KULA
Kula, a town of Manisa in the Aegean Region
is one of the oldest carpet manufacturing
places. Many characteristic designs have
come out from Kula. The rugs of Ghiordes,
together with those of Kula and Ladik, have
long been especially prized in the Middle
East, as well as in Europe and the United
States. Some of them date from the last
decades of the 18th century, borrowing
elements from much earlier Ottoman
