IHIB Istanbul Carpet Week 2019 - International Carpet Conference -
THIS IS MY FINAL PRESENTATION ON OCTOBER 24,2019 ISTANBUL THE ARMADA HOTEL -
GOOD MORNING LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
MY TOPIC FOR TODAY IS;
HOW CAN TURKISH HAND-MADE CARPETS BE SOLD WITH THE CONCEPT OF “SATISFACTION GUARANTEED OR YOUR MONEY IS REFUNDED” SYSTEM BACKED UP BY THE TURKISH GOVERNMENTS“GUARANTEE LABEL”-
BEFORE I TELL YOU ABOUT THE TURKISH CARPETS WE MUST HAVE A LOOK AT THE CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER OF SOME IMPORTANT LOCATIONS AND DATES IN OUR REGION IN ORDER TO UNDERSTAND THE HISTORY OF OUR CARPETS.WHERE DOES THIS ART OF PRODUCING THE HAND-MADE CARPETS COME FROM AND HOW ARE THE TURKS RELATED WITH THIS ART FORM?
1-YARIMBURGAZ CAVES-
THEY ARE LOCATED SOME 20 MINUTES AWAY FROM THE ATATÜRK AIRPORT BY THE KÜÇÜK ÇEKMECE LAKE AND ACCORDING TO PROF.MEHMET ÖZDOĞAN THEY WERE INHABITED BY THE EARLIEST FLINT STONES OF İSTANBUL SOME 800.000 YEARS AGO.YOU CAN FIND ARTIFACTS FROM THESE CAVES IN THE ARCHEOLOGICAL MUSEUM OF İSTANBUL.
2-GÖBEKLİTEPE TEMPLES-
THEY ARE LOCATED SOME 12 KILOMETERS NORTHEAST OF ŞANLIURFA -ANCIENT EDESSA IN THE BIBLE-AND WERE DISCOVERED BY THE GERMAN ARCHEOLOGIST KLAUS SCHMIDT.HE EXCAVATED THIS MOUND FOR 20 YEARS AND UNEARTHED FIVE OF THE EXISTING 20 TEMPLES BEFORE HE PASSED AWAY IN 2014.PREDATING THE PYRAMIDS BY 8000 YEARS AND THE STONEHENGE BY 7000 YEARS THIS HARD TO BELIEVE UNESCO SIGHT HAPPENS TO BE THE FIRST TEMPLE OF MANKIND SO FAR.
3-YENİKAPI METRO STATION IN İSTANBUL-
DURING THE EXCAVATION OF THE METRO STATION IN 2004 THE EARLIEST FOOTSTEPS OF İSTANBULIANS WERE UNCOVERED DATING BACK TO SOME 8500 YEARS.
IN THIS 5THCENTURY AD.HARBOUR OF EMPEROR THEODOSIUS THE SECOND SOME 38 SUCH CARGO SHIPS WERE BURRIED UNDER THE MUD AS A RESULT OF AN 11TH CENTURY TSUNAMI.THE VESSELS WITH INTACT CARGO WERE UNCOVERED IN FANTASIC CONDITION AS THE SUDDEN FLOW OF THE SEA HAD LEFT THE SHIPS WITHOUT OXYGEN.I HOPE THEY WILL DISPLAY ONE OR MORE OF THESE SHIPS IN THE NEAR FUTURE ON SIGHT.
4-PAZYRYK CARPET IN THE HERMITAGE MUSEUM IN LENINGRAD, RUSSIA-
IN 1947 THE RUSSIAN ARCHEOLOGIST SERGEI RUDENKO DISCOVERED THE OLDEST KNOWN HAND-MADE CARPET IN THE ALTAI MOUNTAINS IN THE PAZYRYK MOUND.THIS NOMADIC HORSEMAN WAS BURIED HERE WITH ALL HIS BELONGINGS INCLUDING HIS HORSE AND THE SADDLE WAS STILL COVERED WITH THIS CARPET WHICH WAS TOTALLY FROZEN IN THE LAST 2500 YEARS.AS THE ICE MELTED CAME OUT THIS EXTRAORDINARY CARPET WITH ALMOST 90 PERCENT INTACT AFTER ALL THOSE CENTURIES.
FOR LONG THE DEBATE HAS BEEN GOING ON WHETHER THIS WAS DONE BY THE IRANIAN OR TURKIC NOMADS AND WHETHER IT WAS SINGLE OR DOUBLE KNOTTED.WHOEVER MADE IT IN MY HUMBLE OPINION IT REPRESENTS A CULTURAL HERITAGE IN OUR TIMES THAT BELONGS TO ALL THE PEOPLES IN THE WORLD TODAY AS THERE IS NO NEED FOR PREJUDICE.THAT IS WHY WE REFER TO THEM AS ORIENTAL CARPETS AND ALL THE COUNTRIES IN THE ORIENT HAVE USED THE SAME DESIGNS CENTURY AFTER CENTURY SO WE CLASSIFY THEM AS “TRANSBORDER DESIGNS” IN GENERAL.HOWEVER IN THE LAST TWENTY FIVE YEARS CERTAIN PRODUCERS HAVE CUSTOMIZED THOSE DESIGNS AND HAVE THEM REGISTERED UNDER THEIR COMPANY TRADE MARKS SO COPYING THESE SPECIAL AWARD WINNING CARPETS HAVE BEEN BANNED ACCORDING TO THE INTERNATIONAL LAW IN EFFECT.
HOWEVER HOW MUCH OF THE INTERNATIONAL LAW ACTUALLY IS EFFECTIVE IS ANY ONES GUESS AT THIS STAGE.
IT IS GENERALLY ACCEPTED THAT THE PERSIAN-IRANIAN-CARPETS ARE DONE WITH THE ASYMMETRIC-SINGLE -KNOTTING TECHNIQUE KNOWN AS THE “SENNE KNOT” WHILE THE TURKISH PEOPLES PREFERRED THE SYMMETRICAL-DOUBLE-KNOTTING TECHNIQUE KNOWN AS THE “GIORDES KNOT”.HOWEVER THESE” TWO SUPER POWERS OF THE HAND-MADE CARPET MAKING ART” FROM TIME TO TIME HAVE USED EACH OTHERS KNOTTING TECHNIQUES AND EVEN TODAY SOME THIRTY PERCENT OF IRAN IS COMPRISED OF AZERI PEOPLES NOT ONLY SPEAKING A TURKISH DIALECT BUT ALSO USING THE LONGER LASTING HISTORICAL DOUBLE KNOTTING TECHNIQUE WITH THEIR CARPETS.
