Şafak Tokur

Şafak Tokur was born in Sinop in 1975. After finishing at the Painting Department of Istanbul Anadolu High School for Fine Arts, he entered the Textile Department in the Faculty of Fine Arts at Mimar Sinan University and graduated in 2001. He was one of the finalists in the 1996 Beymen Academia competition. In 1997, he participated in the National Shoe Design Competition and won an honorable mention award at the category of men’s shoes. In 1998, he was among three designers in the category of youth clothing of the Beymen Academia. In 2001, Tokur attended the 2001 Asia Makuhari Grand Prix in Tokyo and became the Turkish finalist.

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