It seems surprising that in a Muslim country like Turkey, where 98% of the population are Muslims, carpet works of art are linked with Christian motifs.
This could be a concession to Western tourists in order to meet their expectations, but this is the only possible explanation, especially as can be found on Persian carpets, no Christian motive?
we go in history kanpp two thousand years back, we learn yet another possible reason for the Christian motifs in Turkish silk carpets. You may also be a tribute to the history and development of Christianity in Anatolia, for we know that Anatolia is the cradle of Christianity and the Bible.
The followers of Jesus after his crucifixion, traveled to Asia Minor and settled in cities such as Ephesus, Hierapolis and Cappadocia in the region.
St. Paul preached in Perge, for example, Derbe, Lystra, Psidian Antioch, Ephesus, Konya. In the New Testament Epistle to the Ephesians is mentioned, the Apostle Paul wrote to the Christians in Ephesus: the first epistle of John's Revelation (Rev 2, 1-7) to the seven churches in Asia Minor (Rev 1, 11).
Even Saint Peter settled in Asia Minor, in Antioch down, and formed the first Christian church in a cave.
Fresco in Ephesus (Source)
Another legend says that the Virgin Mary with the circle of women around Jesus and the apostle John, in a house in the vicinity of Ephesus and is said to have established is said to have taught there until her own ascension many people in medicine and the teaching of Christianity. Up to the present day Turkish people visit the grave of Mary and leave behind notes with their wishes.
sarcophagus of Mary in Ephesus (Source)
is said to have taken place by 157, the dialogue of the early Christian philosophers and church father Justin with Trypho the Jew - a the earliest traditions about the confrontation with the Jews who turned to Christians, Jews and Gentiles alike, and formally is in the tradition of Plato's dialogues.
Until the late ancient Ephesus, a major city was both a pilgrimage and as a bishop. It was the capital of the secular diocese Asiana.
also was the first ecumenical council, convened in 325 by Emperor Constantine, held in Nicea (now Iznik) in the Marmara region of Turkey, between Bursa and Istanbul (then Constantinople, Byzantium, even earlier).
In 431 was held in Ephesus convened by Emperor Theodosius II 3. Ecumenical Council, also called the Council of Ephesus, and 449, the so-called Robber Synod, which is already considered the beginning of the separation of the two churches - the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches - can be considered.
Up to the present day Istanbul is the seat of the religious leader of the Orthodox churches, which is about 225 million followers, the third largest Christian community in the world.
Bartholomew I, leader of Orthodox Christians ( Source )
If we all' diese geschichtlichen Abläufe kennen und außerdem in betracht ziehen, dass erst 1071 die Seldschuken (die Seldshuken waren 970 zum Islam übergetreten und gehörten der sunnitischen Glaubensrichtung an, der auch heute noch die Türken angehören) durch die Schlacht von Manzkert die Macht über das Gebiet der heutigen Türkei übernahmen, dass der Koran Jesus als einen der Propheten Allahs anerkennt, so sind die christlichen Motive auf den Seidenteppichen aus Hereke nicht mehr so ganz unverständlich, sondern sie sind eine Reminiszenz and die eigene große Geschichte, die bis in die heutige Zeit auch wichtige Teile der christlichen beinhaltet.
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