IN ORDER TO UNDERSTAND THE KNOTTING TECHNIQUES I HAVE HERE THIS BOARD AND YOU CAN SEE THE GREEN COLORED SINGLE KNOTS IN BETWEEN TWO WARP STRINGS WRAP AROUND ONE STRING WHILE TWISTING AROUND THE OTHER STRING HOWEVER THE SYMETRICAL TURKISH RED COLORED DOUBLE KNOTS WRAP AROUND BOTH OF THESE PARALLEL STRINGS THUS YOU NEED MORE TIME AND MATERIAL TO MAKE THE DOUBLE KNOTS AND WHY THE TURKS HAVE PREFERRED THE LONGER ROUTE IS BECAUSE YOU GET A MORE DURABLE CARPET BY USING THE TURKISH DOUBLE KNOT EVEN THOUGH IT IS ECONOMICALLY A DISADVANTAGE AND MORE TIME CONSUMING WHICH INCRESES THE AMOUNT OF TIME NEEDED IN ORDER TO COMPLETE THE SAME SIZE TURKISH AND IRANIAN HAND-MADE CARPETS.LETS NOT FORGET TIME IS MONEY AND SO IS THE MATERIAL USED.ALSO THE KNOT COUNT IN EVERY CM SQUARE OR INCH SQUARE WILL INREASE THE PRICE BASED ON TIME CONSUMPTION SO MORE KNOTS MORE MONEY IS GENERALLY CORRECT AND THAT IS ONLY ONE OF THE FACTORS WHICH WILL DEFINE THE FINENESS OF THE ART WORK.
FINALLY AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS BOARD YOU CAN SEE HOW KILIMS ARE WOVEN.TO SUMMERIZE IT ALL WE CAN SHORTLY SAY”HAND-MADE CARPETS ARE KNOTTED WHILE KILIMS ARE WOVEN” AND WE STUDY THEM ALL UNDER THE ART OF WEAVING AND I HOPE THIS CLEARS SOME OF THE QUESTIONS.TECHNICALLY A TRUE HAND-MADE CARPET IS UNIQUE AND CAN NOT BE DUPLICATED EVER, SIMPLY THE LADY WILL FINISH EACH LINE OF THE CARPET BEFORE SHE CAN CLIP THE EXCESS PILE WITH A SPECIALLY GAUGED PAIR OF SCISSORS AND THEN SHE WILL USE THE IRON COMB BEATING DOWN THE PILE SO SHE CAN END UP WITH A SQUARE CARPET AND AS HER MOOD MAY CHANGE FROM ONE DAY TO THE NEXT SO THAT MAY EFFECT HER BEATING DOWN PROCESS THEREFORE IF SHE EXECUTES TWO CARPETS ONE AFTER THE OTHER USING THE SAME LOOM AS SHE HAS WITH THIS “TAŞPINAR TWIN CARPET” AND YOU MEASURE THEM SEPERATLY YOU WILL SEE THAT ONE IS A LITTLE LONGER THAN THE OTHER ONE AND MAY BE A LITTLE WIDER THAN THE OTHER ONE AND HOW DO WE KNOW THEY WERE MADE ON THE SAME LOOM IS BECAUSE THEY ARE STILL ATTACHED TO ONE ANOTHER IN THE MIDDLE AND UNIQUENESS WILL INCREASE THE VALUE OF ANY MERCHANDISE.THAT IS WHAT MAKES HAND-MADE CARPETS “COLLECTIBLES”.
HERE IS A YALVAÇ KİLİM PARTLY WOVEN PARTLY KNOTTED SO YOU CAN UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCE.I PURCHASED IT TEN YEARS AGO WHILE I WAS ON A TOUR WITH A CHURCH GROUP VISITING
THE PSIDIAN ANTIOCH WHICH IS TODAYS YALVAÇ TOWNSHIP.
AND HERE IS A HUNDRED YEAR OLD KARS VILLAGE DOWRY CARPET.IT IS A PRAYER CARPET FOR COUPLES IN FANTASTIC CONDITION AND I USE IT FROM TIME TO TIME SO IT STAYS IN THIS CONDITION.PLEASE NOTICE HOW HEAVY IT IS AS THAT AREA IS OVER 2500 METRES ABOVE THE SEA LEVEL AND THE SHEEP HAVE THIS THICK WOOL TO KEEP THEM AGAINST THE VERY COLD TEMPERATURES IN THE WINTER.ALSO NOTICE THE SHINING WOOL BASED ON ITS LANOLIN RICHNESS WHICH WILL INCREASE THE DURABILITY OF THE CARPET.LANOLIN AS YOU KNOW IS AN ORGANIC OIL THAT EXISTS IN THE WOOL AND IF THE SHEEP IN THIS COUNTRY ARE SHORN AT THE BEGINNING OF JUNE THEN THE SHEEP HAVING BEEN FED OVER THE GREEN PASTURES WILL GIVE YOU THIS KIND OF WOOL WITH THIS BEAUTIFUL SHEEN.
5-PAZYRYK CARPET OUTER BORDER WITH NOMADIC HORSEMEN-
WHEN WE FOCUS ON THE OUTER BORDER OF THIS ICONIC CARPET WE CAN SEE SEVERAL HORSEMEN, SOME ARE SHOWN RIDING ON THEIR HORSES WHILE OTHERS ARE WALKING ALONGSIDE OF THEIR HORSES.
BEFORE THE REINDEERS TOWARDS THE CENTER OF THE CARPET AND IN THE VERY MIDDLE OF THIS CARPET WE SEE THE SAME DESIGN REPEATEDLY USED REPRESENTING OSIRIS-THE EGYPTIAN GOD OF THE UNDERWORLD AND THE JUDGE OF THE DEAD REMINDING US THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT AND RESURRECTION.THOSE NOMADS BELIEVED IN THE LIFE AFTER DEATH IS WHY THEY WERE BURRIED ALONG WITH ALL THEIR BELONGINGS INCLUDING THEIR HORSES WHICH THEY WOULD NEED IN THE HEREAFTER FOR TRANSPORTATION.
