Kirkitli weaving samples of Haci Ibrahim Uşaği village, Aksaray-Ortakoy district

Abstract

Carpet rug weaving samples are also known as kirkit weaving samples. The history of carpet and rug weaving is very old. It is known that weaving is one of the important elements that people need in daily life. The examples we have in the art of weaving are the most valuable cultural elements and have the quality of historical documents. They are important documents that give information about the history, culture or civilization of the period they touched. It is seen that the individuals who make up the society are weaving with different techniques and materials in different sizes, on the floors and walls of the houses they lived in, in covering the tops and doors of the tents, in the exhibition of the tent interiors, in order to sit or lean inside or outside the houses or tents.

In the village of Hacı İbrahim Uşak, in the Ortaköy district of Aksaray province, the field research was carried out, the houses with weaving samples were determined and the samples obtained were examined. The weaving samples obtained, carpet and plain weaving samples were handled in two groups. Weaving samples were examined in two groups as carpet and plain weaving samples. Carpet and plain weaving samples were classified according to their dimensions or usage areas. Within the scope of the field research, it was given importance to gain information about weavings with the verbal interview method and to bring the unearthed weaving samples to the literature.