A Turkish Delight: Street Photography At My Local Market

Despite a welcome influx of foreign investment into Turkey that has resulted in a boom of shopping malls and hypermarkets, the majority of Turks prefer to do their food shopping at the local weekly pazar (market) which usually sets up overnight in a labyrinth of streets or on a plot of dusty land allocated by the council.
Back in 2009 and still acclimatizing from my UK emigration, my Wife first took me to the local market. With squeaky shopping trolley in tow, I sighed at what was obviously going to a dull and regular chore. How wrong I was! Besides the excited hustle and bustle of shoppers and the competitive yet jolly shouts of the stall holders (ultimately drowned out by the call to prayer), I quickly realised that the market holds a wealth of photographic opportunities; particularly to someone new to the country.
It wasn’t long before I was carrying my camera in one hand and dragging the ever squeaking shopping trolley in the other, returning home with a week’s supply of both food...