The art of islamic calligraphy in the period of transition to the Republic

Although the art of calligraphy has continued to develop with the contributions of calligraphers since the first centuries of Islam, it entered a rapid transformation phase in the Ottoman Period. This period, which started with Sheikh Hamdullah, reached an important level in history by the Ottoman calligraphers in the 19th century. The work called Calligraphy in the Transition Period to the Republic deals with a period that is considered classical in terms of calligraphy and its aftermath. This research will be an experiment to determine the state of the art branch, which continues its classical period. The work started with the revealing of the level reached in calligraphy before the Republican Period. One of the important aims of the study is to investigate the contributions of the first generation calligraphers of the Republic Period to the aesthetic level of calligraphy. In this study, it has been tried to examine what kind of support this art, which was handed down to the next generations with the traditional meşk method, was supported by which institutions and organizations throughout the aforementioned period. In the research, besides the lives and arts of the calligraphers of the period, the calligraphy education of the period was also mentioned. In addition, since it was determined that calligraphers had some difficulties in this transition period, this subject was also included in the study. It has been examined in which way the calligraphers of the Republic Period and their works affected the aesthetic level of calligraphy. The issue of how this branch of art continued on its way in the aforementioned period is within the scope of research. It is aimed that the study prepared with these reasons will contribute a little to the evaluations about the place of calligraphy today.