6-PAZYRYK CARPET INNER BORDER WITH REINDEERS-
THE REINDEER THAT EXISTED 2500 YEARS AGO AT SUCH AN ALTITUDE EXISTS ALSO TODAY AND ESPECIALLY WITHIN THE ARCTIC REGION TO BE PRECISE THEY ARE FOUND BY THE BERING STRAIGHT WHICH SEPERATES SIBERIA FROM ALASKA AND THE SEA IS NAMED AFTER THE ARCTIC TRIBES AS CHUKCHI SEA.THE CHUKCHI NOMADS LIVE IN SMALLER GROUPS TODAY BY THE BERING STRAIGHT AND SURVIVE ON THEIR REINDEER FLOCKS AS THEIR MAIN SOURCE OF FOOD AS WELL AS THE REINDEER SKIN IS UTILISED FOR TENTAND DRESS MAKING.THIS IS MOST MEANINGFUL TO SEE THE DESIGN OF THE SAME ANIMAL BEING USED IN THE EARLIEST DISCOVERED HAND-MADE CARPET SO FAR.
I WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED IF THEY WILL DISCOVER EARLIER HAND-MADE CARPETS THAN THE PAZYRYK CARPET WITH THE FUTURE EXCAVATIONS IN CENTRAL ASIA.
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7- TUBA CITY, ARIZONA, USA AND TURKISH MUCUR CARPET WITH THE UPSIDE DOWN TREE OF LIFE-
TUBA IN ARABIC MEANS HAPPINESS AND TUBA TREE DESIGN IS THE UPSIDE DOWN TREE WITH BRANCHES CURVING DOWNWARD.THERE IS
REFERENCE IN THE” QURAN CHAPTER 13-RAD-THUNDER-VERSE 29” AS “TUBA LEHUM” MEANING HAPPINESS WILL BE TO THOSE RIGHTEOUS PEOPLE WITH PIETY WHO WILL BE GUARDED BY THE SHADE PROVIDED BY THE DOWNWARD TREE IN PARADISE AGAINST STRONG SUNSHINE.
SO WHY DO WE HAVE SUCH A COMPLICATED CONNECTION BETWEEN THIS DESIGN AND THE WESTERN CITY IN ARIZONA BY THE SAME EXACT NAME IS A GOOD QUESTION, ,WHICH WILL FIND A REASONABLE EXPLANATION SHORTLY IN SECTION TEN.PLEASE NOTE THAT SOME TEN THOUSAND NAVAJO INDIANS LIVE IN TUBA CITY ARIZONA AND THEY HAVE ALSO PRODUCED CARPETS AND KILIMS ALL ALONG WITH SIMILAR DESIGNS AS EXECUTED BY ALL THE OTHER ORIENTAL COUNTRIES PRODUCING CARPETS AND KILIMS.
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8-TUBA CITY, ARIZONA NAVAJO TREE OF LIFE AND KAYSERI TURKISH TREE OF LIFE-
PLEASE NOTE THE SIMILARITY OF THE SAME DESIGN USED BY THE PEOPLES OF THESE TWO CITIES EVEN THOUGH THEY MAY BE CONTINENTS AWAY FROM EACH OTHER BUT THE ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS HAVE SHARED THE SAME COMMON CULTURE AS WE ALL DO TODAY.EVEN WITHIN TURKEY THE SAME DESIGN USED IN KAYSERI AND HEREKE CARPETS HAVE THEIR DIFFERENCES BASED ON LOCAL INTERPRETATIONS.
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9-NAVAJO CROSS DESIGNS AND DÖŞEMEALTI CROSS DESIGNS-
THE SAME COMMON ANCIENT CULTURAL HERITAGE HAS INFLUENCED TODAYS PEOPLES IN DIFFERENT COUNTRIES AND AS YOU CAN SEE “THE CROSS DESIGN”WAS USED BY PEOPLES AGAIN OF DIFFERENT CONTINENTS LONG BEFORE THE ABRAHAMIC RELIGIONS HOWEVER TODAY DÖŞEMEALTI CLOSE TO THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA WHICH IS RELATED IN THIS CASE WITH ST.NICHOLAUS WHO LIVED IN MYRA,TODAYS DEMRE IN THE FOURTH CENTURY AD. WITH HIS CHURCH AND BURIAL SIGHT VISITED BY THE MILLIONS EACH YEAR.
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10-SPENCER WELLS DISCOVERY OF TWO Y-CHROMOSOMES IN 2010 PROVING THE EXISTANCE OF TODAYS MAN IN THE LAST 50 THOUSAND YEARS-
THIS FAMOUS GENETICIST OUT OF STANFORD UNIVERSITY IN CALIFORNIA,USA TRAVELLED THE MIGRATION ROUTES OF MANKIND FROM AFRICA TO THE BERING STRAIGHT AND ALASKA TO ARIZONA AS WELL AS TO AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND AND BY USING THE Y-CHROMOSOME WHICH PASSES FROM FATHERS TO SONS IN THE LAST 50 THOUSAND YEARS HE CAME OUT WITH ONLY TWO Y-CHROMOSOMES AND THE BOTTOM LINE IS” WE ARE ALL AFRICANS UNDER THE SKIN” AND 90 PERCENT OF ALL EUROPEANS,
ASIANS,NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICANS ALL BELONG TO ONE Y-CHROMOSOME WHILE THE OTHER 10 PERCENT BELONG TO THE SECOND Y-CHROMOSOME AND THEY ARE FROM AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND.THEREFORE ALL THESE DESIGN SIMILARITIES THAT I HAVE BEEN POINTING OUT IS NOT JUST A COINCIDENCE BUT THE ACCUMULATION OF OUR RICH CULTURAL HERITAGE.
HERE IS ONLY ONE PIECE OF INFORMATION THAT I HAVE LEARNT FROM SPENCER WELLS.”ONE DNA CHROMOSOME WHEN UNRAVELLED CAN GO FROM HERE TO THE MOON AND BACK THREE THOUSAND TIMES”WOW…..AND HERE IS ONE INTERESTING DISCOVERY WE FOUND OUT MANY YEARS AGO WHILE STUDYING THE SILKWORM COCCOONS…
“A GOOD QUALITY SILKWORM COCCOON CAN GIVE YOU ONE MILE OF SILK FIBRE WHEN UNRAVELLED,AND 25 THOUSAND GOOD QUALITY SILKWORM COCCOONS WILL GIVE US 40 THOUSAND MILES OF SILK FIBRE AND THAT IS ENOUGH SILK FIBRE TO GO AROUND THE EQUATOR OF THE EARTH.WITH THAT MUCH OF SILK FIBRE A QUALIFIED HAND-MADE CARPET MAKER CAN PRODUCE A PURE SILK HEREKE CARPET IN THE SIZE OF 4X6 WHICH IS 24 SQUARE FEET WITH APPROXIMATELY 645 DOUBLE KNOTS IN A SQUARE INCH AND IT WILL TAKE HER TWO YEARS TO COMPLETE THAT CARPET IS WHY HAND-MADE CARPETS HAVE BEEN PRODUCED IN THE ORIENT AND NOT SO IN THE WEST WHERE THE LABOR COST IS SO MUCH HIGHER.
