But in Europe and America especially, the art critics who discuss artists and their works could be said to be completely unaware of the master potters who produced works in the Pop Art style in Çanakkale.
Prof. Dr. Gönül Öney was the first person to undertake detailed research on Çanakkale ceramics. Her book, ‘Turkish Period Çanakkale Ceramics’, published in 1971 and providing extensive information about the ceramics with examples, captured the attention of the scholarly community. Another study aimed at achieving recognition for Çanakkale ceramics was the comprehensive Çanakkale Ceramics exhibition mounted at the Museum of Turkish and Islamic Art in 1985, in which more than 200 pieces collected from museums and private collections were displayed.

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Çanakkale, whose name is thought to derive from the Turkish expression ‘çanak-çömlek’ meaning earthenware pots, was an important pottery center from