Tolkuchka Bazaar
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Tolkuchka Bazaar or Market is a noted extensive market sprawled across the desert suburbs of Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
, a few kilometres from the centre. It is the largest open air market in Central Asia
.It is noted in particular for its sale of large red Turkmen rugs.
The market thrives on a Sunday and sells a massive range of goods sale, from Turkmen carpet
s, handicrafts and silks, jewelry and jeans to laundry soap, plastic bags to bales of rice. It also has a notable camel market.
Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan , formerly also known as Turkmenia is one of the Turkic states in Central Asia. Until 1991, it was a constituent republic of the Soviet Union, the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic . Turkmenistan is one of the six independent Turkic states...
, a few kilometres from the centre. It is the largest open air market in Central Asia
Central Asia
Central Asia is a core region of the Asian continent from the Caspian Sea in the west, China in the east, Afghanistan in the south, and Russia in the north...
.It is noted in particular for its sale of large red Turkmen rugs.
The market thrives on a Sunday and sells a massive range of goods sale, from Turkmen carpet
Turkmen rug
A Turkmen rug is a type of hand-made floor-covering textile traditionally originating in Central Asia . It is useful to distinguish between the original Turkmen tribal rugs and the rugs produced in large numbers for export mainly in Pakistan and Iran today...
s, handicrafts and silks, jewelry and jeans to laundry soap, plastic bags to bales of rice. It also has a notable camel market.