Türkiye · Metal craft; Coppersmithing; Turkish heritage
Gaziantep Bakırcılığı — Türk Bakır El Sanatı Geleneği
The Gaziantep coppersmithing tradition — the production of the distinctive Southern Turkish hammered copper objects (trays, pots, ewers, and decorative objects) in the historic bakır çarşısı (copper market) of Gaziantep, whose specific combination of repoussé decoration and surface patina creates the defining Turkish copper craft vocabulary. The Gaziantep bakırcı reads the correct copper sheet temper through the same flex-and-return assessment as the Ioannina Greek copper (CRAFT-1564) but calibrated to the specific Turkish copper gauge used for the Gaziantep decorative tray tradition.
Risk level: Endangered · Not listed; Gaziantep coppersmithing on the Turkish national heritage inventory
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