11-BLACK CHURCH IN BRASOV,ROMANIA WITH 103 SELENDİ CARPETS OF THE 16TH CENTURY OTTOMAN TURKEY AS WELL AS WITH THE EUROPEAN ARISTOCRATS PORTRAYED LYING ON TURKISH CARPETS WHEN DECEASED-
FOR THIS AND THE NEXT SECTION OF MY PRESENTATION I HAVE CHOSEN THE BOOK AS REFERENCE WRITTEN BY NURHAN ATASOY AND LALE ULUÇ TITLED “IMPRESSIONS OF OTTOMAN CULTURE IN EUROPE BETWEEN 1453 AND 1699.”
FIRST WE CAN SEE THE BLACK CHURCH LOCATED IN BRASOV,ROMANIA . THIS 15TH CENTURY GOTHIC CHURCH IS THE LARGEST CHURCH BETWEEN VIENNA AND İSTANBULN VIENNA AND İSTANBUL.IT HOUSES 103 TURKISH OTTOMAN SELENDI -BETWEEN UŞAK AND MANİSA- CARPETS AND HAPPENS TO BE THE LARGEST TRANSYLVANIAN CARPET COLLECTION IN THE WORLD.WHY DO WE REFER TO THESE CARPETS AS”TRANSYLVANIAN”?
TRANSYLVANIA IS A REGIONAL NAME GIVEN TO THE MOUNTAINOUS SECTIONS OF HUNGRY,ROMANIA,AUSTRIA AND GERMANY.IN THE 16TH
CENTURY OTTOMAN EXPORT GATE TO EUROPE WAS THROUGH THIS CITY AND MOSTLY THESE CARPETS WERE DESIGNED AS DOUBLE PRAYER NICHE CARPETS AND WERE USED AS PRAYER RUGS.THEY WERE USED BY CHURCH FATHERS AND MEMBERS AND THAN WERE LEFT TO BE DISPLAYED WITHIN THE CHURCH ONCE THEY DIED.THIS PERIOD WAS WHEN THE OTTOMAN STATE HIGHLY INFLUENCED THEIR EUROPEAN COUNTER PARTS IN MANY WAYS INCLUDING TEXTILES,CLOTHING,TILES AND CERAMICS,ARMS AND ARMOR,AND TURKISH CARPETS.
IN TURKISH VILLAGES WHEN PEOPLE DIED SOMETIMES THEY WERE WRAPPED UP WITH A CARPET BELONGING TO THE FAMILY BEFORE THE DECEASED WAS TAKEN TO THE MOSQUE.THEN THE DECEASED WOULD BE WASHED ACCORDING TO THE RELIGIOUS PRINCIPLES BEFORE BEING BURRIED.IN SOME CASES WE KNOW SOME OF THOSE CARPETS AFTER THE BURIAL CERMONY WERE LEFT TO THE MOSQUE TO BE UTILIZED DURING PRAYERS.THEREFORE SEEING PORTRAITS OF EUROPEAN ARISTOCRATS LYING ON TURKISH CARPETS BEFORE BEING BURRIED SEEMS TO BE THE CONTINUATION OF THE SAME TURKISH PRINCIPLE INTRODUCED TO EUROPE.SOME EUROPEAN DIGNITARIES WERE WEARING THE OTTOMAN KAFTANS DURING SPECIAL OCCASIONS.
EUROPEAN PAINTERS LIKE HANS HOLBEIN AND LORENZO LOTTO WERE USING TURKISH CARPETS AS PART OF THE DYCOR WHICH REFLECTED THE 16TH CENTURY LIFE STYLE IN EUROPE.
WE AS A NATION SHOULD BE MORE CAREFUL WITH OUR HISTORIC CARPETS WHICH ADORN THE WORLD MUSEUMS, PRIVATE COLLECTIONS AND PALACES, IT IS A HEART BREAKING FACT THAT WE SHOULD FEEL HAPPY TO SEE TEN ORIGINAL TRANSYLVANIAN CARPETS IN OUR MUSEUMS IN THE CONDITION THAT THEY ARE IN THE BLACK CHURCH.I THINK WE CAN DO BETTER THAN THAT AND IT IS HIGH TIME WE SHOULD BE HEARD BY THE OFFICIALS OF OUR STATE.
12-SOMERSET HOUSE CONFERENCE OF 1604 -PEACE TREATY AND AN ENGLISH CARPET OF 1585 WITH STAR PATTERN USHAK CARPET-
ON ONE HAND THE PEACE TREATY WAS SIGNED BETWEEN THE BRITISH AND SPANISH DELEGATES AFTER A WAR THAT LASTED 19 YEARS AS THEY ARE SEATED ON BOTH SIDES OF A LONG TABLE THE SO CALLED “SMALL HOLBEIN PATTERNED”CARPET WAS PLACED OVER THE TABLE SHOWING US THE IMPORTANCE WHICH WAS SHOWN TO TURKISH CARPETS.THIS HISTORIC PAINTING IS NOW ON DISPLAY IN THE “NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY IN LONDON.ON THE OTHER HAND THIS ENGLISH CARPET OF 1585,WITH THE COAT OF ARMS OF THE MONTAGU FAMILY EMULATING THE DESIGN OF “STAR-PATTERN USHAK CARPET”WERE SPECIAL CUSTOMIZED PRODUCTIONS OF THE THE 16TH CENTURY AND WERE PRODUCED IN A BRITISH WORKSHOP.
