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TURKEY. Şehit Öğretmen İzzet Yüksel İlköğretim Okulu. WOODWORK AND CARVING IN TURKEY. The decorative wooden objects found in excavations in Central Asia show that the Turkish art of woodcarving dates back to the distant past. .
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TURKEY Şehit Öğretmen İzzet Yüksel İlköğretim Okulu
The decorative wooden objects found in excavations in Central Asia show that the Turkish art of woodcarving dates back to the distant past.
As in other branches of art, animal motifs with legendary and religious significance were frequently used in the decoration of wooden objects.
Doors and window shutters, pulpits of mosques, Koran stands and lecterns display highly advanced woodcarving.
The bulk of extant wooden objects from the Seljuk and Ottoman periods can be seen museums in Ankara and İstanbul.