SYMBOLS OF YAHYALI: CARPETS AND APPLE

Now let’s come to the most important part: carpets and apple… These two items are the symbol of Yahyalı. When it comes to Yahyalı, both apple and carpet come to mind. Because Yahyalı is famous for mostly these two items. Yahyalı carpet is one of the most famous hand-made rug made in our country. Our carpets are known every part of Turkey and especially in Europe. In the past our grandmothers were weaving carpets and there was nobody who doesn’t do this job in their house. And they made money from this but this tradition has almost disappeared nowadays.  Loads of natural material such as mud, grape leaf, nutshell, buckthorn  have been used to color the rope of these carpets. And also it is not possible to find these colors in other handmade rug. I am the witness of these beautiful colors.  Moreover when I was a child I would ask my grandmother to give me some of these ropes because of their colors. Because they had attract me a lot.

Yahyalı carpets have the feature of rising in value and not fading as they are being old and everywhere you can encounter these wonderful carpets especially in big cities such as İstanbul, Ankara, İzmir and Antalya.

YAHYALI APPLE