The techniques and design properties of flat weaving in Belenbaşı Village (Buca-İzmir)

Thesis on ?The Techniques And Design Properties Of Flat Weaving In Belenbaşı Village (Buca-İzmir)? are expressed according to the results of research. Its features were tried to be determined by deriving benefits from observation and interwiev techniques. Traditional products which extend to nomadic and semi-nomadic way of life has gradually begun to disappear with the transition of city life. The flat weaving and techniques produced mostly in Belenbaşı Village in the past were documented by researching in traditions.To keep the traditional weaving alive is the corner stone of our culture and transmitting it into next generations. The properties of local area should be determined and it is neccessary to evaluate everything in detail. The woven products which were produced by using flat weaving techniques have different dimensions and uses and they have great importance among the clothes with their own features of weaving techniques colour, pattern, and design.In the first part of the study, titled with ?The Techniques And Design Properties Of Flat Weaving In Belenbaşı Village (Buca-İzmir)? Belenbaşı Village, weaving today in the village and biographical evaluations about the flat weaving were done. In the second part, the raw materials used for weaving in Belenbaşı Village, preparobry weaving process, the loom and the weavings were made clear. In the third part, catalogue, reproduction studies and color applications took pard.Nowadays it is a reality that Belenbaşı village flat weaving has been affected by the change of nomad?s life and the differences brought up with a stable life-style. The changes in the quality of flat weaving are bound to the dificulties in getting raw material, not to remember the ingredients of dying, to use ordinary materials in the weaving and decreasing number of people who know how to weave.