THEREFORE IF THE BRITISH,FRENCH,AND SPANISH HAVE SET UP WORKSHOPS CENTURIES AGO AND TRIED TO EMULATE THE TURKISH CARPETS WHY ARE WE SURPRISED TODAY IF THE CHINESE HAVE ESTABLISHED A VILLAGE IN EAST TURKISTAN BY THE NAME OF XINJIANG WHERE THEY PRODUCE COPIES OF THE ORIGINAL TURKISH HEREKE PURE SILK CARPETS AND FALSELY INTRODUCES THEM AS “CLONED”IN THEIR INTERNET SALES, IT SIMPLY REMINDS US THAT “HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF”,HOWEVER COPYING AN ORIGINAL WORK OF ART SHOULD NEVER EVER BE SOLD AS IF IT IS AN ORIGINAL HEREKE AND THE TURKISH GOVERNMENT SHOULD TAKE EVERY POSSIBLE PRECAUTION TO STOP THOSE WHO ARE CREATING THIS UNFAIR COMPETITION WHICH BY THE WAY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE AND IS DESTROYING “THE HEREKE TRADE MARK”.THEREFORE THE TURKISH GOVERNMENT “GUARANTEE LABEL”IS A MUST TO END ALL THESE DISPUTABLE TRANSACTIONS.
13-OUR MEETING WITH THE CEO OF RENAISSANCE CRUISES,MR.RICHARD KIRBY IN FORT LAUDERDALE ,FLORIDA,USA-
IT WAS THE SUMMER OF 1995 WHEN I WAS ASKED BY ONE OF THE TRAVEL AGENCIES OF İSTANBUL TO ACCOMPANY THEM AS A CONSULTANT IN ORDER FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO GET THE CRUISE SHIP BUSINESS OF” RENAISSANCE CRUISES” IN AMERICA.
“MR.RICHARD KIRBY” WANTED ME TO INTRODUCE MYSELF AND EXPLAIN TO HIM “HOW SHOULD HIS PASSENGERS BE TREATED PROFESSIONALLY SO EACH TIME THEY WANTED TO BUY A TURKISH CARPET THEY WOULD CHOOSE HIS SHIPS AND RETURN TO TURKEY USING THEIR SERVICES.AS YOU KNOW REPEAT CUSTOMERS ARE VERY IMPORTANT FOR GLOBAL SALES FOR EVERY COMPANY.
MY EXPLANATIONS TOOK SOMETIME AND I WAS NEVER INTERRUPTED WITH QUESTIONS IS WHEN I SAID TO MR.KIRBY “I CAN GO ON LONGER BUT NOT TO TAKE UP TOO MUCH OF YOUR TIME IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS I WOULD LIKE TO ANSWER THEM” IS WHEN HE TURNED AROUND AND SAID TO MY COMPANIONS “IS THIS GENTLEMAN REALLY TURKISH?.THEY BOTH LOOKED SURPRISED AND SAID “YES HE IS” IS WHEN MR.KIRBY EXPLAINED HIMSELF BY SAYING”I HAVE BEEN MEETING WITH THE TURKS IN THE LAST 20 YEARS AND HAVE BEEN TELLING THEM HOW THEY SHOULD CONDUCT OUR BUSINESS HERE TODAY YOU BRING THIS GENTLEMAN WHO YOU SAY IS TURKISH AND HE TURNS AROUND AND TELLS ME MORE THAN I HAVE BEEN SAYING ALL THIS TIME TO YOUR COUNTRYMEN.HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE?
HE THEN ASKED ME TO PUT IT INTO WRITING WHAT I HAD PROPOSED IS HOW THE TITLE OF THIS SPEECH WAS BORN.”SATISFACTION GUARANTEED OR YOUR MONEY IS REFUNDED”PROJECT WAS THEN IMPLEMENTED IN 1995 WITH GREAT OPPOSION BY SOME MERCHANTS IN THE GRAND BAZAAR OF İSTANBUL. HOWEVER IN TIME ALL THE CRUISE SHIP COMPANIES VISITING THE TURKISH PORTS EVER SINCE HAVE USED THIS SYSTEM AND IN ORDER FOR A CRUISE SHIP COMPANY TO ANNOUNCE SOME MERCHANTS “AS RECOMENDED STORES” BEGAN THAT YEAR.
IN 2019 EVERY COUNTRY OUTSOURCES THEIR MERCHANDISE TO OTHER COUNTRIES WHERE THEY CAN BE PRODUCED INEXPENSIVELY.BUT THE LABEL SHOULD GIVE YOU ALL THE CORRECT INFORMATION BECAUSE ACCORDING TO CNN INTERNATIONAL ”INFORMATION IS THE MOST IMPORTANT COMMODITY IN THE WORLD” BUT I MUST ADD ONE THING TO THAT MOTTO “YES IT IS AS LONG AS THE INFORMATION IS CORRECT IS HOW YOU WILL MAKE SURE THAT YOUR SALES ARE NOT RETURNED FOR MALPRACTISE.
14- GALATAPORT PROJECT WILL BE OPERATIONAL IN APRIL,2020.THE QUESTION IS ARE WE READY FOR IT WITH TURKISH HAND-MADE CARPETS AND KILIMS?-
I HAVE BEEN IN TOURISM FOR THE LAST 52 YEARS.IN 1967 WE WERE RECEIVING 500 THOUSAND VISITORS IN ONE YEAR BUT THIS YEAR IT WILL SURPASS 40 MILLION IS WHAT IS SAID. THE NEW İSTANBUL GALATA PORT WILL PROVIDE THE FUTURE INCOMING CRUISE PASSENGERS WITH THE LATEST INFRASTRUCTURE.BUT HAVING SAID THAT THE QUESTION IN MY MIND IS “ARE WE READY FOR IT NOT JUST WITH TURKISH CARPETS AND KILIMS BUT WITH THE OVERALL RECEPTION VENUES?
DURING THE LAST 52 YEARS I HAVE BEEN ON THOSE CRUISE SHIPS SOME 60 TIMES AS A GUEST LECTURER BETWEEN ITALY,GREECE AND TURKEY.OTHER THAN THAT PROMOTING MY COUNTRY ON OTHER CRUISE SHIPS I SPENT TWO MONTHS BETWEEN BRAZIL AND ARGENTINA AND THREE MONTHS IN THE EAST AND WEST CARRIBBEAN.I REMEMBER SEEING TEN CRUISE SHIPS BRINGING IN 30 THOUSAND PASSENGERS IN ONE DAY ASHORE IN THE CARIBBEAN ISLAND OF ST.THOMAS.THEREFORE MY TAKE IS “WE AINT SEEN NOTHING YET” AS THEY SAY IN TENNESSEE.
