You can buy a lot of traditional things in Gaziantep. You should try Bakırcılar ÃarÅısı, a traditional bazaar in the center of the city. You can buy baklava, nargile hooka pipe, yemeni local leather shoes and much more...
As the centre of a large pistachio-growing region, as the groves along the highway leading to Gaziantep indicate, you can find many stores selling this local product known in Turkish as Antep FıstıÄı, i.e. "Pistachio of Antep", an expression which surpassed the former name of Åam FıstıÄı, i.e. "Pistachio of Damascus", used during Ottoman period, both fresh not very tasty, though and also in a salty roasted variety a lot more delicious!.
