İnanç Yıldız – Page 22

22.04.2025

Keeping Kurdish culture alive with handicrafts

İlyas Karagöz deals with handicrafts specific to Kurdish culture in his workshop he established in Suriçi, Diyarbakır. The jewelry he designs with his own hands, local clothes and traditional motifs he embroiders on stone are a reflection of his efforts to keep cultural values alive from the past to the present.

22.04.2025

Salih Kaya: This is not life, it really is not

Salih Kaya is 55 years old. He is one of the thousands of people who had to migrate from his village to Diyarbakır due to the conflicts that took place in the 1990s. Kaya, who only dealt with agriculture and animal husbandry in his village life, found a solution in buying a rickshaw to continue his life in the city.

22.04.2025

Resists time with scissors left by his master

Sait Bingöl is not just a barber; he is a witness to the silent flow of time in Suriçi, Diyarbakır. He has been continuing his barbering profession, which he started when he was only 7 years old, with the same passion for 67 years.

22.04.2025

Working to prevent the Deq culture from disappearing

Deq is a traditional tattoo culture that has existed in Mesopotamia for centuries. These tattoos, especially on certain parts of the body such as the hands, […]