The period of the Armenian Genocide from 1894-1923 saw a demographic change in the hitherto Armenian tradition of rug and carpet making in Anatolia ( Western Armenia as well as Turkey ) . Even though carpets from this region had established the commercial name of " Turkish Carpet " there is evidence to suggest that the majority of weavers in the Ottoman Empire were Armenians . However , after 1923 , carpet making in the newly established Turkish republic was erroneously declared a " historically Turkish craft " as is claimed , for example , by the Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum where many Armenian carpets are depicted as " Turkish or Islamic art "
Armenian Genocide
Armenian Genocide
Armenian carpet