🗺️ Turkey Carpet & Kilim Regions
Click any marker to discover the weaving traditions of each region
🧶 All Weaving Regions at a Glance
🏰 Hereke — Kocaeli
Imperial silk carpets. Founded 1843 by Sultan Abdülmecid. Up to 2.25M knots/m². The finest carpets ever woven.
🔴 Uşak
500 years of Medallion & Star carpets. Seen in Renaissance paintings. Major Ottoman export.
🔴 Gördes (Ghiordes)
Birthplace of the Turkish double knot. Famous prayer rugs with double-ended niches.
🟤 Yağcıbedir — Balıkesir
Only 4 colours: navy, red, white, black. Yörük tribal carpets. Madder-dyed reds that brighten with age.
🟤 Döşemealtı — Antalya
Taurus mountain Yörüks. Bold geometric designs. Also Turkey's carpet washing & restoration capital.
🔵 Kars
Rich flat-weave tradition: kilim, sumak, zili, çiği. Caucasian + Turkish motifs. Excellent raw wool.
🟢 Şarkışla / Şirvan — Sivas
Bold geometric kilims. Şirvan medallion style. Strong primary colours in flat-weave.
🔴 Milas — Muğla
Unique pastel palette. Saffron-gold prayer rugs. Prized by collectors for unusual colour harmony.
🔴 Niğde / Taşpınar
Fine medallion carpets. Warm colour palette. Specialist favourite, less known internationally.
🟤 Ayvacık — Çanakkale
Home of the DOBAG natural dye revival project (1981). 100% vegetable-dyed Yörük carpets.
🔴 Sivas
Şal carpets & legendary Prison carpets. Sivas masters helped found Hereke in 1891.
🔵 Konya
Oldest surviving Anatolian carpets (13th c., Seljuk). Mixed kilim and carpet tradition.