My project has unexpectedly led me to analyse the people that live and work in the tiny spaces and places of Kapalýçarþý. Entering the bazaar for the first time, I was quickly struck with the limited amount of space available for shops, their workers and their products. There are around 4,000 businesses in the grand bazaar. Because of this, a war wages between traders to gain the most custom. Shops are pristine, shiny and arranged to the finest detail, all vying for the attention of customers- tourists and Turkish alike. However, their greatest trick is the hawker-esque salesmen or Esnaf that prowl around the perimeter of their businesses. For me, this is the greatest interest within Kapalýçarþý. These salesmen are perhaps among the most talented linguists in the whole of Turkey. Accents are mimicked, jokes are memorised and a basic grasp of a few different languages is gained. This is all for the purpose of halting a tourist or Turkish shopper just for a few moments, giving them the opportunity to gaze across the bounty of trinkets within the shop and slowly, unwillingly, reaching to their pocket for their wallet. Outside almost every shop in the Kapalýçarþý you will notice an Esnaf, and if you look a little closer you will notice the tiny stool, box or chair that they occasionally get the change to sit on. These seating devises are always in stark contrast to the beauty of the shop they are positioned outside of. They are old, beaten-up, ugly objects, but to the salesmen they are bliss. They provide a small sanctuary of rest, where a çay can be drunk, a cigarette can be smoked and eyes can be left to close for a moment. Within the chaos of the Grand Bazaar, these seats are the favourite places. My video is the reaction of 4 traders when I asked to buy these chairs.