Mardin's 'telkari' cannot compete with Thai filigrees - Turkish Daily News Jun 16, 2008

"Mardin's 'telkari' cannot compete with Thai filigrees
Monday, June 16, 2008

Mardin’s traditional silver jewelry art ‘telkari’ might vanish as cheap Thai silver filigrees have increasingly been dominating Turkey’s domestic silver market. The Mardin branch of the ‘Turkish Association for the Handicapped' preserves this art through a workshop"

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