Konya Etnografya Müzesi

Among women’s clothing are bindallı, dresses, şalvar-işlik-cepken, vests and caftans made on fabrics such as velvet, satin and atlas with sim sırma, cord couching and various hoop embroidery techniques; among women’s ornaments are belt buckles, suspenders, bracelets and earrings, tepeliks made of silver and bafun; knitted and fabric purses for money, watches and seals, wool socks and gloves, and bohças, peşkirs, uçkurs, pillow and bedding sets worked on velvet, linen, atlas and satin fabrics with hoop embroidery techniques such as Turkish work, sim sırma, hesap işi, çin iğnesi, tel kırma and sarma.

Examples of metal keys and locks of various sizes from the Seljuk and Ottoman periods, kitchenware including cauldrons, pots, bowls, trays, lengers, ewers and healing bowls made of copper and brass with the hammering technique, glass and porcelain vessels; candlesticks and incense burners of silver and brass; mills, coffee pans, mortars, coffee boxes, and coffee sets consisting of cups and cup holders made of wood and metal are exhibited. A rich collection of tesbihs made of materials such as koka, amber, agate, oltu stone, mother-of-pearl and ivory, together with mouthpieces, pipes, tobacco cases and tobacco pouches used in smoking tobacco, are displayed. Examples of Ottoman-period calligraphy, the Qur’an and other manuscripts; burnishers, inkwells, paper scissors, penknives and maktas, writing drawers, mother-of-pearl inlaid rahles, consoles and mirrors used in calligraphy are present.

Among Ottoman-period firearms, flintlock and percussion pistols and rifles, powder flasks, and among non-firearms, examples of swords, daggers, hançers, bows, arrows and quivers are included. In the carpet section on the lower floor of the exhibition hall, especially rare carpet fragments from the Seljuk Period are displayed together with examples woven in various carpet centers of Anatolia, primarily the Konya region, from the Ottoman and Republican periods. Among these, the characteristic Seljuk carpets found in Beyşehir Eşrefoğlu Câmii, one of Anatolia’s oldest wooden-columned mosques, and the carpets found in Konya Alâeddin Câmii, Selimiye Câmii and Konya Mevlâna Dergâhı are among the most important examples. Carpets from the Konya region such as Karapınar, Sille, Ladik, Küçükmuhsine, Kavak, Karaman and Derbent, as well as examples from important carpet centers such as Uşak, Kula, Gördes, Mucur and Bergama, are exhibited.

Places to Visit in Konya Address: Sahibiata Mah. Sahibiata Cad. 42040 Meram / KONYA