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Since the formation of his core self and understanding the existence of a great world in which he is an element, he has attributed the meaning of sacredness to many beings and tried to explain the phenomena of the world he lives in through these beings.One of the most common of these sacred beings is the tree. From the most primitive societies that lived on earth to the advanced civilizations that built the heavenly religions, societies have attributed rich meanings to trees and produced numerous myths and legends about them. Social anthropologists believe that the use of the tree symbol...

Silk industry has held a very important place in the lives of many nations since ancient times; Silk and spices from the Far East have played an important role in international relations for the Western world. Silk also made the Eastern culture recognized by the West.Transporting the silk and spice of the east to the west by caravans formed trade routes from China to Europe. In the Middle Ages, trade caravans departed from the current Chinese city of Xian and arrived at Kashgar in Uzbekistan; from the plains of Afghanistan to the Caspian Sea, following the first of the two...

Tile making, which has always a special place in Turkish decorative art, has a long history. In addition to the usage ceramics that can be traced since the Afrasiyab ceramics, the presence of tile decoration as glazed brick can be seen in the wall decoration since the early architectural works in Asia. It is observed that the glazed brick decoration, which was observed in a very balanced manner and especially in the interior, even in the most magnificent architectural works in the Anatolian Seljuk Period, left its place to glazed plate tiles in the Ottoman Period. The fact that most...

THE ART OF TURKISH TILES AND CERAMICS Professor Dr. Sitare Turan Bakir Mimar Sinan University, Department of Traditional Turkish Arts The art of Turkish tiles and ceramics occupies a place of prominence in the history of Islamic art. Its roots can be traced at least as far back as the Uighurs of the 8th and 9th centuries. Its subsequent development was influenced by Karakhanid, Ghaznavid, and (especially) Iranian Seljuk art. With the Seljuks' victory over the Byzantines at Malazgirt in 1071, the art followed them into Anatolia and embarked upon a new period of strong development fostered by the Anatolian...

When selecting a scarf, what are the good colors for my skin tone?If you really want to look your best, before going to buy scarves, visit a color expert and analyze your skin tone. If that is out of the question, another alternative is to go shopping and try on the same outfit or similar in different colors (one or two colors of each season) to see which colors look best on your complexion. If you look absolutely wonderful in a black suit and a white shirt, you're probably a winter (blue background tones). If you look good in orange,...