KÜTAHYA, GEDİZ, AKÇAALAN VILLAGE (Eski Gediz District)
KÜTAHYA - TÜRKİYE
ART
and CULTURE
Our
town has been always in agende with calligraphers, painters, writers and
photographers brought up there.
Well
know calligrapher Mustafa KÖYLÜ was charged with Laleli Mosque in Kütahya and
some other mosque in Altıntaş and Domaniç. He was also charged with the
templates of Gediz Ulu Mosque. He did some works of calligraphs and paintings.
In
the art of wooden, negraving and inner deceration Hüseyin Ali and Mehmet AKALAN
are very successfull.
Litersture
Teacher Deniz BİRCAN wrote is thesis about Akçaalan Town and it is an
important source of the history of the town.
Retired
Teacher Hüseyin TANRIKULU wrote a book about the tombs and tekkes in Akçaalan
town.
Birol
AKDEMİR is a photographer brought up in Akçaalan. He takes photos of historical
and natural beauties and takes parts in individual and mixed
exhibitions.
LOCAL MEDİA TELLAL NEWS
121
YEARS TRADITION in GEDİZ
Seeing
soldiers of in Akçaalan has displayin colorful scenes for 121 years. According
to this tradition in Akçaalan, when the young men are called from the army,
they have good times with the acconpaniment of drums and recorders.
It
was began for the first time by soldiers born in 1872 and it is continuing now
without loosing its origin.
Last
time, 13 young men who would join army in August wore folklore clothes special
for soldiers and did folk dancişng. In addition, they displayed a theater show
prapered by them. Candidates of
soldiers walk around the houses and sign ballds. Households give money to them.
The young share some of the Money as pocket mony for military service. The rest
of the Money is delivered to Mayot for the urgent needs of the town.
The
Mayor
Mehmet
Ali KORKMAZ say that they are determined to keep this tradition alive.
26.08.2003
Tellal News
TALLENTED
BALLAD WRITERS FOR SOLDIERS
İBRAMCON ALİ ÇAVUŞ
FANTANIN ALİ ERUÇAR
SÜLEYMAN GÜLER
SÜLEYMAN ATAR
MUSTAFA CANTÜRK
HALİL KUMRAL
ŞERİF BEKTAŞ
ŞABAN MALTAŞ
HALİL İBRAHİM PINARBAŞI
MEHMET GÜLER
KÜTAHYA
CULTURE and ART ASSOCIATION ARRANGED A TOUR TO EX-GEDİZ and AKÇAALAN
Kütahya
Culture and Art Association arranged a tour to Ex-Gediz and Akçaalan for the
activities of ‘Knowing our Enviroment’ with the hospitality of the Mayor of
Ex-Gediz Ekrem TAŞKESDİK and The Mayor of Akçaalan M.Ali KORKMAZ many artists
were partipated in the tour, Those are; Yıldırım - Gönül Türkel ,
Necmettin Çetintaş na his wife, Painter Hüseyin Yüce and his wife,
Photographer Birol Akdemir and his wife, Collectioner Dt. Murat Özbey and his
wife, Painters Nursel Cantürk, Kazım Somun, Zafer Gence, Seramic Artist Yusuf
Çeliker, Kırkpare Artist Yaşar Ataseven and Writer F. Ferihan Beşli.
The
members of the club wnet about the historical buildings and famous grape gardens
which are about to vanish.
It
was agrees that the work of
paintings and photos would be exhibited at a friend time with the desire the
Mayor of Ex-Gediz.
08.10.2003
Tellal News
As
an activity of Kütahya Culture and Art Association and with the helps of the
Mayor Of Ex-Gediz; Ekrem TAŞKESDİK, on 5 th. August, 2004 there will be a
mixed exhibition in Ex-Gediz Wedding Hall.
Tailers,
Painters, Calligraphers, Gildingers and Photographers from Kütahya will
attend this exhibition. Art this time, a multivision display about the life of
190 s, earthquake in 1970 and 2000 s Ex-Gediz will be shovn by Aydın SARAOĞLU,
F. Ferihan BEŞLİ and Birol AKDEMİR.
Gedizliler Web Site 2004
LOCAL
CLOTHES WHICH ARE ABOUT TO BE FORGOTTEN
In Akçaalan town local clothes look like the
Turkmen clothes. The Old Stil wear old clothes but the young wear them only at
weddings not to maket hem forgotten.