Abstract:

Turkish clothing has a rich cultural heritage that is reflected in the variety and wealth of the local textiles and clothing. The Great Seljuks, Anatolian Seljuks, and the Ottoman Empire all adopted Central Asian art and dress customs. Reforms were implemented along the way, and republican trends emerged as Turkey transitioned from the Ottoman Empire to the Republic of Turkey. The study focuses on the clothing culture and fashion of Turks. The value and wealth of Turkish weaving and clothing, the impact it has had on Europe and other parts of the world, and the fashion, therefore its importance, and the necessity of taking place in fashion museums as a cultural heritage based on this importance are mentioned in this reading, which is made with the outlines of the history of Turkish clothing. The author's clothing and fashion exhibitions, site visits, contextual and spatial observations, and determinations made between 2018 and 2023 in ethnography, history, city, and related museums, institutions, and events were all included in the study. With the literature review, information was gathered by researching clothing and fashion exhibitions and documents, study data were evaluated with descriptive research, and clothing and fashion exhibitions were classified as contextual and spatial. To provide a rich museum experience within the framework of the new museology, clothing, fashion, and textile history museums should be created, but without sacrificing the museum's objects, textiles, accessories, and clothing, which are cultural heritage worth exhibiting and can be read with the traces and continuity of the chronology of Turkish clothing history, which is also active in the virtual environment through its content and information sharing.

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