15-HALI MAGAZINE ISSUE 40 A HEREKE PURE SILK CARPET OF 1970 WITH 26X26 KNOTS IN EVERY SQUARE CM AND THE COMPARISON GIVEN BY THIS ESTEEMED BRITISH MAGAZINE DISCUSSING THE FINENESS OF THEIR HAND-MADE CARPETS-
ACCORDING TO THIS ISSUE 40,THIS 1970 HEREKE PURE SILK CARPET HAD THE MOST NUMBER OF KNOT COUNTS IN THE WORLD.26X26 MEANS 4360 DOUBLE KNOTS IN A SQUARE INCH.AT THAT TIME THE HIGHEST KNOT COUNT OF A PERSIAN CARPET WAS 24X21 WHICH MEANS IT HAD 3250 SINGLE KNOTS IN A SQUARE INCH WHICH IS SOME 25 PERCENT LESS KNOTS COMPARED WITH THE TURKISH HEREKE PURE SILK CARPET.RECENTLY I SAW A TURKISH HEREKE PURE SILK CARPET OF THE HAN FAMILY WHICH HAS 50X50 WHICH TRANSLATES TO 16 THOUSAND 125 KNOTS IN A SQUARE INCH.
THEREFORE TO BE FAIR I ASK MYSELF “WHY ARE IRANIAN CARPETS ARE KNOWN TO BE THE FINEST CARPETS IN THE WORLD? I THINK WITHOUT PREJUDICE AND RESPECT TO OUR IRANIAN NEIGHBOURS WE SHOULD ANSWER AND PROVIDE THIS CORRECT INFORMATION GLOBALLY.
16-1989 FORTUNE MAGAZINE INVESTORS GUIDE AND A RARE SEMINAR ON “COLLECTIBLES”-
SECTION 16 SHOWS US THIS REMARKABLE MINT CONDITION 1954 CADILLAC ELDORADO CONVERTIBLE WHICH COST 5738 DOLLARS WHEN IT WAS BRAND NEW.
HOWEVER WHEN THIS MAGAZINE WAS PUBLISHED IN 1989 IT WAS LISTED AS 75 THOUSAND DOLLARS AT THE CLASSIC CAR CENTRE IN WARSAW,INDIANA,USA.
17-1989 FORTUNE MAGAZINE INVESTORS GUIDE AND A RARE SEMINAR ON “COLLECTIBLES”-
IN THIS SECTION WE SEE THIS PAINTING OF THE 17TH CENTURY DONE BY DOMENICHINOS KNOWN AS “REBUKE OF ADAM AND EVE “SHOULD BRING AROUND 3 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS AT NEW YORKS RICHARD FEIGEN GALLERY IN 1989.
18-1989 FORTUNE MAGAZINE INVESTORS GUIDE AND A RARE SEMINAR ON “COLLECTIBLES"-
IN THIS SECTION WE SEE A BOTTLE OF 1970 CHATEAU PETRUS VINE SELLING IN 1989, AT 450 DOLLARS WHILE THE 1961 VINTAGE OF THE SAME VINE WAS SELLING THREE TIMES AS MUCH AT 1350 DOLLARS.
THIS IS WHY HAND-MADE CARPETS ARE LIKE VINTAGE VINE.THIS MEANS I CAN SHOW YOU THREE YAHYALI CARPETS IN DIFFERENT AGE AND CONDITION GROUPS AND IF USED CORRECTLY A 60 YEAR OLD YAHYALI CARPET CAN EASILY COST YOU THREE TIMES AS MUCH AS A BRAND NEW ONE.
19-1989 FORTUNE MAGAZINE INVESTORS GUIDE AND A RARE SEMINAR ON “COLLECTIBLES”-
RUGS LIKE THIS MUCUR,KIRŞEHİR TUBA TREE DESIGN RICHLY COLORED 100 YEAR OLD SPECIMEN IN 1989 WAS WORTH ABOUT 12 THOUSAND DOLLARS AND WAS LISTED AS A TRUE COLLECTIBLE BY THE FORTUNE MAGAZINE.
MY QUESTION IS “WHY A TURKISH USED CARPET WAS LISTED AS A COLLECTIBLE AND NOT ANY IRANIAN CARPET WITH ALL DUE RESPECT TO OUR IRANIAN COUNTERPARTS?
20-THE LANGUAGE OF DESIGNS BOOK SPONSORED BY ITKIB-İSTANBUL UNION OF CARPET EXPORTERS OF 2007-
THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST VALUABLE BOOKS THAT I HAVE IN MY LIBRARY.IT WAS WRITTEN BY MY ESTEEMED COLLEAGUE HÜSEYİN ALANTAR AND WAS TRANSLATED BY BOB BEER AND WAS EDITED IN 2007 BY MYSELF.EARLIER ON I SAID ORIENTAL DESIGNS WERE TRANSBORDER.IN THIS BOOK YOU CAN SEE HOW DIFFERENT CULTURES USED THESE DESIGNS.
NEXT TO IT ONE OF THE CARPET PICTURES FROM THIS BOOK IS “THE FOUR RIVERS OF PARADISE” ONE OF MY FAVORITE DESIGNS, ILLUSTRATING THE RIVERS WHICH EMERGE FROM A FOUNTAIN IN THE CENTER OF PARADISE AND FLOW TOWARD THE FOUR CARDINAL DIRECTIONS. “THE ICI CARPETS” HAVE RECENTLY WON “THE ATLANTA MAGNIFICIENT CARPET AWARD” BY CLONING THE ORIGINAL CARPET.HOW MANY PEOPLE IN TURKEY KNOW THAT THIS COMPANY HAS WON 8 MAGNIFICIENT CARPET AWARDS IN ATLANTA IN THE LAST ELEVEN YEARS?
OUR GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS KEEP PROMOTING THE CONCEPT OF PRODUCING “LOCAL AND NATIONAL TRADE MARKS”TO BE INTERNATIONALLY ACKNOWLEDGED AS LEADERS IN THE INDUSTRY AND YET THESE AWARD WINNING TURKISH COMPANIES IN MY OPINION ARE FAR FROM BEING RECOGNIZED EVEN IN OUR OWN COUNTRY.HOW CAN WE SELL OUR CARPETS, LET ALONE PROMOTE THEM IF WE DO NOT KNOW THE VALUE OF OUR OWN CARPETS AND PRODUCERS?
