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TRADITIONAL TURKISH ARTS DEPARTMENT

The Traditional Turkish Arts Department of Karamanoğlu Mehmetbey University Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture was established with the decision of the Council of Ministers dated 22.09.2017 and numbered 2017/10975, published in the Official Gazette dated 26.12.2017 and numbered 30252. The Department has three main branches of art as Tile Design, Carpet-Rug Design and Illumination.

The aim of the department is to protect, preserve and pass on the traditional Turkish arts to future generations by using scientific and academic methods. One of our goals is to train conscious artists who will protect their culture, who will bring our cultural values back to society, who will make new, original designs by using the past and today's technologies without disturbing the tradition. In the light of scientific, artistic and cultural developments at national and international levels, our other goals are to keep Turkish art alive, develop it and represent it at the highest level by training talented artists/researchers who can bring different perspectives to science and art in the light of scientific, artistic and cultural developments at national and international levels, who can use the universal language of art, who have adopted the deep-rooted Turkish culture, who are sharing, participatory, self-sacrificing, who can combine the accumulation of the past with modern possibilities, who have a spirit of research.

 
 
Illumination Department
 
In addition to illumination, which is one of the arts of book decoration, applied and theoretical courses in miniature, calligraphy, marbling, kalemisi, restoration and conservation are given in the training programme of the Illumination Department. The aim of the Faculty of Fine Arts is to train artists who can achieve new interpretations by combining the classical training criteria and characteristics of Turkish art with the aesthetic understanding of the times.  Graduates of the department are entitled to a bachelor's degree and the title of artist.

Graduates can open their own workshops as independent artists or work as art consultants in private and public institutions.  They can work in museums, libraries and archives as experts in the conservation and repair of ancient artefacts. They can work as designers in factories or workshops producing textiles, tiles, carpets, etc. They can be academic staff in universities and research institutes. They can work as master instructors in private and public institutions, as researchers in the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, or as staff in the relevant units of the General Directorate of Fine Arts.

 
 

Carpet and Rug Design Department

The aim of this department is to train designers and artists who are familiar with the construction techniques, the meaning of colours and motifs, the historical processes, and the maintenance and repair methods of shuttle and kirkite weavings that have matured over the centuries. The aim is to provide students with theoretical instruction in materials, design, colour and technical information, as well as practical studies, and to offer training programmes that will help them acquire the necessary knowledge at an appropriate level.

 

Students who graduate from the Department of Carpet and Rug Design can open their own workshops as artists; they can work as art consultants in private and public institutions; they can work as researchers in libraries, museums, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, as staff in the relevant units of the General Directorate of Fine Arts; they can work as restoration and conservation specialists in public and private workshops and in the field of expertise. They can also work as academic staff in universities, training and research institutes related to the fine arts, and as designers, designers, master instructors in private and public institutions.

 
 
Tile Design Department
 
The aim of the Tile Design Department is to teach the traditional methods and techniques of tile art and to train staff capable of carrying out the conservation and restoration of tile objects that are historical artefacts. In addition to the survival of traditional tile art, the department's objectives include the training of artists who will contribute to contemporary tile art, the identification, documentation, conservation and restoration methods and techniques of artefacts that are in museums or have not yet reached museums.
 
Students who graduate from the Department of Tile Design can open their own workshops as artists; they can work as art consultants in private and public institutions; they can work as researchers in libraries, museums, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, as staff in the relevant units of the General Directorate of Fine Arts; they can work as restoration and conservation experts in public and private workshops, as well as in expertise. They can also work as academic staff in universities, training and research institutes related to the fine arts, and as designers, creators and instructors in private and public institutions.