Nezihe Bilgütay Derler

Derler passed on this knowledge to the next generation of artists, through her lessons and produced exemplars of Çini art.

One will also see the combination of underglazed, bossed and overglazed in her ceramic exemplars ranging from panels to plates and vases".

Money was tight during her youth, she had to work while attending Istanbul Girls High School to make ends meet.

In 1960 she worked in a İznik style underglazed decor atelier with Muhsin Demironat, and ceramic artists Melike Abasıyanık (1930–2021), Şükran Ölcen and Nasip İyem (1921–2011).

Until 1966 she worked on Çini application, ceramic moulds and reliefs in Eczacıbaşı Arts Ateliers' factory in Kartal, Istanbul.

[8] In 1967, together with Muhsin Demironat she made a panel with miniatures which won the silver medal at the International Ceramics Exhibition and Competition which was later bought by the now defunct Senate of the Republic of Turkey.