A cylindrical hat worn in North Africa and the Middle East, especially a red fez or similar traditional headwear.
From Arabic and Turkish origins, borrowed into French and then English. The word describes various cylindrical cap styles traditional to Islamic cultures.
The chechia became a symbol of cultural identity so powerful that Ottoman rulers used hat reforms to modernize—changing what people wore on their heads could signal political change more dramatically than any decree.
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