Gülşen Aslan Elkıran

Gülşen Aslan Elkıran is an illumination (tezhip) artist and academic. In 2012 Aslan Elkıran completed a doctorate in the Handicrafts Education Program at Gazi University, examining the ornamental features of the illuminated works in the Ankara Museum of Foundation Works. Aslan Elkıran works in the Architectural Decorative Arts Program at the Vocational School of Technical Sciences, Hitit University, and has published on leaf and şemse motifs in illumination, the illumination of Ottoman berats, and saz-style drawings attributed to Şahkulu.