{"title":"Baş Başa Prayer Rugs","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"zade-serisi-lacivert-yun-tezgah-dokuma-hali-seccade","title":"Navy Wool Loom-Woven Prayer Rug, Baş Başa","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe name is a Turkish phrase. Baş başa — head to head — is what Halıcızade calls the state of a person left alone with their own soul and with the Creator, and it names this loom-woven prayer rug: wool surface over a cotton foundation, 80 × 130 cm (2'7\" × 4'3\"), woven in Anatolia, deep navy under a broad red field with one small red point in the middle.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe navy is not flat. Tones move inside it, and the effect is nearer to water than to sky — motion held still. The red band across the upper part rises out of that quiet like a line of light along a night horizon. The point in the middle does the actual work here: it gathers the attention and gives it somewhere to settle. Everything else has been taken away deliberately.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe surface is wool and the foundation cotton, loom-woven in Anatolia with hand and machine each doing part of the job. Once it leaves the loom the fringes are handed to women in nearby villages and knotted strand by strand. Shedding and dust release are both slight, which matters in something rolled and unrolled every day. Professional washing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eLoom-woven in Anatolia, machine and hand work combined.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eWool surface on a cotton foundation — matte, firm, natural in handle.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e80 × 130 cm.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eDeep navy ground, a broad red field above it, one small red point in the middle.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eThe design was reduced on purpose, to leave as little as possible to look at.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eFringe work done off the loom, by hand, in local households.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eVery little shedding.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eProfessional washing.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat does Baş Başa mean?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is Turkish for head to head, or alone together. Halıcızade uses the phrase for the condition of a person who has withdrawn from everything else to be with their own soul and with the Creator. The rug is named for that condition, not for a place or a pattern.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy is this prayer rug so plain?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBecause the design is doing the opposite of decorating. Pattern and color have been reduced to a navy ground, one red field and a single red point, so that there is almost nothing on the surface to hold the eye. The point in the middle is the only thing left to look at.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cscript type=\"application\/ld+json\"\u003e\n{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@type\":\"FAQPage\",\"mainEntity\":[{\"@type\":\"Question\",\"name\":\"What does Baş Başa mean?\",\"acceptedAnswer\":{\"@type\":\"Answer\",\"text\":\"It is Turkish for head to head, or alone together. 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The point in the middle is the only thing left to look at.\"}}]}\n\u003c\/script\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEvery loop of it was tied in Anatolia, and the thing it was made to hold is a few minutes of quiet.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HALICIZADE","offers":[{"title":"Navy Blue \/ 80 X 130","offer_id":48510765138153,"sku":"HALZAD000032.01","price":14000.0,"currency_code":"TRY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0565\/9682\/4258\/files\/ZadeSerisiLacivertYunTezgahDokumaHaliSeccade_1.webp?v=1751104579"},{"product_id":"zade-serisi-yun-lacivert-tezgah-dokuma-hali-seccade","title":"Navy Wool Loom-Woven Prayer Rug, Baş Başa Series","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBaş Başa means being alone with oneself, with one's soul and with one's Creator, and the prayer rug named after it is drawn to that: a navy wool loom-woven prayer rug, plain across the whole field, with a single red mark set where the forehead rests in prostration. Wool surface, cotton foundation, woven on looms in Anatolia.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAlmost every prayer rug carries an arch, a lamp, columns, a border of writing. This one refuses all of it. Navy fills the field the way an unlit sky does, and the single red point is the only thing to look at — placed exactly where the eyes rest in prostration, so that the design does the work of gathering attention instead of dividing it. The absence of pattern is the design decision, and it is a braver one than it looks in a category where ornament is expected.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt is woven on looms in Anatolia, and afterwards the fringes are knotted by hand, one at a time, by women in the district — the same finishing the house uses on its rugs. Wool gives the surface a matt, firm hand with no shine to it; cotton underneath keeps it flat and square, which matters more on a prayer rug than on anything else in a house. The pile is low and drops very little. It should be professionally washed rather than put through anything at home.