In the ethnographical section of the Ereğli Municipal Museum, which is housed in a large three-story ‘konak’ (mansion) built in the late 19th century by Halil Paşa Karamahmutoğlu.

On the picture: Two women in the mid-19th century traditional dresses from the region of Zonguldak and Bartın.
In between them stands a copper ‘mangal’ (traditional indoor BBQ or chafing dish).

Correspondent: J.M.Criel, Antwerpen.
Source: The Kavak Collection of Anatolian Costumes, Antwerpen/Belgium
& Website of ‘kulturvarliklari.gov.tr’ .