Blacksmith
‘UNESCO Locksmith' decorates the doors of mansions
A blacksmith living in the northern province of Karabük's Safranbolu district has been producing iron parts for the doors and windows of historical mansions around the county for 46 years.
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Ex-banker quits his job to become blacksmith
A 35-year-old banker has quit his job to become a blacksmith to run a family business he wants to pass down.
Gökay Demiral, a university graduate who worked as a banker for years, is now the fifth generation blacksmith of his family in the western province of Çanakkale's Lapseki district.
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İzmir man turns junk into art
Blacksmith İlhami Acar collects pieces of junk from old cars and welds them into figures of animals, miniature objects, and statues in the Aegean province of İzmir.
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Damascus blacksmiths had made steel blades with carbon nanotubes long before they were scientifically discovered
This is one of those stories about a technology invented and then forgotten. For example, when the Romans invented concrete and then another civilization reinvented it thousand years later. Well, it turns out that the skilled Damascus blacksmiths had produced blades containing carbon nanotubes at least 400 years before modern science began to understand their strength.