Shopping
In the tourist season May - November, most shops are open from 9.00 am to 12.00 pm, 7 days a week.
The best place to stock up on groceries is at small local markets on Cumhuriyet Caddesi. In summer supermarkets are open 24 hours, selling imported food as well as wide range of local produce, including reasonably priced Turkish wines, beer, cigarettes, fruit juices, fruits and vegetables, etc. Essential items such as baby products (powdered milk, nappies, etc.) and toiletries (shampoos, sun lotions, etc.) are available. Food is usually sold fresh rather than frozen. There is big supermarket called Tansas which is open 24.00 hours during summer.

Icmeler Market
Icmeler weekly market specializes in food, drink, clothes and has plenty of local flavor. A completely different atmosphere is awaiting anyone who goes to a local market. Charismatic and loud sales people will do about anything to draw your attention to their stall, unaware of the noise level they create at the place. Forgive them any bad manners and enjoy your day at the market, filling your bags with goodies and souvenirs to take back home.
Icmeler market is held every Wednesday at Turunc road and Marmaris road crossing place.

* For souvenir hunting at its most enjoyable, take a stroll along the river running alongside the Hotel Marti, decorated with mock gas lamps and rickety bridges. The river banks are lined with stalls selling crafts and knick-knacks. 'Art Street' at the top end of town has books as well as souvenirs, enticing range of spices, teas and Turkish delight. 

* Icmeler has scores of quality Jewellery shops. A good place to start is Kenan Evren Bulvari.

Photo Shops
If you can't wait until you get home to review the holiday photos, there are many photo shops offering a 23 or 30-minute developing services.

Carpets
Knotted pile carpets (hali), flat weaves (kilims) and silks can be brought practically anywhere in Turkey and are probably the country's number one export. Prices very dramatically, depending on the fabric and knots woven into the carpet. For more about Turkish carpets details written below.

Buying rugs in Turkey 
There can be no better souvenir of Turkey than a colorful rug. Your rug will always help you to remember when you bought it, the flash of recognition when you knew it just had to be yours, the many cups of tea while you bargained and the special atmosphere of the shop itself.

You are buying a lot more than just a piece of soft furnishing. A rug is also a symbol of thousands of years of Anatolian life. 

How to choose your rug
First decide which type of rug you want to buy. A carpet with a pile or a flat weave kilim? Generally, carpets are very hard wearing and are put  on the floor, where they can withstand many generations of trampling feet. Kilims are less sturdy, but more versatile. A kilim can be used as a wall hanging, to drape over a table or chair, flung over a sofa, as well as looking good on the floor.

Body Language
'Yes' (evet) is shown by a single nod.

'No'  (hayir) is shown by a single gesture of moving the head up and back, lifting the eyebrows at the same time.

Moving the head from side to side can mean 'no' or 'I don't understand'.

If someone is trying to express 'Come on, follow me', it would not occur to him to waggle an upright hand (unless he was being vaguely rude!). Instead he would wave his hand downward and towards himself in a scooping motion.