Marketplace Marketplace A market, or marketplace, is a location where people regularly gather for the purchase and sale of provisions, livestock, and other goods. In different parts of the world, a market place may be described as a "souk" (from the Arabic), "bazaar" (from the Persian), a fixed "mercado" (Spanish), or itinerant "tianguis" (Mexico), or "palengke" (Philippines). Some markets operate daily and are said to be "permanent" markets while others are held once a week or on less frequent specified days such as festival days and are said to be "periodic markets." The form that a market adopts is depends on
Bazaar by churches or other community organisations in which either donated used goods (such as books, clothes and household items) or new and handcrafted (or home-baked) goods are sold for low prices, as at a church or other organisation's Christmas bazaar, for example. Although Turkey offers many famous markets known as "bazaars" in English, the Turkish word "pazar" refers to an outdoor market held at regular intervals, not a permanent structure containing shops. English place names usually translate "çarşı" (shopping district) as "bazaar" when they refer to an area with covered streets or passages. For example, the Turkish name for the