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land to understand weather he can plant the crops. Ifwe don’t understand the characteristics of a tree bytouching it, we shouldn’t call ourselves masters.”Certainly, it was not easy for him to reach this maturity.He needed intimacy with wood for long years.He tells that he gained this talent of understandingthe moist in the tree by touching it in his 20s. He alsotells that different trees may be used for the differentparts of a single door, especially on the central part,for the sake of aesthetics, or different roundwoods ofa tree were used on the same part due to their differentshades.The Secret of Kundekâri to Defy the YearsWe know that Works of art produced with kundekâriresist against, actually defy, long long yearss, and weask the secret of this fact to the master of this art nowthat we have had the opportunity to interview with him.Although the work of art produced with kundekâri isvarnished after it is done, the greatest secret of why itresists against years is the fact that it is a tongued work.Mr. Tufekci tells the advantages of the tongued workas follows: “When it is tongued, the wooden work ofart lasts much longer. Water is the greatest enemy ofwood. Rain, for instance, shouldn’t stay on the wood,and should run down. If the water leaks into the worksomehow, it will decay the work from within. I mean,it requires serious maths. One should calculate boththe gap to leave for expansion, and make sure that nowater leaks in. You even have to calculate how muchload will mount on a boat. You have to figure out, forinstance, how long a door will last with the hinges youuse, and how much load each hinge and conduit willshare. If you make a single conduit carry all the load,the door will nnot be functional. A good master has tocalculate all these details.”Long ago, linseed oil used to be applied on the outersurface of the kundekâri. Now, however, Mr. Tufekcisays that they import a special and organic kind of oilfrom abroad, which is more costly. It is 225 lira per KG,and only an area of 25 square meters can be undercoatedwith it, but once the kundekâri has been fullyundercoatedd with that oil, it becomes totally waterproofeven if youu dip it into the water to wash it.hands should be as sensitive as a good thermometeror a hygrometer with the following sentences: “Howwould we find a hygrometer 20 years ago to measurethe moist in the tree? We would understandhow much moist was in a tree, for how long it canwait, and how we can work with it, only by touchingthe tree. Long ago, the farmer would sit on theWe learn another characteristic of the Kundekâridoors Mr. Tufekci produces. Once both the centerand the frame of the door has been completed, a gapopens up on the top of the door. An aluminum ora brass pipe is placed in this gap, and the pedigreeof the door is put inside it. It is written in detail onthis pedigree how the door was made, how it canbe disassembled and reassembled just in case if thedoor somehow needs restoration about 500 or 1000years later. Mr. Tufekci also informs us about a very28