Celi Sülüs
H. 1439 / M. 2017-2018
Muhammet Nuri Çelikkaya was born in the Yakutiye district of Turkey’s eastern province Erzurum in 1983. He started practicing calligraphy with renowned calligrapher Yusuf Bilen in 1999. He started working as a calligrapher at the Culture and Tourism Ministry’s Ankara General Directorate of Cultural Heritage and Museums and later at the Süleymaniye Library. Çelikkaya continues his calligraphy lessons with calligraphers Mehmed Özçay and Osman Özçay. He is married and has two daughters.