The Istanbul shopkeeper who knows everything

Erkan has run his shop in Istanbul for decades, and there is nothing about the city he doesn’t know. I met him in his treasure-trove of a shop on a 24-hour stopover, and interviewed him for easyJet Traveller’s need-to-know guide to Turkey, in the September 2025 issue.

Ellie Fazan wrote a need-to-know guide to Istanbul for easyJet Traveller magazine, published in the September 2025 issue, built around an interview with local shopkeeper Erkan.