Traditional Turkish Wedding Dresses & Turkish Bridal Wear

The traditional Turkish Wedding Dresses & Regional Turkish Bridal Wear (From 18th Century to our day)

In the Ottoman Empire, there were women in the different regional costumes.
The Anatolian woman crochets with a very fine needle from ornamental flower pattern pointed to the headscarf have been sewn. And they also do not forget to between real flowers stuck into the hair.

If it was the bride, she sewed her entire wealth such as gold and silver coins to her headscarf. Gold in the curriculum vitae of Turkish women is a very special significance. When a baby comes to the world, it is by relatives and acquaintances with gold recipient. The new mother gets both by their own mother as the mother and her husband, a gold bracelet. The most interesting is an engagement or wedding to see the relatives and acquaintances show their solidarity with the bride and Treat them with either a gold bracelet or gold coins as a sign of their support for the newly created marriage.




Traditional Turkish Wedding Dresses
Istanbul bride:
Bright pink silk satin with silver stitching.
Benaeht veil with silver jewelry






















Traditional Turkish Wedding Dresses
Rumeli region, silk blouse and Schalvar
Burgundy silk velvet jacket.
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Traditional Turkish Wedding Dresses

Young girls
by Rumeli
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Traditional Turkish Wedding Dresses

Ankara bride (left) Red velvet bridal dress
With gold coins objects headdress
Moon has a star motif.
Konak Bride (right) dark velvet dress,
Interior silk blouse.

When the old Turk was the red bridal veil as a symbol. In the towns and villages earlier every bride wore necessarily a red Turkish bridal veil, with small silver pieces adorned war. The model of the headdress was from one place to another. If we continue to Central Anatolia to the east drive, we see that the number of jewels still enlarged. At that time, the Civil woman next to her golden or silver headdress and a small hat, with the peak of silk yarn in the form of roses or carnations was decorated motifs. Partially were also diamond needles inserted into the hair.

Traditional Turkish Wedding Dresses


Aegean region: Turkmen bride:

The silk blouse or''bürümcük ", manufactured from a very thin fabric made of silk and cotton, had always been a decollete, so the new bride and her gold chains and coins could show. In the village loses the "bürümcük" blouse in their place''mintan''said blouse.

But we always see the many chains of gold and silver. They also had gold and silver belt, which at the waist on a''uckur''said cloth belts were worn. In the last two centuries, the colors and design of the substances according to the fashion tastes changed. In the 19th century elmasiye''was''a very popular substance consisting of gold and silver yarn, woven and often dress for the bride was used. Later, we see garments from velvet,''''bindalli called.








Traditional Turkish Wedding Dresses
Bride from Kütahya-Simav:
With silver thread woven wedding dress and silver belt











Traditional Turkish Wedding Dresses
Konak lady from Istanbul:
Striped silk bürümcük''''
Silk blouse, in purple silk with
Gold and silver Sewn caftan''''design, long jacket.













Traditional Turkish Wedding Dresses

Bride from Trabzon:
Silk blouse and pearls on the collar.
Headdress made from 210 gold coins.






Traditional Turkish Wedding Dresses
Canakkale-bride from Biga:

Headdress made of gold coins
and red bridal veil

Traditional Turkish Wedding Dresses

Bride from Bodrum:
With bluefin veil and
Fresh flowers.

Traditional Turkish Wedding Dresses
Recently bride became Mrs.
of Gaziantep:
With silver headdress
and colors from Anatolia.

In the 20th century influenced the European fashion with her white wedding dresses even the appearance of the Turkish bridal veil. They were now beige-colored, but the silver coins and decorative floral arrangement from Hungary remained. The Ottoman village woman had her most comfortable clothes in everyday life. The Konak lady had this in their everyday dress made of velvet and silk.

In what time we are, our women are like yesterday, today their tasks. The mothers give the customs and traditions to their daughters on. This creates a common understanding of life, the generations are closely linked. This is reflected in the colorful clothing of our village women, in a carnation in the hair in a silk cloth on his head ..... and our jewelry, which is also an expression of our love.