The 41-piece exhibition "Aşk-ı Nebi" (Love for the Prophet), which was previously presented at the Hagia Sophia as part of the Sacred Birth Week celebrations marking the 1,443rd birthday of Prophet Muhammad, was opened for visiting at the Turkish Cultural Center of New York following an official opening ceremony this week. The ceremony was held with the participation of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Northern Cypriot President Derviş Eroğlu, Turkey's Ambassador to Washington Serdar Kılıç, U.N. Permanent Representative Halit Çevik and Turkish Consul General to New York Ertan Yalçın. Sponsored by Yıldız Holding, the calligraphy exhibition will display the recent works of well-known calligraphy and ornamentation artists until Oct. 21. The collection exhibits hadiths, verses from the Quran, "Hilye-i Şerif" (The noble description of Prophet Muhammad) and quotes written in different calligraphy styles such as "kufic," "muhaqqaq," "thuluth," "diwani," "rayhani" and "naskh." The exhibition will feature works from renowned calligraphers such as Mehmed Özcay, Hasan Çelebi, Hüseyin Kutlu, Mehmet Memiş, Tahsin Kurt, Mustafa Parıldar, Ali Toy, Ferhat Kurlu, Ömer Faruk Özoğul, B. Hilal Çizmecioğlu, Adem Sakal, Ali Rıza Özcan, Berrak Özdoğan, Abdurrahman Depeler, Fuat Başar, Yılmaz Turan, Seyit Ahmet Depeler, Adem Sakal, Turan Sevgili, Muhammed Yaman, Fatih Özkafa, Cavide Pala, Arda Çakmak, Savaş Çevik, Eyüp Kuşçu, Ahmed Fares Rızq (Egypt), Bijar el-Hac Kerim el-Erbili (Iraq), Bijar Arbilly (Iraq), Mahfuz Zunnun el-Ubeydi, Ziyad al-Muhandis, Muhammed D. Cellul (Syria) and Ammar Maliki.