I had my favourite boots, 4 years old now, and were falling to bits, mended at the cobblers in the new pedestrianised side street down from Genc Optik.
The uppers were coming away and they needed new heels, he resoled them, put new heels and attached the uppers, painted and polished them, they came back like new, all for 7 tl, even my turk partner expected that they would cost much more!
The downside of all this is that I cant justify buying new shoes and boots anymore