When is istanbul tulip festival 2017

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Akodessawa Market in Lome. Halloween decorations in Virginia. San Francisco Cable Car. Tulips have a significant place in Turkish culture and since the 12th century, they have been widely used in Turkish and Islamic arts. The flower, frequently mentioned in the poems of famous mystic Mawlana Jalaluddin Rumi - who lived in Konya where Istanbul Tulip Festival's flowers were brought from - was a common theme in Turkish literature.

However, its popularity peaked in the 18th century with the newfound interest of the Ottoman elite in the flower that coined the phrase "Tulip Era. It is a boost for the economy as tens of thousands of people worked as tulip growers.

Ahmed III imported millions of bulbs from Holland, where the Dutch had become masters of large-scale bulb production long before the Skagit Valley was to achieve that distinction.

Most of the bulbs had been grown in place, but these were supplemented by thousands of cut stems held in glass bottles; the scale of the display was further compounded by mirrors placed strategically around the garden. Each variety was marked with a label made from silver filigree. In place of every fourth flower a candle, its wick trimmed to tulip height, was set into the ground.