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neer has no interest in our traditional arts. Saying “Thefact that I finished highschool in Erzurum and studiedthe university in England did not grant me the chanceto engage in the traditional arts”, Alparslan Babaoglubegins to work as an engineer in a company. One day,when he is visiting a friend who invited him, Mr. Babaoglusees a Hilia Sharifa by calligrapher Hasan Celebi,hanging on the wall. He can not take his eyes off theharmony of the curls on the letters and the iluminationwhich embroiders the plate, and litterally a new worldopens before him. Realizing his situation, his friend says:“Let’s go to the Topkapi Embroidery House. There youcan attend illumination and miniature courses as well”.He also gifts Mr. Babaoglu 2 marblings.Still under the influence of the hilia sharifa on the wall,Mr. Babaoglu literally surrenders to the marblings giftedto him. He asks his friend who does these marblings.The answer refers to one address only: “There is anherb shop keeper in Uskudar, whose name is MustafaDuzgunman. It is him who does all these. He has agednow, though, and when he passes away by God’s will,there will be no masters performing this art”.Mr. Babaoglu leaves his friend’s place with 2 marblings,and the book called “The Turkish Marbling Art” byUgur Derman under his arm, with the following sentenceechoing in his heart: “When he passes away bythe will of God, there will be no masters performing