HistoryTrabzon Bedesten
about 13 min on foot from the hotel · 1 km
The Bedesten, in the middle of the bazaar, is in the words of the Provincial Directorate of Culture and Tourism the oldest commercial building in Trabzon. It has no inscription; it is accepted to have been built at the end of the 15th century. With its single-dome plan it is the only example of its kind among Turkish bedestens. After restoration it came into use as a handicrafts market and a café.
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It has no inscription. It is accepted to have been built at the end of the 15th century, after the conquest, among the Gülbahar Hatun endowments; because it is mentioned in an imaret list dated 1512, its construction is placed between 1461 and 1512.
Source: trabzon.ktb.gov.tr, sanalkent.ktu.edu.tr
It is the only single-domed example among Turkish bedestens; its plan is close to a rectangle.
Source: trabzon.ktb.gov.tr
It stands in Çarşı Mahallesi, between Kemeraltı Sokağı and Bedesten Caddesi, in the city’s historic bazaar core; the Provincial Directorate of Culture and Tourism presents it as the oldest commercial building in Trabzon.
Source: trabzon.ktb.gov.tr, sanalkent.ktu.edu.tr
Its roof was damaged in the Russian raid of 1633–34; under a restoration project by a team from Karadeniz Technical University, approved in 2001, the roof and mezzanine floors were renewed and the building came into use as a handicrafts market and a café.
Source: sanalkent.ktu.edu.tr
Getting there from the hotel
about 13 min on foot · 1 km
From Meydan Park, walk west along Kunduracılar Street or Uzun Sokak; the Bedesten stands between Kemeraltı Sokağı and Bedesten Caddesi.
Open directions in Google MapsWalking times: Google Maps walking route. Measured: October 2, 2026.
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