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Beledi Weaving - Tire

Beledi Weaving - Tire

12. 03.2021

Beledi dokuması Türkiye'nin en eski pamuklu dokumalarından biridir. Temelleri 16. yüzyıla kadar dayanmaktadır. Tarihi kayıtlarda bu dokuma türüne Tire ve Bursa’da rastlanmaktadır. Bugün sadece Tire'de devam etmektedir.

Eldoku, Tire gezisinde bu harika dokumaları 5. kuşak olarak devam eden ve yeniden canlandırmaya çalışan genç Nurefşan Yaykal'ı ziyaret etti ve beledi dokumanın hikayesini ondan dinledi:


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Eldoku now in the Historic Pilavoğlu Han

Eldoku now in the Historic Pilavoğlu Han

Pilavoğlu Han (shelter) was built in the 16th or 17th Century to host visitors in Ankara. Nowadays it is meeting point and workplace for artists and artisans.

You can find this historic place in Ulus, the oldest part of town, right across from the Koç Museum. 

Huge wooden gates adorn both entrances of the structure and welcome visitors to stroll through the passage, lined with quaint little shops and workshops.

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Summer House Guests - Featuring K250 Oasis Brewer

Summer House Guests - Featuring K250 Oasis Brewer

We’re so excited! Our friend Kate from Domestikated Life is back and sharing gorgeous photos...

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Summer House Guests - Featuring K250 Oasis Brewer

Summer House Guests - Featuring K250 Oasis Brewer

We’re so excited! Our friend Kate from Domestikated Life is back and sharing gorgeous photos...

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Summer House Guests - Featuring K250 Oasis Brewer

Summer House Guests - Featuring K250 Oasis Brewer

We’re so excited! Our friend Kate from Domestikated Life is back and sharing gorgeous photos...

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Summer House Guests - Featuring K250 Oasis Brewer

Summer House Guests - Featuring K250 Oasis Brewer

We’re so excited! Our friend Kate from Domestikated Life is back and sharing gorgeous photos...

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A Sunday in Sigacik/Seferihisar

A Sunday in Sigacik/Seferihisar

Sigacik is a suburb of Seferihisar/Izmir, situated at the Mediterranean coast. The harbour and the old city walls are approximately 2000 years old and date back to the Northern Harbour of the ancient town of Teos. The fortification was reconstructed and enhanced in 1521/22 by an order of Sultan Süleyman and carried out by Parlak Mustafa Pasa to facilitate the conquest of Rhode.

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The Art of Textile Printing – A Workshop with Veliye Marti

The Art of Textile Printing – A Workshop with Veliye Marti

ELDOKU spent an extraordinary weekend, a very interesting and extremly productive experience, at the Open Air Museum YASAM KÖY (Living Village), close to Beypazari/ Macun Köy. The workshop took place under the leadership of the artist Veliye Marti.

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Soap, Soap, Soap (April 2017)

Soap, Soap, Soap (April 2017)

Soap, soap, soap....

Bademler Soap

Did you know, that in the small village of Bademler soap is still produced by using the method of the very acient times and sold on the weekly market?

They use the ashes of an oak tree and pour water on top.

This brine is mixed with olive oil and the result is the soap on the picture.


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Eldoku in the Aegean Area (April 2017)

Eldoku in the Aegean Area (April 2017)

The warm season with its different aktivities has started in the Aegean area . After a long and quite cold winter everybody enjoys being outside under the warming sun. Street parties are inviting people everywhere for a walk outside.

Eldoku as well joined the colourful buzz of the local activities. At the weekly market in Bademler we met Fatih Alpgiray (www.eniyisielisi.com), a woodworker, whom we already knew from last year. Again he was selling wonderful pieces of turned wood and fine workmanship of wood.
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