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Turkish Kilims
Although Turkey has historically been one of the great rug-making countries, their contribution to the world market of pile carpets has fallen significantly. This is primarily due to the rising cost of labor, especially for rug weavers, as Turkey takes its place among the more advanced nations.
Turkish kilims (also called flat-weaves) are still produced in abundance. The above picture is of one of our fragments of a 19th century Turkish kilim.