İstidlâl

İstidlâl is the act of reaching a conclusion through evidence — understanding something by following its signs.

A word about the path between what we see and what we come to understand: the movement from sign to meaning, from evidence to conviction.

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.