* '''Muhammed Türk''': Carpet by designer Muhammad Türk took first place in the competition. He describes his design as a protest against the destruction of historical monuments by badly done restorations.
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* '''Muhammed Türk''': Carpet by designer Muhammad Türk took first place in the competition. He describes his design as a protest against the destruction of historical monuments by badly done restorations. He juxtaposed a central series of traditional Islamic geometrics done in a blood-hued red on a black background against a wash of blues and earth colors to represent the sweeping away of tangible evidences of the past.
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[[File:Muhammed Türk.jpg|center|300px|Muhammed Türk, Designer Carpet in Istanbul Carpet Week 2016]]