ALTIN
MASA

FROM DOUGH TO BINGING

09 January 2026

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Women from Altındağ are at the baglama course... Women from Altındağ who attend the "bağlama" course opened at the Women's Education and Culture Centers in every neighborhood of Altındağ, play baglama with their skillful hands. Women who attend the baglama course under the direction of music teacher Onur Boduroğulları manage to draw attention with their success and show that there is no age limit for learning. The “Bağlama” course attracts great interest from the women of Altındağ. “WOMEN ARE VALUED IN ALTındaĞ” Trainee Zehra Acar, who is a member of the Altındağ Municipality Turkish Art and Turkish Folk Music choirs and said that she has been interested in music since a young age, said: "They have said that I have a beautiful voice since I was a little girl. For this reason, everyone around me has asked me to sing since childhood. When I realized that I needed to improve myself more in this field, I researched the courses. On my mother's advice, I met the Women's Education and Culture Center. I attended the baglama course because I thought it was suitable for me. I was very bored at home, but I made good friends in the course. "I learned the notes needed to play baglama. Women are valued in Altındağ. It is a very nice feeling, I understood this better when I came to this center." Retired engineer Muazzez Durmuş stated that he attended painting and baglama courses at the Women's Education and Culture Center. Durmuş said, "After retiring, I started researching courses to participate more actively in social activities. I met the Women's Education and Culture Center in our neighborhood. I participate in the Turkish Art and Turkish Folk Music choirs of our municipality. I think it is a useful center for the development of women. These activities are very important for women to be stronger... I see Women's Education and Culture Centers as rehabilitation centers. The environment here provides psychological relief. In addition, we, as neighborhood residents, have an environment of cohesion." “WOMEN FROM ALTİNGAĞ SHOW GREAT INTEREST IN THE COURSE” Underlining that they provide training to trainees of all ages in the baglama course, music teacher Onur Boduroğulları said, "In the course, we teach all the technical information about baglama, especially the frets on the baglama. We provide note, solfeggio and bona training. In addition, we do tazene beats, local performance techniques and voice studies. We teach the valences, beats and sounds of notes. Women from Altındağ show great interest in our course. The hands that knead the dough play the baglama. We are glad." they exist…” he said. “THE SKILLED HANDS OF OUR WOMEN MAKE THEIR DIFFERENCE IN EVERY FIELD” Emphasizing that Altındağ is a center of culture and art, Altındağ Mayor Dr. Veysel Tiryaki said, "In addition to vocational training courses in our Women's Education and Culture Centers, we also include courses that will contribute to personal development. Women who attend the courses both spend their free time and acquire hobbies. The skilled hands of our women reveal their difference in every field. They knead dough and play baglama." Adding that they are proud of the achievements of women from Altındağ, Mayor Tiryaki invited all women from Altındağ to benefit from the courses opened at Women's Education and Culture Centers.