Anatolian Tigers European Stability Initiative that was focused on Kayseri uses the term "Islamic Calvinists" to define the entrepreneurs and their values. Several business awards or conferences in Turkey draw reference from the term "Anatolian Tigers" or its variants. The term was copied after the "Asian Tigers". According to the 2005 Istanbul Chamber of Industry's annual ranking of Turkey's top 1000 industrial enterprises, the adjacent table contains cities which best fit the definition of Anatolian Tigers. Among these cities Trabzon has one company in top 25. Anatolian Tigers Anatolian Tigers () is a term internationally used in the context of the Turkish
Anatolian rug examples of Anatolian rugs known today date from the thirteenth century. Distinct types of rugs have been woven ever since in court manufactures and provincial workshops, village homes, tribal settlements, or in the nomad's tent. Rugs were simultaneously produced at all different levels of society, mainly using sheep wool, cotton and natural dyes. Anatolian rugs are most often tied with symmetrical knots, which were so widely used in the area that Western rug dealers in the early 20th century adopted the term "Turkish" or "Ghiordes" knot for the technique. From the 1870s onwards, the Ottoman court manufactures also produced silk-piled