Anatolia · Cosmos, sky and cycles

Çarkıfelek (wheel of fate)

Compass rose: the turning wheel of fate.

What does it mean?

The compass rose or çarkıfelek motif represents the wheel of fate and appears in the border bands of kilims ^[1]. The same name has also been given to the passionflower, whose flower resembles a wheel.

Related plants

Passionflower: Its Turkish name is çarkıfelek: the wheel shape of its flower shares its name with the motif.

Same theme

Yıldız (star)Su yolu (water path)Hayat ağacı (tree of life)Chakana (Andean cross)Lotus (nilüfer)Assyrian sacred tree Yggdrasil Kam drum (tüngür)

Sources

Hakkâri Kilimi coğrafi işaret tescil belgesi, Türk Patent ve Marka Kurumu, 2023

Drawing: Bitki Tabanı, interpreted from the traditional motif.