Türk-Yunan Nüfus Mübadelesi Öncesi Konya ve Sille Rumlarının Giyim-Kuşamları

Abstract

AbstractIt is known that Greeks were the most populous minority group who lived in the Ottoman Empire. Greek groups were located in different parts of Anatolia and Thrace in this period. It is mentioned in the historical sources that Konya also was one of the regions which was populated with Greek groups. This study was designed to shed light on the historical past and to reflect the clothing characteristics of a minority group that lived within the Ottoman Empire. It is also aimed to analyze the clothings of the Greek female immigrants who immigrated to Greece from Konya which was an important province in the Ottoman Empire during the “Greek-Turkish Population Exchange”. In accordance with this purpose, two pieces of traditional indoor clothings used for special days belonging to Greek women who lived in Konya and Sille regions which are in the “National Historical Museum’s” clothing collection inventory in Athens today were included in the research. In terms of historical and cultural values, these clothings were interpreted additionally supported with period photographs from the “Asia Minor Research Centre” archive in Athens and informations from the source persons. According to obtained data from the most important clothing and photograph archives of Greece, this study is of importance as it contains Greek women’s clothing and accessory samples, period photographs and informations from the source persons about Greek female clothings before the immigration period.