Carpet guides, written to be useful
Knowledge from the showroom floor
Everything here comes from questions visitors actually ask in our Sultanahmet showroom: how to buy well, how to tell handmade from machine-made, what Hereke means, and how a carpet travels home. No sales language, just the craft explained.
How to Buy a Turkish Carpet in Istanbul
Where to buy, what to check in the shop, what to ask the seller and what actually drives the price.
How to Identify a Handmade Rug
Five reliable checks that separate hand-knotted rugs from machine-made copies, no expertise required.
Hereke Carpets: A Collector's Guide
The court workshop tradition, the extraordinary knot density and how to recognise a genuine Hereke.
Turkish Carpet vs Kilim
Pile and flat-weave are two different crafts. How each is made, how they wear and how to choose.
Silk vs Wool Rugs
Sheen, detail, durability and feel underfoot: an honest comparison of the two great carpet materials.
Turkish Carpet Knots
The Gördes double knot, the Persian knot and what knot density really tells you about a carpet.
Shipping Turkish Rugs Abroad
Packing, insurance, tracking and customs paperwork: how a carpet travels from Istanbul to your door.
Visit the Showroom
In the heart of Sultanahmet
Our gallery sits on Divanyolu Street, the historic axis of old Istanbul, a short walk from Hagia Sophia, the Blue Mosque and the Basilica Cistern. Come in for Turkish tea; leave with a story woven in silk.
Sultan Ahmet, Alemdar, Divan Yolu Cd. No:16
34110 Fatih / Istanbul · Open in Google Maps+90 212 511 65 29WhatsApp private inquiry
Open every day · 08:00 – 00:00
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