21-THE MARRIOTT HOTEL IN DOWNTOWN DOHA,QATAR IN 2017 WITH HIS EXCELLENCY SHEIKH FAISAL BIN QASSIM AL THANI-
ONE OF THE GREATEST ART COLLECTORS OF OUR TIMES.WHY DO PEOPLE COLLECT ART? ARTS REPRESENT THE SOFT POWER OF EACH COUNTRY REPRESENTING THE MOTHERLAND GLOBALLY.AT TIMES OF WAR OR FINANCIAL CRISIS MONEY PRINTING MACHINES DO OVERTIME.THIS IS ALSO KNOWN AS QUANTUM EASING OR QUANTITATIVE EASING.PLEASE CHECK THIS OUT.
22-THE MARIOTT HOTEL IN DOHA,QATAR THE 6TH FLOOR COLLECTION OF CARPETS-
WITH THE COURTESY EXTENDED BY HIS EXCELLENCY SHEIKH FAISAL BIN QASSIM AL THANI WE WERE ESCORTED BY HIMSELF TO SEE THIS FANTASTIC COLLECTION COMPRISING OVER 600 SELECTED ORIENTAL CARPETS FROM DIFFERENT AGE GROUPS ON THE 6TH FLOOR OF HIS HOTEL.WE WERE ALLOWED TO TAKE PICTURES, ONE SUCH A WOOL CARPET FROM HEREKE DATING BACK TO THE 16TH CENTURY WAS THE HIGHLIGHT OF MY TRIP TO DOHA.THE PICTURE OF THAT CARPET IS SHOWN HERE.
IT WAS A GREAT SURPRISE FOR ME AS I HAD NEVER SEEN ONE FROM THAT PERIOD ANYWHERE.ACCORDING TO THE MANAGER OF THIS COLLECTION THE SHEIKH PRESENTED ANOTHER ONE OF THESE 16TH CENTURY HEREKE CARPETS TO OUR PRESIDENT RECEP TAYYİB ERDOĞAN IN 2016.
23-THE HEREKE PURE SILK “PEACE CARPET”WITH 928 DOUBLE KNOTS PER SQUARE INCH PRODUCED BY THE HEREKE HAN FAMILY-BY 2017 THREE “PEACE CARPETS “WERE PRODUCED AND ONE WAS ALREADY PRESENTED TO THE AUSTRALIAN PRIME MINISTER TONY ABBOTT IN 2015 WHEN HE VISITED OUR COUNTRY FOR THE 100TH YEAR OLD CEREMONY OF WW ONE,THE SECOND ONE WAS WITH US IN DOHA FOR THECARPET FAIR.
24-I PRESENTED THE THIRD “PEACE CARPET”TO OUR PRESIDENT RECEP TAYYİB ERDOĞAN IN İSTANBUL İN 2017- THIS WAS,AT LEAST TO SHOW MY APPRECIATION FOR ALL WHAT HE HAS DONE FOR OUR COUNTRY IN THE LAST 25 YEARS.
25-DURABILITY INCREASES THE LONGEVITY OF ANY MERCHANDISE-
WE CAN SAVE OUR HARD EARNED INCOME WITH DURABLE GOODS.THEREFORE IF YOU END UP PAYING FOR CERTAIN BATTERIES A LITTLE MORE THAN ALL THE OTHER BRANDS THAN BY ALL MEANS THAT IS THE CORRECT ATTITUDE IN SHOPPING,ESPECIALLY IF THAT BRAND LASTS TEN TIMES LONGER THAN THE OTHER BRANDS."AS ADVERTISED IN THE PICTURE".
UNDERLINING THE IMPORTANCE OF DURABILITY I WOULD LIKE TO TELL YOU TWO THINGS ABOUT OUR RECENT TRIP TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.APRIL OF 2019 WE WERE IN WASHINGTON DC., AND WE VISITED “THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN HISTORY”.OF THE MANY EXIBITS ONE HOUSE ATTRACTED MY ATTENTION THE MOST.YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THIS OLD HOUSE IN WHICH FIVE FAMILIES HAVE LIVED FOR TWO HUNDRED YEARS. YOU CAN SEE THE HOUSE OF 1765 FROM MASSACHUSETTS WITH DIFFERENT ROOMS ON DISPLAY.WHAT IS THIS TELLING US?THE HOUSE HAS OUTLIVED 5 GENERATIONS AND STILL SURVIVED EVEN THOUGH IT WAS A WOODEN HOUSE.WE HAVE MANY WOODEN HOUSES IN TURKEY MUCH OLDER THAN THAT HOUSE.
HOWEVER THE SECOND IMPORTANT POINT I WANT TO UNDERLINE IS THIS.GOOD QUALITY TURKISH HAND-MADE CARPETS WILL OUTLAST MANY HOUSES AND MANY GENERATIONS BY FAR.THAT IS WHY MY RECOMMENDATION TO ALL THE REAL ESTATE PEOPLE IS THAT WHENEVER THEY HAVE AN OPEN HOUSE THEY SHOULD PUT ONE ORIENTAL CARPET ON THE FLOOR IN ONE OF THE ROOMS WITH NOTHING AROUND IT AND TELL THE BUYER TO START DECORATING THAT HOUSE WITH THE HAND-MADE CARPET OF THEIR CHOICE WHICH WILL OUTLIVE ALL THEIR FUTURE GENERATIONS INCLUDING THE HOUSE ITSELF.
BUYING A HAND-MADE TURKISH CARPET IS LIKE CLASSICAL MUSIC WHICH APPEALS TO YOU AS LONG AS YOU LIVE.SOME PEOPLE CAN NEVER FORGET "THE BEATLES"FOREVER.SO RATHER THAN KEEP CHANGING YOUR CARPET EVERY TEN YEARS SO IT MATHCHES WITH THE REST OF THE DECOR JUST USE IT AND ENJOY THE INCREASE IN ITS VALUE THE MORE YOU WALK ON IT WITH DIFFERENT FURNITURE AROUND IT FROM TIME TO TIME.SO WITH THE MONEY SAVED YOU CAN SEND YOUR KIDS TO COLLEGE.IT IS HIGH TIME TO BE SMART JUST LIKE OUR PHONES.
