Hadı Saleh Karkukı

Hadi Salih Karkuki was born in 1978 and

completed his middle school studies in

Kirkuk. Interested in painting, sculpture

and illumination Karkuki later focused

on calligraphy and studied under the

tutelage of Muzaffer Mahmud on riqa,

diwani and jaly diwani. In order to reach

the next level in calligraphy, he moved

to Istanbul in 2007 and took lessons

from Davut Bektaş. He received many

awards in international competitions

and currently resumes his works in his

personal atelier.