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Culture · Türkiye

Music, dance, cuisine, literature, faith and crafts: a shared heritage thousands of years old.

Crafts

CraftEbru (Turkish marbling)The art of sprinkling paint onto thickened water to make patterns and transferring them to paper. UNESCO heritage since 2014.Read more →
CraftHüsn-i hat (Ottoman calligraphy)The art of beautiful writing in Arabic script with a reed pen, brought to its peak by Ottoman calligraphers. UNESCO heritage since 2021.Read more →
CraftKaragöz and HacivatTurkish shadow theatre: colourful figures cut from leather are moved behind a white screen. UNESCO heritage since 2009.Read more →
CraftMeddah storytellingFolk theatre in which one storyteller, holding a handkerchief and a stick, tells tales while imitating many voices. UNESCO heritage since 2008.Read more →
Craftİznik tiles and potteryTiles and pottery made in İznik in the 15th–17th centuries, famed for cobalt blue and "coral red".Read more →