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Turkish Delight on 5th Avenue

The Geylan family, who was displaced from Bursa, Yenisehir County to the Kosovo region of Yugoslavia, by the Ottoman Empire in the 14th century, after the War of Kosovo, established and lived in Gilan Village.

October 15, 2006
Published in Jewelry

Importing Jewelry Into The United States

By C.J. Ericsson *
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US Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”) is responsible for enforcing the laws and regulations of over forty government agencies. Importers of jewelry must be compliant not only with CBP requirements, but those of the Department of Treasury, Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) and Transportation Security Administration, to name a few.

October 15, 2006
Published in Jewelry

Transition from Tradesmanship to Industry

Ahmet Karbeyaz*

The goldsmith sector is a fast-improving one in Turkey, a country which is home to arts, crafts and industry simultaneously. Goldsmithery, which also is one of the powerhouse sectors of Turkey in terms of production, investment and employment, has begun to break free of its tradesman structure and has started to become an industry.

October 15, 2006
Published in Jewelry

Golden Reflections on the Emerald Sword

By Lemi Özgen

The tall, squarely-built, fifteen-year-old boy had been working hard in the goldsmith workshop. As he was just about to tie a knot on the silk-thin gold wire he had just meticulously pulled and extended, it snapped once again. The young man's face, which was already red with perspiration, burnt even more.