TRT 2 · YerYüzleri · Episode 92
Underwater landscaping on the YerYüzleri documentary
Episode 92 of TRT 2's culture and arts documentary YerYüzleri was devoted to Mert Yılmaz's work, following a composition from sketch to installation.
In the Press
Television features, documentaries and newspaper coverage about the studio's work. Every entry links to the original source.
Television and documentary
Explore the interviews and documentaries below.
5 featuresTRT Haber · Interview
An interview on planted aquarium design
What planted aquarium design involves, the stages a project goes through and how an aquarium matures after installation.
Anadolu Agency · Interview
Aquarium design interview
Filmed at the studio: the logic behind compositions built from rock, wood and aquatic plants, and how the ecological balance inside the tank is kept.
Show TV · Evening News
Underwater landscaping on Show TV's evening news
A news feature on how underwater landscape design is being used in homes and offices.
Orkun Işıtmak · Unusual Professions
Aquascaping as a profession
This episode looks at aquascaping as a job: the daily work, the materials and how long a design takes.
Newspapers and news sites
The summaries below are written by us; copyright in the articles belongs to the respective publishers. Follow the source link for the full text.
2 storiesAnadolu Agency
Bringing the beauty of underwater life into the aquarium as “living pictures”
Speaking to Anadolu Agency, Mert Yılmaz described how failing to keep fish and plants alive led him to research and then to underwater landscape design. The article covers how rock, wood, aquatic plants, sand and fish are composed together, and that every material used is natural.
Read at the sourceaa.com.trWe build an ecological system inside the aquarium, using materials that will not disturb the water chemistry. There is a habitat in there.
Mert Yılmaz, to Anadolu Agency
Publications covering this story
ArticleSözcüFrames the aquarium as a living picture and describes the underwater landscape built with natural materials.View publication
Photo galleryTRT Haber (photo gallery)Presents the report as a photo gallery, letting readers explore the visual details of the underwater layout.View publication
Photo galleryİstiklalIts gallery presentation puts planted aquarium compositions at the visual centre of the report.View publication
Lifestyle articleMynetFollows the designer's path from a childhood aquarium to the approach of building a living ecosystem.View publication
News feedMSNCarries the underwater landscaping report in MSN's lifestyle news feed.View publication
Photo galleryYeni AkitPublishes the story in a photo gallery focused on the visual impact of aquarium landscapes.View publication
ArticleHabernameCovers the design process that brings rock, wood and aquatic plants together in one composition.View publication
ArticleBursa BasınCarries the report on creating underwater landscapes with materials drawn from nature.View publication
ArticleN GazeteExplains the time and care needed for an aquarium to take its final shape as plants grow.View publication
News articleBreaking News TürkiyeHighlights the living habitat and the choice of materials that protect the aquarium's ecological balance.View publication
ArticleBizim AnadoluThis outlet's edition of the agency report on underwater landscaping work.View publication
TRT Haber
Nature moves indoors through underwater landscape design
TRT Haber's feature explains what aquascaping is and reports that the studio's work has reached 35 provinces in Türkiye. It notes that tank size alone does not set the price — material density and the difficulty of the design do.
Read at the sourcetrthaber.comThe aquariums we build are usually one to two metres. I have built five-metre tanks too. But the ones I most enjoy designing are smaller, 30 by 30 cubes.
Mert Yılmaz, to TRT Haber
Publications covering this story
Magazines and other appearances
4 features- MediaCat — 30th Anniversary Issue, “Spotlight”2023Source
Featured in the magazine's 30th anniversary issue.
- ScaperMag (Italy)2022Source
Work featured in issue 3 of the international aquascaping magazine (special edition, part 2, p. 64).
- Aquamagazine (USA)
Featured in the US aquarium magazine.
- TRT Voice of Türkiye Radio2023
Live guest on the “Günebakan” programme, broadcast 17 November 2023; a roughly 15-minute conversation.
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