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The Yunus Emre Institute in Tirana has rolled out a cultural outreach program that brings traditional Turkish decorative arts to high school students in the Albanian capital, putting hands-on artistic practice at the center of the initiative.
The program focuses on four established art forms from Türkiye: ebru (paper marbling created by floating pigments on water and transferring the patterns onto paper), kat'i (the art of intricate paper cutting and layering), tezhip (ornamental manuscript illumination, often using gold detailing), and miniature painting (small-scale narrative illustration traditionally used in manuscripts).
Speaking to Anadolu Agency, Yunus Emre Institute Albania Director Oguzhan Sakoglu said the program was designed to move from Tirana to Iskodra, where similar activities would be carried out at seven different locations.
He explained that the events were being set up as workshops, giving students the opportunity to create their own works.
As Sakoglu underlined in a full remark kept by the source, “These activities allow our students to produce their own works, and on this occasion, I would like to thank the schools and institutions that opened all their doors to us.”
According to Sakoglu, the initiative will not stop in Albania. After completing its schedule in Tirana and Iskodra, the program is set to move on to Montenegro, extending its regional reach and reinforcing the institute’s broader cultural diplomacy efforts.
The workshops are being conducted by well-known academics in the field of traditional Turkish arts, including Songul Ergun, Selda Kavas Afacan, Gulseren Toy, and Assoc. Prof. Mesude Hulya Dogru.
Additional sessions are scheduled to take place in Tirana and Iskodra on Feb. 10 and 11, continuing the hands-on format.
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