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2024–2025. Last update: 28.11.2025

2025 → EXHIBITION

My posters have been selected for the Type Text International Typography Poster Show, themed Revolution. The exhibition features works chosen from 612 entries across 53 countries and will be on view from 29 November to 14 December 2025 at Galeria Wschodnia in Łódź, Poland.

2025 → EXHIBITION

My work was exhibited in the invitational exhibition themed Yunus Emre, held at the Contemporary Arts Museum of Anadolu University in Eskişehir from 16 to 28 November 2025. The exhibition was organised as part of the 17th International Anatolian Calligraphy and Typography Event.

2025 → BOOK CHAPTER

Great news! Our article about Gülümser Aral Üretmen, one of Turkey's pioneering women graphic designers, which we co-authored with Ömer Durmaz, is featured in Women Graphic Designers: Rebalancing the Canon. The book, edited by Elizabeth Resnick and published by Bloomsbury, was officially released on 30 October 2025.

2025 → EXHIBITION

My poster has been exhibited at the 'Tomorrow City' exhibition, organised by Madrid Gráfica Abierta. The exhibition is open from 28 October to 20 November 2025 at the Faculty of Fine Arts of the Complutense University of Madrid. Many thanks to Adrián Vázquez for the wonderful photos and to Lorena Pardo for sharing them.

2025 → BOOK & EXHIBITION

Following seven years of research, my book The Letters of Sakarya has finally been published with the support of the Sakarya Chamber of Commerce and Industry. The launch was held on 24 September 2025, and the exhibition remained open at the chamber until 3 October 2025.

2025 → EXHIBITION

My exlibris was selected for the 6th International Exlibris Competition in Istanbul and featured in the exhibition catalog. Organized as part of the 2nd International Exlibris Congress, the exhibition took place between August 20 and 24, 2025 at Istinye University.

2025 → EXHIBITION & FEATURED PUBLICATION

Good news from Varna. My exlibris was selected for the International Exlibris Competition Varna and was published in the exhibition catalogue. The exhibition took place at Largo Art Gallery in Bulgaria between June 6 and July 1, 2025.

2025 → SEMINAR

At the invitation of Bursa Uludağ University, I talked about vernacular lettering and commercial artists of Bursa on May 9, 2025 at the Prof. Dr. M. Mete Cengiz Cultural Center.

2025 → ARTICLE

My article on the development of vernacular typography both worldwide and in Turkey was published in the February issue of Yazılar, by the Turkish Graphic Designers' Association (GMK). Previously, it had been published on the Turkish Typography Society’s website.

2025 → BIENNIAL

My poster has been shortlisted for the 3rd B.I. International Poster Art Biennale in Seoul, South Korea. Congratulations to all the participants.

2024 → ARTICLE

My article on the sign painter Abdullah Cankurtaran’s life and work has been published. Cankurtaran worked as a teacher first in Lüleburgaz, then in Bursa and Fethiye, while also working as a sign painter, who stood out with his meticulous craftsmanship and passion for language and lettering.

2024 → BIENNIAL

My posters for the exhibition ‘In Pieces’ and the 130th anniversary of Varvara Stepanova have been selected for the 16th Golden Bee Global Biennale of Graphic Design, which received more than 20,000 entries from 55 countries. The ‘Global Poster Language’ exhibition was held at the State Tretyakov Gallery between September 5 and 25, 2024. The ‘Stepanova 130’ exhibition was held at the Peresvetov Pereulok Gallery in Moscow, Russia between 26 September and 24 October 2024

2024 → EXHIBITION & FEATURED PUBLICATION

My work has been selected in the International Exlibris Competition 'Exlibris for Peace' within the FISAE Exlibris Congress, which held for the fortieth time in Palma, Spain between October 1 and 6, 2024, and published in the congress catalogue. Take a look my exlibris.

2024 → BIENNIAL

My poster on corruption has been selected for the Luga Poster Biennale organised by the Polytechnic University of Porto. The exhibition was held between September 27–October 31, 2024 at the Escola Superior de Media Artes e Design in Vila do Conde, Porto.

2024 → TRIENNIAL

My poster about the future was selected and exhibited at the 12th International Eco-Poster Triennial 4th Block in Ukraine.

2024 → TALKS

In the 112th episode of Bursa Tahtakale Buluşmaları, I talked about my research on vernacular lettering and commercial artists in Bursa.