Calis Beach and Fethiye Turkey Discussion Forum
Information and Services in Turkey Section => Good (or Bad) Shop Guide => Topic started by: suehugh on December 31, 2013, 09:19:33 AM
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We spent most of last week hunting for furniture and were directed to Yola Furniture on the industrial estate near Carrefor supermarket.
They have a veritable treasure trove of old, vintage, antique and even older bits and bobs. We bought a table and 5 chairs and have orderd two more chairs to be refurb end. They also produce hand made furniture to traditional and modern designs.
They have a three quarter tonne wooden olive press outside , but Sue would not let me buy , as we only have one olive tree.
They have a small shop in Uzumlu on the entrance road just before you hit the square. Worth a visit as it gives a hint of the type of goods they have.
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Oooh, oooh, oooh. My kind of place!
Thank you for letting us know.
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My sort of place I have always looked for a place with vintage and antique furniture and smaller items in the Fethiye area, never had any luck and Turkish friends told me that such shops don't exist, so I am excited to hear about this place and will definitely be visiting it.
However "antiques and even older bits and bobs" may be a bit ambitious as "antique" does mean over 100 years old, ;) in the U.K. anyway, it may be different in Turkey, but cannot wait to get to this shop. ;D
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The shop in the village has a small selection of items ,but wort a visit.
The units in Fethiye do have a magnificent selection.
Wooden chests , carved doors, distressed doors, some rescued carved ceiling panels which would make a wonderful bed, cartwheels, solid wooden wheels, great urns, stools, old turkish balcony furniture. Old wooden ploughs,
We also bought a wooden carved chest there. Supposedly from Uzbekistan.
Our intention is to return I the summer to choose a painted, carved door for the bathroom.
And maybe we will buy enough olive trees to justify buying the olive press.
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Just to be the miserable old git in a topic of treasure - buy these things for your Turkey homes but remember attempting to remove anything vaguely "antique" from Turkey is a serious crime and there is no known defense that I know of. "I didn't know" doesn't work either.
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Oh my, I can't wait to visit it. Carved chests ... urns .....
Will have to be without TA though, he is a heathen when it comes to such things. As far as he is concerned 'antique' or 'second hand' means 'someone chucked it out cos it was too old or they didn't want it and neither do I'.
I sneak my 'used' finds in when he's not looking.
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Message received, Scunner. I would keep it/them here.
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I think "vaguely" antique is the word scunner. The only provenance attached to some of these items is the look of them.
But, point taken about exporting them.
Thanks.
Luckily, we only have a small house, so we can't buy much more.
Oh , sue just asked why not.
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Oh my, I can't wait to visit it. Carved chests ... urns .....
Will have to be without TA though, he is a heathen when it comes to such things. As far as he is concerned 'antique' or 'second hand' means 'someone chucked it out cos it was too old or they didn't want it and neither do I'
I sneak my 'used' finds in when he's not looking.
Sue is normally the heathen in this case, but because we have gone for a traditional property, she has begun to embrace old things. Even me
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The further east you travel in Turkey, the cheaper "antiques" become. There are traders in the west of Turkey who travel to the east every winter and buy truckloads of "antiques" to sell in the shops along the Mediterranean Coast and Istanbul. That olive press mentioned above was probably bought for a fraction of the price that it's being offered at now.
Cem at Anatolian Antiques in Paspatur, Ovacik and Hisaronu has had some fine examples of furniture and rugs, farm equipment, clothes and jewellery in his shops over the years.
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The further east you travel in Turkey, the cheaper "antiques" become. There are traders in the west of Turkey who travel to the east every winter and buy truckloads of "antiques" to sell in the shops along the Mediterranean Coast and Istanbul. That olive press mentioned above was probably bought for a fraction of the price that it's being offered at now.
Cem at Anatolian Antiques in Paspatur, Ovacik and Hisaronu has had some fine examples of furniture and rugs, farm equipment, clothes and jewellery in his shops over the years.
Thanks, we will give them a gander next time.
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In the U.K. the law states anything described as an antique must be 100 years or more old, which is why U.K. businesses, Antique Fairs and Auctions state they sell or offer Antiques and Collectables. If anything sold and described as an antique is not 100 years or more old, the seller can face prosecution.
I think this the U.K. description of antiques is a good one, but, unfortunately, other countries and in particular the States describe things from the 1980's as antique.
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So the next time that Mrs KKOB refers to me as an antique I can tell her just how wrong she is eh ? :)
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Heard that one so many times from customers, wives telling me to buy their husbands because they were antiques. They all thought I had never heard it before and I always duly laughed, Well business is business and the customer is always right ;D ;)
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Well according to my age I'm a "collectable".
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Only if you come as part of a set and have the makers mark on your bottom, KKOB.
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suehugh, is this the shop just near the bakery?
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ooh save some for me ;)
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suehugh, is this the shop just near the bakery?
Hi. Susan
Yes that is the shop.
However , the shop does not really reflect the variety of stuff in the units down in Fethiye run by the lady's brother.
A visit to both is a must if your into retro, old, antique and unique.
Me and sue
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Hi Sue & Hugh,
This all sounds very exciting and I will definitely pay this place a visit, I prefer the old stuff to the new and mass produced. I'm still househunting I haven't found my forever home yet but it's out there somewhere just waiting for me to stumble across it! See you both when you're out here next, in the Winehouse ? X
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Hi Susipink
Look forward to seeing you.
Back out in April and lots more shopping for Sue.(it's replaced her forever hunting)
Enjoy your forever hunting and then the necessary shopping.