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Buse Akyel

Founder — Asırlık Tezgâh (The Century-Old Loom)

Creates modern products with Datça's nearly forgotten çul kilim weaving. Atelier and workshop sessions.

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Owner of the district's first rag-rug weaving atelier in Datça's Reşadiye neighbourhood. A third-generation weaver, Buse Akyel learned the craft from her grandmother Birgül and works on a roughly hundred-year-old wooden loom, recycling worn-out fabrics into kilims and bags.

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