Mehmet Sağır Ekmekçi

Mehmet Sağır Ekmekçi was born in 1933. He began learning how to make traditional Yemeni shoes as an apprentice under the master craftsman, Mehmet Fidan at the age of thirteen. Five years later, Ekmekçi became a little master. Since he became a master craftsman, Ekmekçi has continued to make Yemeni in Kilis.