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Afyon Kilim from Ed Krayer
Afyon is now more commonly called Afyonkarahisar.
Afyon means opium and kara hisar is Turkish for black
castle. The blak castle is a major landmark in
Afyonkarahisar. Afyon is east of Usag (Ushak) and north
of Salar. The area had a significant significant Turkmen
population going back to Seljuk times and Salar takes it
name from the Turkmen tribe that we know as the Salor of
Turkmenistan and the Salghurids of Fars. Afyon is
historically the center of the Turkish opium region and
gains special importance because it is at the hub of the
old caravan routes from Ankara to Izmir and from Istanbul
to Antalya which today are major highways.
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Afyon Kilims
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