ires , ▁such ▁as ▁for ▁happiness ▁and ▁children ; ▁others , ▁for ▁protection ▁against ▁thre ats ▁such ▁as ▁wol ves ▁( to ▁the ▁f lock s ) ▁and ▁sc orp ions , ▁or ▁against ▁the ▁evil ▁eye . ▁These ▁mot ifs ▁were ▁often ▁combined ▁when ▁w oven ▁into ▁patterns ▁on ▁kil ims . ▁With ▁the ▁f ading ▁of ▁trib al ▁and ▁village ▁cult ures ▁in ▁the ▁ 2 0 th ▁century , ▁the ▁mean ings ▁of ▁kil im ▁patterns ▁have ▁also ▁f aded . ▁ ▁In ▁these ▁trib al ▁soci eties , ▁women ▁w ove ▁kil ims ▁at ▁different ▁stages ▁of ▁their ▁lives , ▁choosing ▁them es ▁appropriate ▁to ▁their ▁own ▁circumstances . ▁Some ▁of ▁the ▁mot ifs ▁used ▁are ▁w ides p read ▁across ▁An atol ia ▁and ▁sometimes ▁across ▁other ▁regions ▁of ▁West ▁Asia , ▁but ▁patterns ▁vary ▁between ▁tribes ▁and ▁villages , ▁and ▁r ugs ▁often ▁expressed ▁personal ▁and ▁social ▁meaning . ▁ ▁Context ▁ ▁A ▁Turkish ▁kil im ▁is ▁a ▁flat - w oven ▁rug ▁from ▁An atol ia . ▁Although ▁the ▁name ▁kil im ▁is ▁sometimes ▁used ▁lo os ely ▁in ▁the ▁West ▁to ▁include ▁all ▁type ▁of ▁rug ▁such ▁as ▁cic im , ▁pal az , ▁sou m ak ▁and ▁z ili , ▁in ▁fact ▁any ▁type ▁other ▁than ▁p ile ▁car p ets , ▁the ▁name ▁kil im ▁properly ▁denotes ▁a ▁specific ▁we aving ▁technique . ▁Cic im , ▁pal az , ▁sou m ak ▁and ▁z ili ▁are ▁made ▁using ▁three ▁groups ▁of ▁threads ,