towel
Towels in Bursa, 18th century. It started to be woven on hand looms from the beginning of the century. The weaving methods of Bursa towels were taken from the Bursa velvet fabrics woven in the Ottoman and world palaces in the 15th century. Jacquard, embroidered and tasseled towels woven on traditional looms vary according to their usage areas. There are varieties such as bath towels, hand towels and head towels, as well as embroidered or plain tassels or without tassels, for daily use, special occasions, wedding and bridal baths, and as gifts. In Bursa's Grand Bazaar and Inns region, towel makers' bazaar, where only towels and bath materials are sold, sell towels designed and woven in factories, as well as towels woven with traditional methods. Bursa, where the Towel Cooperative was established in 1941 and modern towel weaving facilities were established, is today in an important place in world towel production.