THE PLACE AND THE IMPORTANCE IN TEXTILE ART OF SHELTER TENTS IN TURKISH ARCHITECTURE

Abstract

Tents as a Nomadic life style has always been one of the most important way of life in turkish 
tribe culture. In order to offer immediacy, tents have been the first choice in different 
civilations keeping warm during summers, warm during winters as well as easily being 
assembled and transferred. As a result of the practicality it offered tents have been customised 
in various ways depending on the culture they were used in as well as providing a historical 
source reflecting customs and culture. The materials used as textiles and frames of the 
construction and isolation mirrorred the circumstances of the era. The textile materials 
forming the space by themselves created a strong bond with the architecture itself.
This study aims to observe the relationship between the Tuskish tent culture with the choice 
and usage of textile materials providing a timeline of the nomadic culture transforming into a 
modern society as well as prodividing an orientation on how the nomadic tent culture 
influenced modern day architecture and textile art interaction.