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UNESCO-listed Karagoz shadow theatre to be preserved through new laboratory in Türkiye

UNESCO-listed Karagoz shadow theatre to be preserved through new laboratory in Türkiye

Nearly 700-year-old Karagoz shadow play will be preserved and promoted in an interactive laboratory created by a research center at Bursa Uludag University

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