İhtiyâr

İhtiyâr means the ability to choose or prefer. In Kâmus-ı Türkî, Şemseddin Sami treats it not merely as a word for choice but as the capacity to act according to one’s own will and desire.

The word asks where freedom becomes visible: in the moment when several paths exist and one is chosen.

In the Mestûr collection, words from Şemseddin Sami’s Kâmus-ı Türkî reappear as singular artworks on their own historic pages, carrying language, memory, and gesture into the present.

Technical details
- ink on an original 125-year-old Kâmus-ı Türkî dictionary page.
Size: [height × width] cm
Dictionary reference: Page [number], [column] column, line [number]
Year: 2026
Presentation: Sold and shipped unframed.