Mustafa Akdoğan

Mustafa Akdoğan was born in Kayseri in 1978. He graduated from the Department of Civil Engineering at Yıldız Technical University. He learned how to make traditional quivers, tirkeş (a kind of quiver), and bows and arrows from Yaşar Metin Aksoy. Since 2006, Akdoğan has been staying in Romania and has worked with Romanian Traditional Archery Group. He is a member of Kemankeş Archery Research Association.

Reference: istanbulunustalari.com, İstanbul’un Ustaları (Istanbul: İstanbul 2010 Avrupa Kültür Başkenti, 2010), p.210.