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Uşak carpets, Ushak carpets or Oushak Carpets (Turkish: Uşak Halısı) are Turkish carpets that use a particular family of designs, called by convention after the city of Uşak, Turkey – one of the larger towns in Western Anatolia, which was a major center of rug production from the early days of the Ottoman Empire, into the early 20th ...
In Turkmen weavings, such as bags and rugs, guls are often repeated to form the basic pattern in the main field (excluding the border). [4] [5]The different Turkmen tribes such as Tekke, Salor, Ersari and Yomut traditionally wove a variety of guls, some of ancient design, but gul designs were often used by more than one tribe, and by non-Turkmens.
Many designs reflected contemporary Western European tastes. The Usak medallion composition, used in Turkish rugs since the 16th century, was widely used at the Hereke factory. The intricacy of the designs and the sheer volume of knots needed made the construction of Hereke rugs a very lengthy process.
The nearby minbar (pulpit) to the west of the mihrab is made of stone. [4] Above both the doorway and the mihrab is a teardrop medallion similar to the one in the entrance portal, featuring the same phrase again in a symmetrical calligraphic composition, but in a smaller scale and with a different design. [7]
Hagia Sophia (Turkish: Ayasofya; Ancient Greek: Ἁγία Σοφία, romanized: Hagía Sophía; Latin: Sancta Sapientia; lit. ' Holy Wisdom '), officially the Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque (Turkish: Ayasofya-i Kebir Cami-i Şerifi; Greek: Μεγάλο Τζαμί της Αγίας Σοφίας), is a mosque and former church serving as a major cultural and historical site in Istanbul, Turkey.
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The emblem of Turkey, seen at the Turkish Embassy in Vienna, Austria. The emblem on Turkish passports. Turkey has no official national emblem, but the crescent and star (Turkish: ay-yıldız, lit. ' crescent-star ') design from the national flag is in use on Turkish passports, Turkish identity cards and at the diplomatic missions of Turkey.
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