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A mishtar is a tool consisting of threads stretched at equal intervals on a thin cardboard, placed beneath the paper to be written on, and pressed by hand to produce evenly spaced lines on the paper, ensuring neat handwriting.【1】 The word’s etymology derives from the Arabic roots “satr” or “satar,” meaning “to write” and “line.” In the Ottoman period, the tool was known as “mistar,” while in the Arab world it is called “mistara.” Its Persian equivalent is “hat-keş.”Historical BackgroundThe histo

Sakıp Sabancı Museum is an art and cultural institution affiliated with Sabancı University, located in the Emirgan neighborhood of Istanbul’s Sarıyer district, within one of the oldest settlements along the Bosphorus.The museum consists of a building originally constructed in 1925 by Prince Mehmed Ali Hasan of the Egyptian Khedival family for the Italian architect Edoardo De Nari, known as the “Atlı Köşk”, along with additional exhibition spaces. In 1998, the mansion was transferred to Sabancı U

The artist, born in Konya in 1974, graduated from Selçuk University’s Department of Public Administration in 1996 and from Istanbul University’s Department of Philosophy in 2021. While still in university, he began calligraphy lessons in 1994 with Hattat Dr. Hüseyin Öksüz and continued practice in the scripts of riq’a, sülüs, nesih, divanî, celî divanî, and ta’lik.He received ijazah in sülüs-nesih in 2002 and in ta’lik in 2022. He completed his master’s studies in the Business Department and sub