Ustuvâr

Ustuvâr, a Persian word, means firm, solid, strong — something that holds. Sami gathers the senses sağlam, metîn, muhkem and kavî around it.

Written across a fragile dictionary page that has survived more than a century, the word becomes almost physical: strength does not always mean hardness; sometimes it means remaining.

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.