Hacer Nurgül Begiç

Hacer Nurgül Begiç was born in Ankara in 1964. She graduated from the Department of Handicrafts Education in the Faculty of Vocational Education at Gazi University in 1986. She taught at a Vocational High School for Girls for 8 years. In 1994, she served as a teacher in the Faculty of Vocational Education at Selçuk University. Begiç completed her master’s degree in 1999. Her master’s thesis was on felts. Her project on felt was accepted to the European Union. In 2002, she went to Ireland for her research on felt and had a felt workshop. She was also invited to Boston to research felts and other handicrafts. In a competition, which was organized by the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism, her felt shawl with Tokat block printing was praised, and it began to sell in the DÖSİM shops, belonging to the ministry. Begiç was invited to the Art School in New York to give felt workshop and have her exhibition. As of today, she continues her work in Konya.