‘Baş Oda’ (main room) of the ‘Selamlık’ (non-private part of a large Ottoman house, where guests would be welcomed by the males of the household).

The costumes worn are a daily dress from small mountain towns, such as Keles (55 km south of Bursa). Except for the shirt (mid-20th century), made from cotton or wild silk, this dress is still sold in the Bursa market area today (more specifically in the socalled ‘Bit Pazarı’, where some of the old trades are concentrated).
The trousers and the sleeveless jacket are made from a thick woollen fabric that is almost 100% waterproof, and are part of the traditionnal festive man’s costume of the Keles region (see the picture of it at the Bursa Ethnographic Museum).

Correspondent: J.M.Criel, Antwerpen.
Source: The Kavak Collection of Anatolian Costumes, Antwerpen/Belgium.