Gaziantep Üniversitesi – Naci Topçuoğlu Meslek Yüksekokulu

In short

Naci Topçuoğlu Vocational School is a vocational school of Gaziantep University in the Başpınar organised industrial zone of Gaziantep, in south-eastern Turkey, offering two-year associate-degree programmes; according to its site the building was funded by the industrialist Naci Topçuoğlu to train skilled staff for industry. Its Department of Handicrafts runs Carpet and Kilim Weaving, Architectural Decorative Arts and Jewellery and Jewellery Design programmes, the last covering basic goldsmithing, surface decoration, wax models and lost-wax casting, computer modelling and the design of collections. The Department of Textiles, Clothing, Footwear and Leather runs a Footwear Design and Production programme, and the school has workshops for machine carpet weaving, kutnu and kilim weaving, glass and ceramics and footwear.