İbrahim Tellioğlu

‘Oldest carpet in world belongs to Turks’

Published by Hurriyet on Sun, 04/12/2020 - 13:40

The oldest carpet in the world, which was removed from a grave at the foot of the Altai Mountains in 1949, belongs to Turkish tribes, a study on the motifs and engravings on it has found.

İbrahim Tellioğlu, a historian from Ondokuz Mayıs University, said that the visuals, figures and motifs used on the carpet are a product of Turkish culture.