The Historical Carpets Collected from Samsun Mosques in Ankara the Museum of Foundational Works

Abstract

The carpets which can't be protected and facing extinction in mosques have been moved to Ankara by the Directorate General of Foundations in line with a circular letter recently. In this context 150 hand-woven historical carpets in various mosques in Samsun many of them consist of "seccade form" have been sent to Ankara. This study aims to be examined the 27 carpets of them which were restored and moved to store of Ankara Museum of Foundational Works.