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The Cocoon of Hatay Met With Labour
And it Became Silk
Written by: Aysegul YILMAZ / Translated by: Sumeyra DAGLI
Hatay, the nice city of Anatolia, which is on the route of Silk Road, is on the effort of reaching its old active
state. Hatay; which produces silk and builds up different weaving styles throughout the ages, serves different
choices to the people who are interested in, with its weaving, raw silk, linen, wool and cotton materials. The
silks which are woven in Hatay are brought to the domestic and foreign customers in the modest shop of
Buyukasık family. The silk of Hatay attracts more attention in modern times, in which naturel materials gain
importance again with its traditional production style.
For fabric, from the process of first formation, the
choice of pattern and color tones, sewing, the
model giving to the phase of wearing as a dress,
we can say that it is a thing which always sets human
productivity into action. And silk is the most
valuable and magnificent fabric type, which a person
finds by chance in a process of meeting with
fabric and struggling to produce the better one.
Throughout the ages, it has been said that no
product for which wars were started and the production
of which was kept as a secret and moreover
for some ages which was seen at the same
level with gold and used instead of money could
be improved. Just as golden and diamond have
never lost their worth so too will silk protect its
state of being in the first row as the most favorite
fabric. We followed a trail of Antakya silk’s adventure
of reaching to Istanbul which is produced in
Hatay, Harbiye. The trip which was from Istanbul
to Hatay, took us from past to future with the stories
of the members of Buyukasık family.
The Silks Decorating The Shelves
Yılmaz silk seller is a small, modest shop in Sultanahmet.
You can’t keep your eyes away from
the silk shawls, woolen fabrics, foulards which
are arranged in a row when you enter into the
shop. The elegance of silk charms the people
passing by the way. Many people who see the
fabrics and then doesn’t understand how the
time has passed get into and out of the shop.
Mehmet Buyukasık gives information about silk
weaving who are domestic or foreign with patience.
It isn’t important to buy something. You
can find answers to your all questions about
silk. Later, we learn that many people apart
from us make a study on this shop which they
explore while they are passing by coincidence.
Moreover, one of these studies is a documentary
prepared by Japanese and another one is
a domestic short film which was presented as
a candidate of ‘Golden Orange’. In order to
take these films, it was gone to Antakya, Har-
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