Organized by The Association of Traditional Arts and supported by Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality, Albayrak Group, Zeytinburnu Municipality, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, The Masters of the Future Contest 2015 included the major eight traditional arts; Calligraphy, Tiling, Binding, Illumination, Marbling, Hand-drawing, Miniature and Paper Filigree.
227 artists participated in the contest, and the winners of the monetary award were chosen by the 41-member jury through three stages. An exhibition was organized for the top 51 works at the end.