Things to do in Cappadocia, Turkey: The Best Shopping

Ruth Lockwood is the owner of Tribal Collections - a beautiful rug gallery in a restored cave house, in the village of Goreme, Cappadocia. Originally from NZ, and with 30yrs of expertise in Turkey, her gallery has an established reputation for integrity and quality and is a leading choice for those looking to learn, or to acquire, a beautiful hand-woven rug, flat-woven kilim or tribal weaving. Ruth can help you navigate the stunning styles, intricate designs and rich color palettes to find the rug that İs just 'right' for you and expresses your individuality. She buys at source and chooses each of her rugs personally so you can be assured of their quality & authenticity. You are welcome to spend time with her, browse and enjoy, or learn more about motifs, dyes and traditions that make every carpet unique. She has a wide-open door policy and fixed prices: making it easy for you to compare and importantly you know you are with a trusted professional who is passionate about rugs!

Sultan Carpet shop established in 1989 and has been serving with the best way to the customers who come from all over in the world and has been in the same place and the same name for 29 years.

Kilim carpets new old and antique

Ebru art, Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by the UNESCO. NAİLE BOZKURT Intangible cultural heritage is CARRIERS. WHAT IS EBRU? One of the most common methods of decorating, bookbinding the endpapers of hand-bound books is Ebru. Classic Turkish Ebru, which is also known as Turkish marbled paper, is made by drawing designs with paint on water, and then carefully placing paper (or materials, such as glass etc.) on the surface of the water in order to absorb the paint. Ebru seems magical, and yet it is improbably simple. The basics haven’t changed very much over the past several hundred years. It still involves depositing bits of color on the surface of water.

I was born in 1957 in Ankara. After finishing the high school, I studied and graduated from French Language and Literature. After working a short period of time as a teacher, in 1983, I changed my direction to tourism and commerce.After retirement, I started to get involved with ceramic arts, which is just when I found the pottery had become “corrupt” in my words; plates made of plaster painted with synthetic dyes everywhere… I decided to perform the art of “Cini” as it should be and started. While mastering my drawing and painting technique, I also excelled in drawing original Hittite figures on the plates.All my products are ' FREE HAND ' works. Since the Hittite figures are geometrical figures, I prefer pen filled with purified and thinned “cini” dye, instead of brush, to draw the figures. Since I only use Hittite figures, I chose the name of the shop Hattusa, which is the capital of Hittites.

Kervan Carpet & Kilim was established in 1978 by my father. We sell old and antique carpets woven in Anatolia in the same manner as they been have for centuries. Our source for these carpets is often from wedding dowries and those handed down from our ancestors. All carpets use natural vegetable dyes,unlike others sold commercially which are not of good quality.

The Dowry Carpet, offers to guests that hand made Carpets, Kilims and Sumaks. There are lots of unique significances on them. Actually the funniest thing is trying to estimate what they looks like. Please do not hesitate to visit us to get only some information without buying anything. Because our purpose is not only selling something, we're also glad to explain you our culture!