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On my first visit to Bursa, in
1968, I arrived in the evening without
a hotel reservation. A kindly shopkeeper
helped me with a recommendation.
He
didn't just recommend a good, clean,
cheap hotel to me, he left his shop,
led me across the city to it, made
sure the price was right, and helped
me check in. Turkish hospitality!
The shopkeeper was the late Mr Rafet Çelikkol,
original owner of Karagöz
Antikaci (Karagöz Antiques
Shop) in the Eski Aynali Çarsi
section of Bursa's Covered
Bazaar. Rafet Bey named his shop
after Karagöz ("Black
Eye"), the
legendary, feisty namesake of the traditional
Turkish shadow
puppet theater, because he loved
the handmade puppets and the amusing
plays.
Today, Rafet Bey's son Mr Sinasi Çelikkol
carries on his father's tradition of
helpfulness and fair dealing at Karagöz
Antikaci. Like his father,
he delights in traveling to the villages
to find the best and most authentic
Turkish handicrafts and folk-art
pieces,
and antique household furnishings.
He sells at fair prices, just as his
father did.
Sinasi (shee-NAH-see)
isalso the prime
mover in the effort to preserve
in Bursa the tradition
of the Karagöz
shadow puppets. He
has a small shadow puppet theater
set up in his shop so he can put
on impromptu shadow puppet plays
for his visitors. He also collects
and sells the best-quality shadow
puppets made by local artisans.
Karagöz Antikaci
Kapali Çarsi,
Eski Aynali Çarsi
Içi
No. 12-13
Osman Gazi,
16020 Bursa, Turkey
Tel +90 (224) 220 5350, 221 8727
karagoztravel@superonline.com
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