I first began to see and love old carpets at the age of ten, when I began an apprenticeship under a master repairman who worked along the Silk Road, near the ancient Caravanserai in Sultanhani, in Central Anatolia. After many years of study and experience, I opened my own carpet busıness ın Sultanhani in 1980, utilızing my undertanding of color, design and carpet history. Anatolia was filled with the richness of many extraordinary carpets ; they became my teachers, and I was their student. I found that the beauty of these carpets opened my heart.