TRT World - Author: Zeki Tarik Sarioglu

Zeki Tarik Sarioglu

Zeki Tarik Sarioglu

Zeki Tarik Sarioglu is a producer at TRT World

Zeki Tarik Sarioglu is a producer at TRT World

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‘How can anyone leave their ancestral home?’: A custodian of Yoruk culture in the Taurus Mountains

Recognised as a Living Human Treasure of Türkiye, Osman Kirca has spent decades preserving the music, traditions and nomadic heritage of the Yoruks in the Taurus Mountains, using his three-stringed baglama.

‘How can anyone leave their ancestral home?’: A custodian of Yoruk culture in the Taurus Mountains

‘How can anyone leave their ancestral home?’: A custodian of Yoruk culture in the Taurus Mountains

‘I don't want this craft to disappear’: The last keeper of Türkiye’s creaking boots

Mustafa Karpuzcu is the last master of accordion-style boots in Kusadasi, preserving a centuries-old craft once associated with the Efe fighters of western Türkiye as younger generations turn away from traditional trades.

‘I don't want this craft to disappear’: The last keeper of Türkiye’s creaking boots

‘I don't want this craft to disappear’: The last keeper of Türkiye’s creaking boots