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eLoom-woven in Anatolia, machine structure with hand finishing.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eWool surface over a cotton foundation — matt, firm, and without shine.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eNavy throughout, with a single red mark at the point of prostration.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eNo arch, no lamp, no border figures; the plainness is the design.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eFringes knotted individually by women in the district.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eLow pile with very little drop, and it lies flat and square.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eProfessional washing rather than anything domestic.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMost prayer rugs are made to be looked at; this one was made to be knelt on and then forgotten about, which is the harder brief.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HALICIZADE","offers":[{"title":"Navy Blue \/ 80 X 130","offer_id":48510766153961,"sku":"HALZAD000033.01","price":14000.0,"currency_code":"TRY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0565\/9682\/4258\/files\/ZadeSerisiYunLacivertTezgahDokumaHaliSeccade_1.webp?v=1751105598"},{"product_id":"sade-desenli-tencel-siyah-tezgah-dokuma-seccade-hali","title":"Black Plain Loom-Woven Tencel® Prayer Rug, Baş Başa Series","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThere is one of this in stock. A plain black prayer rug from the Baş Başa series, Tencel® and cotton, measuring 80 × 130 cm, or 2'7\" by 4'3\", made in Anatolia, with a thin mark set where the forehead comes down and nothing else on the surface at all.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBlack is the harder of the two colors the series is made in, and it works for the opposite reason white does. White brightens a room; black closes it, and shuts out what is going on around it. The surface is entirely uninterrupted, so there is no drawing to follow and no border to reach the end of, and the single mark is the only thing that asks for the eye. That is the whole design, and it took more restraint than a pattern would have.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe technique is loom-woven — machine and hand together in the Anatolian workshop tradition — and the fringes are added last, knotted separately by women in the region. Tencel® and cotton are soft to the hand and firm in the weave, and the rug keeps its shape over years with nothing more than professional cleaning. A black prayer rug shows dust and lint sooner than a pale one does, and it is fair to say so before you buy it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eLoom-woven in Anatolia, with machine and hand work on the same piece.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eTencel® and cotton; a wool-free surface.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eEntirely plain black, with one fine mark at the point of prostration.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eA single size, 80 × 130 cm.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eFringes knotted separately by women in the district.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eA dark surface shows lint sooner than a light one.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eOne piece in stock.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eProfessional cleaning; vacuum it often between times.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOf the two colors in the series this is the one people buy for themselves rather than as a gift.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HALICIZADE","offers":[{"title":"Black \/ 80 X 130","offer_id":49253681955049,"sku":"ZADSEC000001.01","price":14000.0,"currency_code":"TRY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0565\/9682\/4258\/files\/SadeDesenliTencelSiyahTezgahDokumaSeccadeHali_1.webp?v=1761825995"},{"product_id":"sade-desenli-kahverengi-yun-tezgah-dokuma-seccade-hali","title":"Brown Plain Loom-Woven Wool Prayer Rug, Baş Başa Series","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNothing is drawn on this prayer rug except one small mark, set where the forehead comes down. It is loom-woven in Anatolia in wool and cotton, in plain brown, 80 × 130 cm (2'7\" × 4'3\"), and the emptiness of the surface is the design rather than an absence of one.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBrown is the choice a plain prayer rug wants, because it holds a room's warmth without asking for attention, and because the eye finds nothing on it to follow. That is the whole intention of the Baş Başa series: fewer things to look at, so that what is left is the rhythm of the prayer itself. The single mark is not decoration and not a mihrab arch — it is a point of orientation, quiet enough that it never interrupts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWool and cotton, worked on Anatolian looms where machine structure and hand finishing meet, and the fringes are knotted afterward by women in the region, one at a time. Wool at this weight keeps its shape for years of daily kneeling, which is the practical argument for a wool prayer rug over a thin printed one. It sheds very little.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat does Baş Başa mean?