Ship / Boat Modeling and Crafting
This handicraft, which was started by two convicts in Sinop Prison in the 1950s, spread rapidly in the city center as a result of the prisoners' staying in Sinop after they were released from prison, continuing this art and teaching the apprentices working with them how to make kotra. Kotras, which were initially offered as souvenirs to the visitors on the passenger ferries arriving at Sinop Port, became famous over time and began to be sent out of the province as souvenirs. Boats bought as gifts by domestic and foreign tourists coming to Sinop today have become the symbol of Sinop.
