A rosary grasp in jap Erzurum province has carved a mini mannequin of Togg, Türkiye’s first indigenous electrical automotive, utilizing a valuable black Oltu stone attribute of the area.
Suleyman Yavuz, a 49-year-old father of three from the Erzurum’s Oltu district spent a month carving the 450-gram (0.9-pound) mannequin automotive from Oltu stone.
The stone, which provides its identify to “Oltu black,” one of many colours of Togg, is processed into handmade jewellery and prayer beads, and key chains after being mined.
The mannequin Togg is on show at Yavuz’s office within the OltuTaşı Handicrafts Business Center.
Türkiye’s first indigenous electrical automotive Togg took to the highway earlier this yr after its ceremonial supply to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Yavuz, who beforehand made mannequin mosques and musical devices from Oltu stone together with his brothers, priced the Togg mannequin at 50,000 TL (round $1,911).
Speaking to Anadolu Agency (AA), Yavuz stated he needed to introduce the distinctive semi-precious stone discovered solely within the area to the nation and the world through his work.
Noting that the individuals of the district have been blissful as one of many colours of the home automotive produced by Türkiye was Oltu black, Yavuz stated: “When I noticed the identify of our district talked about in our home car, I needed to make a mannequin of it. Let it symbolize our district and symbolize the well-known stone of our area.”
Yavuz added that he’s planning to make smaller fashions of Togg in order that extra individuals can afford it.
“The most important feature is that it is the first model Togg made of Oltu stone,” he said, adding that “In the longer term, I plan to make fashions of Sultanahmet, Hagia Sophia and Selimiye mosques from Oltu stone.”
Source: www.dailysabah.com
