Motorised transport is almost impossible in the hilly shopping centre with its old hans, so although the work is very heavy it still exists (and not just there, one can see carriers all over the country, carrying amazing loads). Later I saw a monument for such a porter, called hamal (or arkacı from arka, back or sırtçı from another word for back). It Ottoman times it was hallak. And again later a group of them was taking a break, fittingly sitting on the monument.