Handicrafts Honor Award
Yaşar Tan & Reyhan Koç
Şile cloth weaving and embroidery artists
CRAFTİSTANBUL in Numbers
Highlights of the 2025 fair, organized in coordination with the Ministry of Culture and Tourism's Directorate General of Living Heritage and Cultural Events.
220
exhibitor booths
600+
artisans & designers
50
international exhibitors
~150
workshops, conferences & panels
16
"Living Heritage" talk sessions
30,000+
visitors
Participation Profile (2025)
- 78 State Artists
- 13 civil society organizations
- 8 universities (Fine Arts, Architecture and Design faculties)
- Maturation Institutes (Olgunlaşma Enstitüleri)
- Women's cooperatives and associations
- Institute Istanbul İSMEK
- Gaziantep Metropolitan Municipality and Adana Metropolitan Municipality "Niyet Academy"
- Textile Designers and Traditional Arts associations
Honor Awards (2025)
Institutional Handicrafts Honor Award
Gaziantep Metropolitan Municipality
Institutional contribution to keeping handicrafts alive
Sister Country Honor Award
Hungary
International cultural cooperation
International Participation
International exhibitors — led by Hungary, Uzbekistan and Iran — met buyers from the souvenir, museum retail and tourism retail sectors.