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Kavaklıdere Coppersmith

If a cup of coffee is worthy of remembering for 40 years, then try
calculating how long it may be worth of remembering the value
of Kavaklıdere cup with handmade ornamented copper cover.

Without hearing resisting rhythm against the passing time in the coppersmith mar-
ket where the traditional coppersmith faces to become extinct, you wouldn’t under-
stand the handicraft products’ real value.

Although it is not certain how coppersmith started and developed in Kavaklıdere,
it’s known as a family tradition continuing for four generations. The samovars and
the trays each take their glitter from 40 years master’s honest penny.

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