Turkish artisan introduces Qatari culture through design

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Turkish artisan introduces Qatari culture through design

STORY: Turkish artisan introduces Qatari culture through design DATELINE: Dec. 5, 2022 LENGTH: 00:03:44 LOCATION: ISTANBUL, Türkiye CATEGORY: CULTURE/SPORTS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Istanbul 2. various of Sabri Demirci working in his small workshop 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Turkish): SABRI DEMIRCI, Turkish artisan 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Turkish): SABRI DEMIRCI, Turkish artisan 5. various of the falcon statue 6. SOUNDBITE 3 (Turkish): SABRI DEMIRCI, Turkish artisan 7. SOUNDBITE 4 (Turkish): MURAT TUFAN, Analyst of Ekoturk STORYLINE: Sabri Demirci, an artisan and owner of a silver shop in Istanbul, has recently received an unprecedented demand to design a unique product from a Qatari collector. Demirci told Xinhua in a recent interview that every piece of the product should describe Qatar and this year's World Cup. Demirci said he has never been this excited throughout his 40-year career. Soon after getting the order, he buried himself in work and collected as much information as possible. Then he came up with the idea of

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