Türkiye's book market.

With the industry estimated to be worth 4 billion Turkish Liras ($117,268,000), small bookshops are bearing the brunt of this shift.

Shopkeepers and small businesses in the southern province of quake-hit Hatay's Antakya district attempt to navigate the challenging path of survival as they try to earn their livelihoods in 25 square meter container shops.

A few shopkeepers in the southeastern quake-hit province of Malataya have opened stalls on roadsides with whatever they could save in their shops, not to make a profit but to bring the city back to its former glory and extend a helping hand in such difficult times.

The historical Grand Bazaar, one of the oldest surviving shopping centers in the world, has been largely deserted for the last 10 days due to concerns over the coronavirus outbreak, shopkeepers have complained.

The covered market shops made a good start in 2020, said Hasan Fırat, the head of the shopkeepers' association at the Grand Bazaar.

Mid-season sales aimed at boosting the flagging retail market will be starting in most parts of the country on Wednesday, November 1, and running for two weeks through Wednesday, November 15.

An Irish-Kuwaiti tourist, who made headlines in August 2015 when video footage of his brawl with shopkeepers in Istanbul went viral online, was acquitted in the case by a Turkish court on July 12. 

The Istanbul court acquitted Irish-Kuwaiti tourist Mohammed Fadel Dobbous, a former boxer, saying the case was a legitimate incident of self-defense so the suspect should not be punished.

The first hearing of the case involving an Irish-Kuwaiti tourist, who made headlines in August 2015 when video footage of his brawl with Turkish shopkeepers in Istanbul went viral, ended on March 29 at Istanbul's Ça?layan courthouse.

Shopkeepers and sales staff held protests in Athens and Thessaloniki to mark the first of three Sunday opening days for shops during the Christmas season. Protests were held at Athens’ main shopping area at Ermou Street and at the corner of Tsimiski and Agia Sofia streets in Thesslaoniki. Traffic in Thessaloniki was brought to a standstill.

The social media hero of Turkey, Mohammed Fadel Dobbous known as the ?Irish tourist,? has not only encouraged thousands in Turkey with his boxing moves that beat a mass of shopkeepers in Istanbul?s Aksaray district, but also has given a video game inspiration.

The Kuwait-born Irish tourist who was captured on video taking on a mob of 15 shopkeepers in Istanbul has undergone an operation to repair a skull fracture