# '''Muhammed Türk''': The Carpet ‘Destruction’ 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.<ref>http://rugnews.com/ME2/dirmod.asp?sid=0DAB59D70A93452A92E82D8312BEFBAA&nm=News+Archives&type=Publishing&mod=Publications%3A%3AArticle&mid=B057D339E04A4FFF99DB9FEEB9BDA02F&tier=4&id=F7B1F5E4248445F18807B13A9EDCD5E7</ref>
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* '''Muhammed Türk''': The Carpet ‘Destruction’ 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.<ref>http://rugnews.com/ME2/dirmod.asp?sid=0DAB59D70A93452A92E82D8312BEFBAA&nm=News+Archives&type=Publishing&mod=Publications%3A%3AArticle&mid=B057D339E04A4FFF99DB9FEEB9BDA02F&tier=4&id=F7B1F5E4248445F18807B13A9EDCD5E7</ref>
[[File:Muhammed Türk.jpg|center|300px|Muhammed Türk, Designer Carpet in Istanbul Carpet Week 2016]]
[[File:Muhammed Türk.jpg|center|300px|Muhammed Türk, Designer Carpet in Istanbul Carpet Week 2016]]
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# '''Senem Kula''': The carpet ‘Cycle’ by Senem Kula was took second place in the competition.<ref>https://theruggist.com/2017/01/over-turkish-coffee-in-istanbul.html</ref> She interwove strips of selvedges made of jute to make a lacy piece with irregular edges. It was her bid, she said, to "bring a modern alternative and different material to traditional methods.<ref>http://www.rugnews.com/ME2/Sites/dirmod.asp?sid=0DAB59D70A93452A92E82D8312BEFBAA&nm=&type=Publishing&mod=Publications%3A%3AArticle&mid=B057D339E04A4FFF99DB9FEEB9BDA02F&tier=4&id=F7B1F5E4248445F18807B13A9EDCD5E7&SiteID=RugNews%2ECom</ref>
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* '''Senem Kula''': The carpet ‘Cycle’ by Senem Kula was took second place in the competition.<ref>https://theruggist.com/2017/01/over-turkish-coffee-in-istanbul.html</ref> She interwove strips of selvedges made of jute to make a lacy piece with irregular edges. It was her bid, she said, to "bring a modern alternative and different material to traditional methods.<ref>http://www.rugnews.com/ME2/Sites/dirmod.asp?sid=0DAB59D70A93452A92E82D8312BEFBAA&nm=&type=Publishing&mod=Publications%3A%3AArticle&mid=B057D339E04A4FFF99DB9FEEB9BDA02F&tier=4&id=F7B1F5E4248445F18807B13A9EDCD5E7&SiteID=RugNews%2ECom</ref>