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBaş Başa is Turkish for being alone together — head to head. The series is named for the state it was made to support: a person, their own spirit, and their Creator, with nothing else in the room. The design follows from the name, which is why the surface carries almost nothing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy is there only one mark on the rug?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe mark sits at the point where the forehead touches the rug during prostration. It gives the eye one place to settle and the body one place to return to. Traditional prayer rugs carry a mihrab arch and a full border; this one carries a single point instead, deliberately.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eLoom-woven in Anatolia, with machine structure and hand finishing.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eWool and cotton, giving a matt and sturdy surface.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003ePlain brown, with one mark at the point of prostration and no other pattern.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e80 × 130 cm — the standard proportion for one person.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eFringes knotted individually by women in the region.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eIt sheds very little.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eProfessional washing when it needs it.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cscript type=\"application\/ld+json\"\u003e\n{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@type\":\"FAQPage\",\"mainEntity\":[{\"@type\":\"Question\",\"name\":\"What does Baş Başa mean?\",\"acceptedAnswer\":{\"@type\":\"Answer\",\"text\":\"Baş Başa is Turkish for being alone together — head to head. 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This is its white version: a plain prayer rug in Tencel® and cotton, 2'7\" × 4'3\" — 80 × 130 cm — loom-woven in Anatolia, with a single fine mark placed where the forehead rests.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEverything has been taken off the surface except one line of red, and the point of the emptiness is practical rather than decorative — with nothing to look at, the eye stops wandering. The mark at the forehead does the one job a pattern is needed for here: it fixes the place without interrupting anything. White carries this better than any other color, because it gives a room brightness and asks for nothing in return.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLoom-woven in Anatolia, machine and hand labor working the same piece, and the fringes are tied afterward, singly, by weavers in the district. Both fibers in it come from plants, and the two together give the surface a soft warmth under the hand and a firm weave that holds its shape. It is a common gift, and it survives being one. Professional cleaning will keep it in form for years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eLoom-woven in Anatolia, machine and hand labor combined.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eTencel® and cotton fibers; contains no wool.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eA plain white surface with one thin red line and a mark at the point where the forehead rests.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eWoven at 80 × 130 cm.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eFringes tied individually by women in the region.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eStripped of pattern and color deliberately, to keep the eye still.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eProfessional cleaning, and nothing harsher.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMost prayer rugs are designed to be looked at; this one is designed to stop being noticed after the first minute.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HALICIZADE","offers":[{"title":"White \/ 80 X 130","offer_id":49253722357993,"sku":"ZADSEC000005.01","price":14000.0,"currency_code":"TRY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0565\/9682\/4258\/files\/SadeDesenliTencelBeyazTezgahDokumaSeccadeHali_1.webp?v=1761830457"},{"product_id":"soyut-desenli-tencel-yesil-tezgah-dokuma-seccade-hali","title":"Green Abstract Tencel® Prayer Rug, Baş Başa Series","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGreen holds most of the length of this prayer rug and a russet band closes the top of it, the two meeting without an outline anywhere between them. Tencel® and cotton, loom-woven in Anatolia, and 80 × 130 cm (2'7\" × 4'3\") overall, marked once where the forehead comes to rest.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAbstract here means the colors move rather than the shapes: no motif, no arch drawn in outline, only a soft transition from one tone to the next that gives the eye nothing to catch on. That is the point of the design — during prayer, a surface with less movement in it is a surface that takes less attention. The russet at the head end warms the green and keeps a cool color from going cold.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTencel® comes off wood pulp and lies smooth against skin, which matters on a rug that the forehead and the palms touch. The loom is Anatolian, the finishing is done by hand, and the result carries the familiar look of a hand-woven piece with the evenness of a woven one. Kept clean by a professional, it holds its surface for a long time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eLoom-woven in Anatolia — machine structure, hand finishing.