Eskici!

One of the quaint aspects of Istanbul is the societal niches that have survived in the biggest and most modern city in Turkey. As far as I know, when one has old appliances and goods that one wants to get rid of, one does not go to the local Goodwill or wait for a charity to call and arrange a pick up.

Instead, Istanbul has a set of entrepreneurs called eskici ("ESSkigee" or roughly "old stuff guy") that walk around the neighborhoods pushing a cart and shouting "Es-ki-ci!" to herald his arrival.