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Pamukkale, (Turkish pronunciation: [pa'muk̚kale]) meaning "cotton castle" in Turkish, is a natural site in Denizli Province in southwestern Turkey.The area is famous for a carbonate mineral left by the flowing of thermal spring water.
The earliest Turkish reference to pişmaniye is a recipe by Şirvani, [3] a physician writing during the 1430s. The Persian form pashmak, related to paşmīna and paşm, the origin of the Turkish name pişmaniye, [4] occurs in the poetry of the Iranian poet Ebu Ishak, also known as Bushak (d. 1423 or 1427). [5] "Pashm" in Persian means wool ...
The Turkish Wikipedia (Turkish: Türkçe Vikipedi) is the Turkish language edition of Wikipedia, spelled Vikipedi. Started on 5 December 2002, as of 4 February 2025, this edition has 628,068 articles and is the 25th largest Wikipedia edition, and ranks 16th in terms of depth among Wikipedias. [1] Turkish Wikipedia has around 3 billion pageviews ...
Tunisian fouta. The fouta (also spelled futa; [1] Arabic: فوطة) is a piece of thin patterned cotton or linen fabric, used in many Mediterranean countries and Yemen. [1] [2] Among other uses, they were worn, by both men and women, wrapped around the body while at the public baths in 19th-century Syria. [3]
Spindle with cotton yarn, without whorl, representing the "spindle-shape". A modern Turkish spindle is an example of a low-whorl suspended spindle where the whorl is made up of interlocking arms. Here the cop is wound around the arms to form a ball. Spinning with a suspended spindle (below) and distaff (above).
Cotton is a perennial crop in the tropics, and without defoliation or freezing, the plant will continue to grow. Cotton continues to be picked by hand in developing countries [88] and in Xinjiang, China, allegedly by forced labor. [89] Xinjiang produces over 20% of the world's cotton. [90]
The modern form, however, was introduced to the West in the mid-19th century. The English towel manufacturer Christy started industrial production in 1850, based on observations of handwoven terrycloth in Turkey, and produced using a machine designed by one of their staff, Samuel Holt. Queen Victoria approved the name "Royal Turkish Towels".
Agriculture is still an important sector of Turkey's economy, and the country is one of the world's top ten agricultural producers. [1] Wheat, sugar beet, milk, poultry, cotton, vegetables and fruit are major products; [2] and Turkey is the world's largest grower of hazelnuts, [3] apricots, [2] and oregano.