Live tulip carpet installed in Istanbul’s Sultanahmet Square

Live tulip carpet installed in Istanbul’s Sultanahmet Square

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The world’s largest “carpet” of live tulips was “rolled out” in Sultanahmet Square on Thursday, April 25, with an induction by new Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoğlu. Click through for the story in photos...
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Measuring about 1,400 square meters, the carpet is made of about 640,000 tulips and designed in the pattern of a Turkish rug.
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It took two and half days to complete and cost a total of about 1.2 million Turkish liras. The Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality has billed it as the world’s largest tulip carpet. (Photo: Demirören News Agency)
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The public can view the living carpet until April 30 in Sultanahmet Square - also home to the Blue Mosque and Hagia Sophia. (Photo: Demirören News Agency)
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As part of the month-long festival April 1-30, hundreds of thousands of tulips are planted in different squares, parks and other public spaces around the city. (Photo: Demirören News Agency)
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Tulip fanfare has been part of the culture in Istanbul for hundreds of years. (Photo: Demirören News Agency)
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The flower was emblematic of the Ottoman Empire, circa 1300 to 1920. (Photo: Demirören News Agency)
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Contrary to popular impression, tulips originated in the Ottoman Empire, not in the Netherlands. (Photo: Demirören News Agency)
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Newly elected Istanbul Mayor Imamoğlu attended the opening ceremony of the carpet on April 25. (Photo: Demirören News Agency)
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“The world’s largest tulip carpet for the 5th time in Sultanahmet Square,” İmamoğlu wrote on Twitter. (Photo: Anadolu Agency)
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