Turkish Silver Jewellery Turkey has a great jewellery tradition. All of the civilisations which have inhabited Anatolia had produced numerous objects for both religious and artistic purposes. People worked with metals, sometimes including precious and semi-precious stones. Hittites, Urartians, Phrygians, Ionians, Lydians, Romans, Byzantines, Seljuks and Ottomans all established their rule in Anatolia and created their own jewellery styles. Today, the Turkish jewellery industry reflects a rich cultural heritage combined with modern innovative designs and technology. The industry has a significant accumulation of knowledge, has its own production techniques and product designs. The Turkish jewellery industry includes some tecniques particular to Turkey. Some of these are filigree(telkari), niello(savat), and wickerwork(hasir).