Türkiye · Textile craft; Felt making; Anatolian heritage
Türk Keçeciliği — Anadolu Yün Keçe Geleneği
The Turkish keçe (felt) making tradition — the production of the Anatolian hand-made wool felt using the specific rolling and felting technique of the nomadic Turkish traditions, producing both functional felt objects and the decorative inlaid felt rugs whose geometric vocabulary embeds differently colored wool during the wet felting process. The Turkish keçeci reads the correct felting completion through a pinch-and-roll assessment analogous to the Hungarian nemez (CRAFT-1534) but calibrated to the specific Central Anatolian wool varieties.
Risk level: Endangered · Not listed; Turkish keçe on the national heritage inventory
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