'Market of the yellow copper') is an ancient souk or bazaar in Baghdad, Iraq, that branches off al-Rashid Street and connects to al-Mustansiriyya Madrasa.
[1] The current market is said to date back to between 1600 and 1618 during the Ottoman period and is located on the western side of al-Rasheed Street.
[4] During the Iraq War, many US coalition troops bought a lot of the items in the market which left barely any remaining antiques and copperwork.
[6] Since the US invasion that toppled former president Saddam Hussein and the Ba'ath Party in 2003, the souk has been declining and suffering from government neglect and a lack of customers and tourists visiting it.
There was also the issue of shop owners who imported cheap Chinese materials in order to make a quick profit.
The biggest issue that the market faces has been cited by the remaining coppersmiths to be government neglect and lack of support from state officials.