İrtibât

İrtibât, from the Arabic root rabt, is the state of being bound or related to something. Sami extends it to the relation or coherence between two things.

Connection here is not merely contact; it is a structure of belonging, a line that allows separate things to answer each other.

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.