Biography
Dr. Kazım Hacımeyliç was born in 1964. After completing his primary and secondary education, he graduated from Gazi Hüsrev Bey High School. He served his military service in Mostar. Driven by his passion for the Ottoman Empire and civilization, he completed his education in 1987 at Mimar Sinan University, Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Traditional Turkish Handicrafts, Calligraphy Major. He took calligraphy lessons from Alparslan and Mahmut Öncü. He practiced the Thuluth script with calligrapher Hasan Çelebi. He received bookbinding training from İslam Seçen and Engin Özdeniz. He worked on pathology and restoration at the Süleymaniye Library with Saadet Gazi. He is currently an Associate Professor at Marmara University, Faculty of Fine Arts. Under the supervision of Muhittin Serin, he completed his master's degree with a thesis on the Ketebeli Inscriptions of Yesarizade Mustafa İzzet Efendi in Istanbul. He prepared his doctoral thesis on "The Place, Importance and Preservation of Rare Books in the Gazi Husrev Bey Library in Sarajevo" in 1997 and received his doctorate. He currently continues his work and studies in the Bookbinding Department at the same university. He has held calligraphy exhibitions in Sarajevo and various other cities. He has received various awards and certificates for these works.
