Vural Arısoy

Vural Arısoy was born in Ankara in 1977. He learned the art of puppetry from his master Hadi Poyrazoğlu. After being a professional puppeteer, Arısoy started teaching at Anse Puppet Karagöz Workshop. He received 2005 UNIMA the Best Traditional Theater Award. In 2009, Arısoy won a Fidelity Award to the Traditional Theater in the Ukraine Theater Festival. Currently, he teaches at Eyüp Municipality and Anse Puppet Karagöz Workshop.

Reference: istanbulunustalari.com, İstanbul’un Ustaları (Istanbul: İstanbul 2010 Avrupa Kültür Başkenti, 2010), p.85.