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The last saddlers of Mardin
When the saddle-making profession has succumbed to time, the last two masters continue their profession with alternative products such as bags and ornaments.In Mardin, which is one of the important centers of handicrafts, when saddle-making or palan making fell out of time, dozens of masters were unemployed. According to the
Shaping clay soil for 72 years: My master migrated, my profession remained
Uncle Şeyhmus, who continued this job for a while after his master migrated, later worked at the Provincial Directorate of Agriculture. He continued his pottery business in the small workshop he opened right after his retirement. Uncle Şeyhmus says that the people he took with him as apprentices migrated from
Mardin’s skillful hands: they engrave the traces of civilizations into wood
Mehmet Selim Gökçen, who has been a master of plasterboard and suspended ceilings for 20 years, carries the remnants of civilizations that have left a mark on wood with the art of “Wood Etching” he has made in Mardin for 10 years. Gökçen said, “Many civilizations that ruled here have
It hosts 700 years of madrasah to centuries-old weaving culture
In the historical building built on the ruins of the 700-year-old Muzafferiye Madrasah in the Ottoman period in Mardin, the old weaving types of Mardin, Siirt and Şırnak regions come to life with the same methods. The old forgotten weaving types of the Southeast, which has been a cradle to
Sabuncu Mehmet Dede: We revived the forgotten culture
Since 1983, in the middle of the old Mardin Bazaar, we see a small, two-storey soap shop named “Mehmet Dede”. I’m done with what comes in, an intense blend of almond and tar scents welcomes you. Because the content of the soaps it produces is natural, this shop has been
Application will be made to UNESCO with the theme of “artisanal folk arts” in Mardin
Mardin Metropolitan Municipality continues to work at full speed for the application to be made to the UNESCO Creative Cities Network with the theme of “crafts and folk arts” in order to introduce the historical and cultural texture of the city to the world. Mardin Metropolitan Municipality continues its efforts
UNESCO Award for the Telkari Master from Mardin
Suphi Yerlihindi from Mardin, who has been dealing with the art of silver processing for 65 years, was awarded the Living Human Treasures award of UNESCO. Suphiyerli, who received the award from President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, regrets the decrease in the interest in silver embroidery. Filigree is a silver embroidery
9 churches and monasteries in Mardin entered the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List
The fact that the Late Antique and Medieval Church-Monasteries, located in the region of Mardin called “Tur Abdin”, were included in the UNESCO World Heritage Temporary List was welcomed in the city. The announcement by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism that Mardin Midyat Surroundings (Tur Abdin) Late Antique and