26-TURKISH ISLAMIC ARTS MUSEUM IN İSTANBUL AND THE WORLD FAMOUS HAND-MADE CARPET COLLECTION-
OPPOSITE FROM THE BLUE MOSQUE AMONGST MANY ORIENTAL EXIBITS ON DISPLAY WE HAVE SOME OF THE ORIGINAL 1221 ALAATTİN KEYKUBAT MOSQUE AND MAUSOLEUM OF KONYA CARPETS.SOME ARE ONLY IN FRAGMENTS HOWEVER SOME ARE ALMOST COMPLETE AFTER
798 YEARS ALL IN ALL 18 PIECES HAVE SURVIVED.WE OWE THEIR SURVIVAL TO THE GERMAN AMBASSADOR OF 1905 WHO VISITED THE MOSQUE AND TOLD OUR OFFICIALS TO REMOVE THEM FROM THE FLOOR AND HANG THEM UP.
TO MAKE A SIMPLE COMPARISON BETWEEN THESE ALMOST 800 YEAR OLD CARPETS AND THE 200 YEAR OLD HOUSE FROM MASSACHUSETTS IS WHY EARLIER ON I TOLD YOU”HAND-MADE CARPETS ARE LIKE VINTAGE VINE THE MORE YOU WALK ON THEM AND TAKE GOOD CARE OF THEM THEN THEY WILL REACH LEVELS WHERE THE BUYERS ARE READY TO BUY THEM AT AUCTIONS AT ENORMOUS PRICES LIKE THIS PERSIAN CARPET WAS SOLD IN NEW YORK FOR 34 MILLION DOLLARS IN 2013.
SIMPLY THE SELJUK CARPETS FROM KONYA HAVE OUTLIVED 20 GENERATIONS AND STILL SURVIVING IS WHY THE ORIENTAL CARPET OF YOUR CHOICE SHOULD BE THE FIRST THING YOU BUY IN ORDER TO DECORATE YOUR HOUSE AND CHOOSING IT IS VERY EASY IF YOUR HEART TELLS YOU TO BUY AND USE IT IN YOUR HOUSE AFTER LOOKING AT MANY CARPETS THEN ALL YOU HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT IS” CAN I AFFORD IT?”.BUT DO NOT FORGET THE MILEAGE YOU WILL GET OUT OF THAT CARPET FOR ALL THE YEARS TO COME WHILE TRYING TO MAKE THAT DECISION.
27-CHANGING OF THE BATON OF HAND-MADE TURKISH CARPETS-
THE EXPERIENCE THAT I GATHERED IN THE LAST 52 YEARS MUST NOW BE HANDED TO THE FUTURE GENERATIONS JUST AS THE ATHLETES DO IN A TRACK RELAY RACE.
I PERSONALLY OWE THIS TO OUR ANCESTORS AND IT IS MY DUTY TO INFORM THE FUTURE GENERATIONS.
DO WE KNOW THAT THE LAST 8 “ATLANTA MAGNIFICIENT HAND-MADE CARPET AWARDS WERE WON BY TURKISH “LOCAL AND NATIONAL BRANDS”AND WHO PRODUCED THEM?
DO WE KNOW NOW WE HAVE A PURE SILK HEREKE CARPET WITH 16125 DOUBLE KNOTS IN A SQUARE INCH AND WHO PRODUCED IT?
WITHOUT KNOWING WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT HOW ARE YOU GOING TO PROMOTE YOUR CARPETS AND IF YOU CAN NOT SELL THEM IT WILL BECOME A DEAD ART FORM AND HOW WILL YOU THEN FACE YOUR FUTURE GENERATIONS???
28-THIS IS THE AGE OF HIGH TECHNOLOGY SO WE MUST BE ON THAT SPEED TRAIN REPRESENTING THE NEW TRENDS AND INNOVATIONS-
WHY WAIT FOR VISITORS TO WALK INTO YOUR PREMISES SO YOU CAN MAKE A SALE LIKE WE DID IN THE 20TH CENTURY? THERE ARE WAYS TO INCREASE YOUR SALES ON-LINE IN THE 21ST CENTURY.
29-“YUNUS EMRE INSTITUTE”IN DOHA,QATAR AND WASHINGTON DC,USA-
I HAVE BEEN IN THESE TWO INSTITUTIONS IN THE LAST TWO YEARS AND CHECKED ON THEIR PREMISES WHERE THEY TEACH TURKISH TO THE LOCALS ALONG WITH OTHER SOCIAL ACTIVITIES.I ASKED THE MANAGERS OF BOTH LOCATIONS TO SEE IF THEY WOULD FAVOUR THE“PRODUCTION OF TURKISH CARPETS “WITHIN THEIR PREMISES TO BE SOLD LOCALLY.THE ANSWER WAS VERY POSITIVE AND THEY SENT A REPORT TO ANKARA TO THE MINISTRY OF CULTURE AND TOURISM.
AS TURKISH CARPETS CONSTITUTE THE TURKISH SOFT- POWER WHICH IS VERY DIFFERENT THAN OUR HARD-POWER AS WE HAVE THE POSSIBILITY OF PRODUCING OUR HAND-MADE CARPETS THROUGH STATE CONTROLLED PREMISES WITH SATISFACTION GUARANTEE OR YOUR MONEY IS REFUNDED POLICY WITH THE STATE LABEL AND GUARANTEE CERTIFICATE.THIS PROGRAM WILL INSURE THE SURVIVAL OF TURKISH CARPETS FOREVER.
30-IN CONCLUSION-
"IF YOU DEPEND MOSTLY ON HIGH TECH EXPORTS AND QUESTION HOW MANY KILOS OF PEACHES MUST BE EXPORTED IN RETURN FOR AN IPHONE, AN IPHONE IS THE MERCHANDISE WITH HIGH ADDED VALUE AND IF YOU UNDERMINE THE IMPORTANCE OF ONE OF OUR MOST ICONIC TANGIBLE AND HISTORIC MERCHANDISE “THE HAND-MADE TURKISH CARPETS” THEN PLEASE REMEMBER A NEW MODEL SMART PHONE WILL OUTSMART THE OLDER ONE IN SIX MONTHS,WHILE YOUR GENUINE HAND-MADE TURKISH CARPET WILL KEEP ON APPRECIATING ITS VALUE THE MORE IF YOU CAN USE IT SMARTLY FOR AS LONG AS YOU LIVE."
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN LET ME REMIND YOU ONCE AND FOR ALL “WE CAN ONLY REAP WHAT WE SOW”.THANK YOU FOR YOUR INVITATION AND WONDERFUL AUDIENCE.
MEHMET AYDIN EROĞLU 24 OCTOBER 2019 THE ARMADA HOTEL,İSTANBUL