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12 Kasım 2020
Turkish pie carpet fragment from Konya area, 17th Century, Cental Turkey, Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum

Different Types of Textiles in Turkey

Turkish textiles have always been in the very center of Turkish daily life, during the whole history, beginning from the arrival of Turks, in the early […]
11 Kasım 2020
Karakeçili Turkmens migrate to the winter quarters, Ushak, Western Turkey, 2019

What Is The Nomad Way – Turkey

The Nomad Way – Turkey is the accumulation of the walkways used by nomads living in Turkey to reach the summer encampment areas generally situated in […]
11 Kasım 2020
Anatolian Turkmen Nomads expose their weaving skills in during the migration. Çanakkale, Western Turkey, 1997

Nomadism in Turkey, Why and How

he transhumance activities had begun in Anatolia after the neolithic period, combined with the early bronze age. In many highland plateaus in Turkey, the petroglyphs depicting […]
11 Mayıs 2020
culture and ethnicity

The Backstage, We Are a Biiiig Family!

The idea of making a nomad lifestyle revival tour has risen under a heavy atmosphere of corporate business. (!) Who would think that walking in Turkey’s […]
11 Mayıs 2020
carpet weavers

Bayram’s Story

Bayram and his family Coming from a Turkmen family which settled on the Konya Plain many generations back, Bayram makes his living by weaving carpets and […]
11 Mayıs 2020
loom carpet

A Desire Revealed, the Story of Ismail

  Ismail is a teacher of Turkish Literature in one the most prestigious high schools of Kayseri, one of the cities mostly known by its fine […]