MARDIN, TURKIYE - DECEMBER 12: A view of block printing motif as Aysel Noyan practice nearly 600-year-old block printing on a textile tradition of the Syriac community continues in Midyat district of Mardin, Turkiye on December 12, 2025. She works at the Noyan Culture and Art House, aims to pass on the craft she learned from her Syriac neighbors to future generations. Using natural dyes prepared with well or rainwater and boiled for about an hour, Noyan prints fabrics with wooden blocks featuring traditional motifs such as Shahmaran, grape clusters, water drops and designs unique to Midyat. ( Mustafa Kılıç - Anadolu Agency )
MARDIN, TURKIYE - DECEMBER 12: A view of block printing motifs as Aysel Noyan practice nearly 600-year-old block printing on a textile tradition of the Syriac community continues in Midyat district of Mardin, Turkiye on December 12, 2025. She works at the Noyan Culture and Art House, aims to pass on the craft she learned from her Syriac neighbors to future generations. Using natural dyes prepared with well or rainwater and boiled for about an hour, Noyan prints fabrics with wooden blocks featuring traditional motifs such as Shahmaran, grape clusters, water drops and designs unique to Midyat. ( Mustafa Kılıç - Anadolu Agency )
MARDIN, TURKIYE - DECEMBER 12: Aysel Noyan practice nearly 600-year-old block printing on a textile tradition of the Syriac community continues in Midyat district of Mardin, Turkiye on December 12, 2025. She works at the Noyan Culture and Art House, aims to pass on the craft she learned from her Syriac neighbors to future generations. Using natural dyes prepared with well or rainwater and boiled for about an hour, Noyan prints fabrics with wooden blocks featuring traditional motifs such as Shahmaran, grape clusters, water drops and designs unique to Midyat. ( Mustafa Kılıç - Anadolu Agency )
MARDIN, TURKIYE - DECEMBER 12: A view of block printing motifs as Aysel Noyan practice nearly 600-year-old block printing on a textile tradition of the Syriac community continues in Midyat district of Mardin, Turkiye on December 12, 2025. She works at the Noyan Culture and Art House, aims to pass on the craft she learned from her Syriac neighbors to future generations. Using natural dyes prepared with well or rainwater and boiled for about an hour, Noyan prints fabrics with wooden blocks featuring traditional motifs such as Shahmaran, grape clusters, water drops and designs unique to Midyat. ( Mustafa Kılıç - Anadolu Agency )
MARDIN, TURKIYE - DECEMBER 12: A view of block printing motif as Aysel Noyan practice nearly 600-year-old block printing on a textile tradition of the Syriac community continues in Midyat district of Mardin, Turkiye on December 12, 2025. She works at the Noyan Culture and Art House, aims to pass on the craft she learned from her Syriac neighbors to future generations. Using natural dyes prepared with well or rainwater and boiled for about an hour, Noyan prints fabrics with wooden blocks featuring traditional motifs such as Shahmaran, grape clusters, water drops and designs unique to Midyat. ( Mustafa Kılıç - Anadolu Agency )
MARDIN, TURKIYE - DECEMBER 12: A view of block printing motifs as Aysel Noyan practice nearly 600-year-old block printing on a textile tradition of the Syriac community continues in Midyat district of Mardin, Turkiye on December 12, 2025. She works at the Noyan Culture and Art House, aims to pass on the craft she learned from her Syriac neighbors to future generations. Using natural dyes prepared with well or rainwater and boiled for about an hour, Noyan prints fabrics with wooden blocks featuring traditional motifs such as Shahmaran, grape clusters, water drops and designs unique to Midyat. ( Mustafa Kılıç - Anadolu Agency )
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