Mehmet Kemal Etçi, who has been working as a blacksmith in Kilis for 29 years, shapes iron in furnaces reaching temperatures of up to a thousand degrees. Stating that work has decreased with mechanization, but that he continues his profession with love, the master craftsman said that the high temperatures are harmful to eye health and that the profession needs to be preserved due to the lack of interest from young people.
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Mehmet Kemal Etçi, who has been working as a blacksmith in Kilis for 29 years, shapes iron in furnaces reaching temperatures of up to a thousand degrees. Stating that work has decreased with mechanization, but that he continues his profession with love, the master craftsman said that the high temperatures are harmful to eye health and that the profession needs to be preserved due to the lack of interest from young people.