Beautiful carpets hang off the front of this store, beckoning the curious inside. Welcomed by the kind and delightful owner, Celal, who speaks very good English, I was invited to sit and look at his inventory, but was instantly drawn to one beautiful carpet, prominently displayed on a pile of other carpets. Celal told me a little about its manufacture and region where the carpet was made, and I eventually bought it, at what I thought was a very good price. I was surprised to find a very similar carpet (same size, pattern, and basic colors) at a store in Istanbul which was a little more expensive. When I commented to the Istanbul carpet salesman that I had bought a similar carpet that must have been made by the same person, he stated that it was probably not the same artist but surely made in the same village. Celal's store also has some clothing items and even more carpets upstairs. The shop is home to his very sweet, little, well behaved and adorable dog. read more
