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First Women-only Mall in Turkey

Emaar Square Mall at Turkey. ASDAA/Handout via Thomson Reuters Zawya
Emaar Square Mall at Turkey. ASDAA/Handout via Thomson Reuters Zawya
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First Women-only Mall in Turkey

Emaar Square Mall at Turkey. ASDAA/Handout via Thomson Reuters Zawya
Emaar Square Mall at Turkey. ASDAA/Handout via Thomson Reuters Zawya

Istanbul has saw the opening of the first “women- only” mall. Its owners expect it to be a center of attraction for Turkey’s visitors, especially women from the Middle East.

The ZERUJ Mall in Istanbul's Zeytinburnu district includes a total of 126 stores reflecting conservative Turkish women’s fashion.

After the opening announcement, social media platforms witnessed a wide debate on this new trend, and some said that men would be banned from visiting it. However, Mall CEO Zehra Özkaymak denied those reports, stressing that everyone, including men are invited to this center, noting "we have created an atmosphere to enjoy for all the family."

Özkaymak thanked all store owners and women entrepreneurs who have come to this path by believing in and trusting it, starting small-scale production in their homes five years ago.

She also suggested that the mall could become an “apple of the eye” among many countries in of the Middle East.

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Coffee Lovers Find Grounds for Complaint at Australian Open

Tennis - Australian Open - Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia - January 15, 2025 General view of people buying coffee outside the courts. (Reuters)
Tennis - Australian Open - Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia - January 15, 2025 General view of people buying coffee outside the courts. (Reuters)
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Coffee Lovers Find Grounds for Complaint at Australian Open

Tennis - Australian Open - Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia - January 15, 2025 General view of people buying coffee outside the courts. (Reuters)
Tennis - Australian Open - Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia - January 15, 2025 General view of people buying coffee outside the courts. (Reuters)

Melbourne prides itself on serving up the world's best coffee, but finding a hot brew at the Australian Open has proved a challenge for some of the tens of thousands of fans attending this year's Grand Slam tennis tournament.

Organizers have worked hard over the last decade to improve options for refreshment and an array of outlets at the Melbourne Park precinct.

Yet long queues face fans looking to indulge their passion for the city's favorite beverage at the 15 coffee stores Tennis Australia says dot the 40-hectare (99-acre) site.

"We need more coffee places open," said Katherine Wright, who has been coming to the tournament for the five years as she lined up for a hot drink near the Rod Laver Arena on Wednesday.

"We are big coffee drinkers, especially Melburnians."

The Australian Open attracts more than 90,000 fans a day early on in the tournament, when ground passes are relatively cheap, offering the chance to watch main draw action on the outer courts.

Liz, another Melburnian, said she stood in line for half an hour for a cup of coffee on Sunday, when rain halted play for six hours on the outer courts.

"This is a well-established global event," she added. "You actually need to be providing better service to the consumer."

Melbourne imports about 30 tons of coffee beans a day, the Australian Science Education Research Association says, representing a surge of nearly eightfold over the past decade that is sufficient to brew 3 million cups of coffee.

For Malgorzata Halaba, a fan who came from Poland on Sunday for her second Australian Open, finding one of those 3 million cups was a must.

"It seems it took me a day and a half, and several kilometers of walking around the grounds, to find coffee," she said. "And jet-lagged as I am, coffee is a lifesaver."