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eTencel® and cotton, smooth against the skin.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eGreen through the body with a russet band at the head end, and no drawn outline.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eA single mark where the forehead rests.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e80 × 130 cm, the classic prayer rug proportion.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eWool-free.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eCleaning by a professional keeps the surface even.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt is the version of this series for someone who finds even a mihrab arch too much to look at.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HALICIZADE","offers":[{"title":"Green \/ 80 X 130","offer_id":49253740183785,"sku":"ZADSEC000006.01","price":14000.0,"currency_code":"TRY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0565\/9682\/4258\/files\/SoyutDesenliTencelYesilTezgahDokumaBasBasaSeccade_1.webp?v=1776591935"},{"product_id":"soyut-desenli-yesil-tencel-tezgah-dokuma-seccade-hali","title":"Green and Red Abstract Tencel® Prayer Rug, Baş Başa Series","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTwo colors and a boundary you cannot quite locate: a calm green across the body of the rug, red where the head goes, and a blurred meeting between them. This is a Tencel® and cotton prayer rug from the Baş Başa series, loom-woven in Anatolia to the standard 80 × 130 cm (2'7\" × 4'3\") format.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRed at the head end is the older idea in this design. It marks the direction without an arch, and it does the work that a printed mihrab used to do on a mass-market prayer rug, with none of the drawn line. The green underneath it is unbroken. Set the rug down and there is only one place for the eye to go, which is what the small mark at the prostration point is for.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe fiber is Tencel® over cotton, so the hand is closer to a fine cloth than to a rug, and it stays cool in a warm room. Anatolian looms, with the ends knotted by hand afterward. Choosing this over the brown wool version of the same rug is a choice about feel rather than about quality — wool is warm and dense; this is smooth and light; neither is the better prayer rug.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eLoom-woven in Anatolia, ends knotted by hand.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eTencel® over cotton — light, smooth and cool in a warm room.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eGreen body with a red panel at the head end and no drawn arch.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eOne mark at the point of prostration.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e80 × 130 cm.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eWool-free; a different feel from the wool version, not a lesser one.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eHave it cleaned professionally rather than washing it at home.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePrayer rugs pick up the marks of a routine faster than any other rug in a house, and this one shows them at the head and the knees before anywhere else.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HALICIZADE","offers":[{"title":"Green \/ 80 X 130","offer_id":49253748211945,"sku":"ZADSEC000008.01","price":14000.0,"currency_code":"TRY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0565\/9682\/4258\/files\/SoyutDesenliYesilTencelTezgahDokumaSeccadeHali_1.webp?v=1761830845"},{"product_id":"soyut-desenli-tencel-kirmizi-tezgah-dokuma-seccade-hali","title":"Red Abstract Tencel® Prayer Rug, Baş Başa Series","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRed is the loudest color a prayer rug can be given and the hardest one to keep quiet, and the way it is handled here is by removing everything else: no arch, no border, no motif, only a graded red field of 80 × 130 cm (2'7\" × 4'3\") carrying one mark at the prostration point. 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Baş Başa describes a person alone with themselves, with their spirit and with their Creator, and this prayer rug is built to leave nothing else in the frame: green run through with cream and blue in horizontal bands, a single mark where the forehead comes down, 80 × 130 cm (2'7\" × 4'3\") of Tencel® yarn loom-woven in Anatolia.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHorizontal is the useful direction here. The bands run across the rug rather than along it, so the eye travels the short way and stops, and the cream keeps the green from massing. Blue enters only in thin passages and is easy to miss until the light is low. Nothing on the surface is drawn in outline.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMade from natural yarns with Tencel® in them, which is where the softness comes from — the contact against skin is close to silk rather than to wool, and there is no scratch anywhere on it. Anatolian looms give it a character borrowed from hand-woven rugs without pretending to be one. 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