Coppersmiths Bazaar

Coppersmiths Bazaar (Bakırcılar Çarşısı), which has been full of hammer sounds for about four centuries, takes its visitors to another era with its wood-covered shops and stone-paved streets.  The art of coppersmith, which gives its name to the bazaar, is still popular today, as copper items still occupy an important place in city culture, especially in the kitchen. Copper items are a very popular souvenir for tourists as well as for local people of Antep.

However, the magic of Coppersmiths Bazaar does neither originate from the traditional shopping experience, the magic is in the sound of the hammer, which the masters who skillfully beat the copper to shape the products. This is such a symphony that its notes, which have been passed down from master to apprentice for hundreds of years. Copper masters know which notes to be piano and which to be forte, and turn that gentle copper material into a wonderful piece with their experienced strokes.