A new book from Assouline offers a stunning glimpse inside the treasury of Istanbul's famed Grand Bazaar, one of the city's preeminent tourist attractions. Deep inside the sprawling market, Inner Bedesten is the oldest part of the Bazaar and houses some of its most interesting -- and valuable -- treasures.As author Serdar Gülgün writes: Constructed shortly after the Ottoman conquest of Istanbul, the Inner Bedesten is the oldest section of the Bazaar.