Author(s): Semra Kiliç Karatay / Language(s): Turkish
/ Issue: 32/2019
From the past to the present, Aksaray has remained in the Hittite, Persian, Hellenistic (Alexander the Great), Roman, Byzantine, Seljuk and Ottoman sovereignty. Aksaray, which was a province of Konya until the Republican period, became a province in 1920 and its province was abolished in 1933 and connected to Niğde as a district. On June 15, 1989, it became a province again. Aksaray, BC The history dating back to 8,000 years has never lost its significance in any period due to its cultural assets, natural beauties and a commercial center. Handicrafts have emerged due to natural conditions since human beings have existed. He gave his first examples to cover the needs of people, to cover them and to protect them. The handicrafts, which later developed and showed changes according to the environmental conditions, became a ler traditional göre character by reflecting the feelings, artistic tastes and cultural characteristics of the society in which they emerged. Traditional Turkish Handcrafts have formed a rich mosaic by combining the cultural heritage of various civilizations from the thousands of years of Anatolia with their own values. Handicrafts are the most lively and meaningful documents of a country's cultural identity. The culture of many civilizations that lived in Anatolia continued to exist in a new synthesis after the settlement of the Turks. For this reason, the roots of Turkish handicrafts are very old and have a socio-cultural importance. Formal and non-formal education institutions, official and private institutions and people have reached the present day with the support of people. Traditional Turkish Handcrafts have formed a rich mosaic by combining the cultural heritage of various civilizations from the thousands of years of Anatolia with their own values. Aksaray, which is a cultural basin throughout its history and maintains this feature today, draws attention with the diversity of traditional handicrafts.
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