Steppe roots before Anatolia

Before the Turkic migration into Anatolia, the Turkic-speaking peoples lived as nomadic herders across the Central Asian steppe. Their material culture was practical and patient: felt, undyed wool, leather, wood. Decoration came in tamga — clan marks pressed or carved into objects to claim them as one's own.

This is the oldest layer Bithyné carries: not the ornament of palaces, but the discipline of the steppe. The brand returns to it through unbleached materials, archaic textures, and the principle that a thing should declare its origin without ornament.

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