It can take nearly a year to hand-weave a traditional Turkish carpet, which can often cost thousands of dollars. But now, because of Turkey's stalling economy and the COVID-19 pandemic ...

But there are some rugs that go for astronomical amounts just from the quality and design, like Turkish rugs. This begs the question of why are Turkish rugs expensive. From their quality to their ...

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A new exhibition at Istanbul’s Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum exhibits a majestic indigo blue and ruby red carpet that is at least 700 years old. Pieces in the exhibition, brought in from ...

The Jammu and Kashmir government has ramped up efforts against businesses falsely marketing machine-made carpets as genuine Kashmiri handmade carpets. Inspections reveal mislabelled Turkish and ...

Srinagar- The Jammu and Kashmir government has intensified crackdown on unscrupulous businessmen, who peddle machine-made carpets as handwoven Kashm ...

In response to growing complaints from buyers and tourists about the sale of machine-made carpets from outside the region ...