Decor January-February 2019

One of the products that comes to mind when you say
Sultanahmet is undoubtedly one of the most important
building blocks of Turkish art hand carpets. The
most special gifts that tourists can bring to their
country are still Turkish Carpets. However, the recent
developments and the decrease in hand workmanship
paved the way for making old carpets not aging. Fatih
Halı is one of the brands that do this. In addition to the
new production, it takes the old carpets that cannot be
done again and puts them back under our feet. Let’s
hear more from the brand founder Muzaffer Akçay.
Could you tell us about your recent works as Fatih
Halı brand?
As Fatih Halı, we are preparing large base vintage
carpets. Again, we use old and inert carpets. We
make high value-added products and non-standard
products. We also sell bamboo carpets which are
again trendy. In this sense, we have prepared a collection
with a manufacturer in Gaziantep as Fatih Halı.
We continue our activities mainly in the wholesale
sense, especially with these two products.
What do you think about Bamboo and Vintage Carpets?
Can we say that trends in carpet are shifting
here?
If modern production is made in hand-made carpets,
an intensive sales trend can be caught.
We tried to catch this trend by turning old used carpets
into vintage. In this way, dormant carpets were
brought to the economy. Since the same cannot be
done, we think this is a very important job. Inspired
by our carpets in Gaziantep machine made carpets
and materials made of 100% organic bamboo carpets.
In addition, by adding craftsmanship to the carpet, it
improved its quality. Gaziantep has made innovation
in the carpet sector with bamboo products. It is also
receiving great interest in the world market.
I think the next few years will sell a lot more bamboo
carpets.
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