Examples of Konya Karapınar carpets in the Ankara Foundation Works Museum

The history of carpet art, a fundamental element of the art of weaving, can be traced back to centuries before Christ. Beyond its functionality, carpets also hold a folkloric significance, reflecting the weaver's emotions and thoughts through motifs. Within Anatolia, especially the Central Anatolia region, Konya carpets, with their distinctive qualities in every respect, and the carpets of the surrounding region, have a deeply rooted history. The aim of this study is to emphasize the importance of thirty carpets from the Karapınar district of Konya, located in the Ankara Foundation Works Museum, in terms of quality, technique, color, motif and composition, by comparing them with similar carpets and cataloging them with inventory information, and to draw attention to the recovery of the former vitality of the regional weavings that have fallen into obscurity. General information is provided about the historical process from the birth of the art of weaving to the carpets from the Konya Karapınar region, the subject of this study, and about the museum housing the works. It is known that some of the carpets came from donation depots, while others came from various mosques in Anatolia. Detailed inventory information is provided for a total of thirty carpets from the Konya Karapınar region, housed in the Ankara Foundation Works Museum, along with detailed descriptions of motifs and compositions. The aim is to introduce these unique carpets, which have not previously been included in any scientific study, to the scientific community. Keywords: Carpet, Karapınar Weavings, Motif, Composition