A barrel maker sanding the surface of a wooden barrel in his workshop.
Cihan Dinç, barrel maker
A smelter preparing the furnace to melt brass.
Ümit Kalender, brass smelter
An ironsmith is working on a piece of iron and using tools to shape the metal.
Hasan Görmez, ironsmith
A traditional feltmaker is wetting and preparing the felt laid flat on the ground.
Sadık Karabulut, feltmaker
Cemil Tolga, a 90 year old wooden clog maker working on a clog shoe.
Cemil Tolga, wooden clog maker
a tinsmith working on a large metal bowl over the fire.. There is visible smoke from the process of tinsmithing.
İsmet Köseoğlu, tinsmith
A harnessmaker stitching a harness in his workshop. The harnesses are used mainly with horses in the area.
Burhan Nançoğlu, harnessmaker
A master potter shaping a large clay pot.
Taner Yılmaz, master potter
A quilt maker or yorgancı as they are called in Turkish producing a large piece of quilt.
Günay Acar, quilt maker
A shoemaker working on repairing a shoe.
Mehmet Baylan, shoemaker
A saddlemaker or saddler in his workshop producing a saddle for horses and donkeys.
Ahmet Bak, saddler
A lapel pin maker painting and decorating pins.
Recep Ürek, lapel pin maker
A luthier sanding the surface of a custom oud.
Necati Gürbüz, luthier
A watch repairman taking a close look at a watch.
Abdullah Korkmaz, watch repairman
A smelter preparing the sandcasts before pouring molten brass into them.
Esad Adıgüzel, smelter
A tailor working on a piece of cloth using his sewing machine.
Reşat Yoğurtçuoğlu, tailor
A tinsmith with a large metal piece on the stove.
Halil İbrahim Çoban, tinsmith
A tinsmith with a hammer working on shaping a piece of hot iron.
Ömer Akdemir, ironsmith
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