VOLLEY - Internazionali - 2025 FIPAV Cup Men - Holland vs Turkiye

VOLLEY - Internazionali - 2025 FIPAV Cup Men - Holland vs Turkiye

Kirkit Cafer (TUR) and Bayraktar Berkay (TUR) in action during 2025 FPhoto by IPA/ABACAPRESS.COMV Cup Men - Holland vs Turkiye, International volleyball match in Turin, Italy, August 30 2025

VOLLEY - Internazionali - 2025 FIPAV Cup Men - Italy vs Turkiye

VOLLEY - Internazionali - 2025 FIPAV Cup Men - Italy vs Turkiye

Kirkit Cafer of Turkey during the FPhoto by IPA/ABACAPRESS.COMV CUP MEN ELITE 2025, volleyball match between the national team of Italy and the national team of Turkey, on 29 August 2025, Pala Vela, Turin, Italy. Photo Nderim Kaceli

VOLLEY - Internazionali - 2025 FIPAV Cup Men - Italy vs Turkiye

VOLLEY - Internazionali - 2025 FIPAV Cup Men - Italy vs Turkiye

Kirkit Cafer of Turkey during the FPhoto by IPA/ABACAPRESS.COMV CUP MEN ELITE 2025, volleyball match between the national team of Italy and the national team of Turkey, on 29 August 2025, Pala Vela, Turin, Italy. Photo Nderim Kaceli

VOLLEY - Internazionali - 2025 FIPAV Cup Men - Italy vs Turkiye

VOLLEY - Internazionali - 2025 FIPAV Cup Men - Italy vs Turkiye

Kirkit Cafer of Turkey during the FPhoto by IPA/ABACAPRESS.COMV CUP MEN ELITE 2025, volleyball match between the national team of Italy and the national team of Turkey, on 29 August 2025, Pala Vela, Turin, Italy. Photo Nderim Kaceli

Turkish coppersmiths strive to keep traditional crafts vibrant amid modernization challenges

STORY: Turkish coppersmiths strive to keep traditional crafts vibrant amid modernization challenges DATELINE: March 16, 2023 LENGTH: 00:04:42 LOCATION: Ankara CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of Cafer Keles working 2. various of copper products 2. SOUNDBITE (Turkish): CAFER KELES, Coppersmith Master in Ankara STORYLINE: Copper craftsmanship used to be well established in Türkiye's Anatolian history. Today, however, Turkish coppersmiths are striving to keep the tradition alive as its existence is threatened by modernization. In capital city Ankara's suburban Golbasi district, at the shore of the Mogan lake, lies a shop specialized in copperware owned by Cafer Keles and his son Celal. Copperware sold there includes small Turkish coffee pots, cauldrons, and decorative objects made over several months. Some large handicraft pieces can cost an interested customer several thousand U.S. dollars. The 55-year-old Cafer learned his skill from masters more than 40 years ago in Samanpazari, Ankara's old town,