Artisans in Istanbul have been hand-crafting cymbals the same way for more than 600 years. Emrah Sipahi explains how cymbal-smiths forge and hammer them into shape. Two nuclear cooling towers in the ...

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Artisans in Istanbul have been hand-crafting cymbals the same way for more than 600 years. Emrah Sipahi explains how cymbal-smiths forge and hammer them into shape.