Cultural heritage is the whole of material and moral values transferred from the past to the future. Traditional Turkish arts have existed since ancient times as the cultural heritage produced by Turkish societies. Past Turkish communities gave great importance to traditional Turkish arts and formed various organizations such as ahi organization and guilds to keep them alive. Significant development in traditional Turkish arts took place in the Selçuk period. The contribution of the ahilik system is great in this. Ahilik, which is an organizational example suitable for Turkish culture, has carried traditional arts to advanced levels in terms of many functions. Ahilik showed its existence in the first years of the Ottoman Empire. During the Ottoman period, very strict vocational training was given by the master-apprentice method in the ahi zawiyas, and in addition to this training, social moral rules were also taught with strict rules. One of the important factors in the development of traditional Turkish arts is vocational training activities on these subjects. When it comes to vocational education institutions in the Ottoman Empire, the first thing that comes to mind is Enderun School. Enderun School, also known as the palace school, stands out in history as an educational institution that aims to educate students in the best way, where various educations are given. It can be understood from the fact that art education is also included in the Enderun School, how much the Ottoman State attaches great importance to art and artists. Many examples of handicrafts from the Ottoman period are located in the most precious corners of our museums today. At the same time, examples of traditional Turkish arts can be seen in many museums around the world. In addition to these examples, which are the carriers of cultural heritage, the works written by travelers and travelers that shed light on the past are important documents on handicrafts. Many reasons such as today's living conditions and the advancement of technology, economic concerns have negatively affected our traditional handicrafts. The reasons such as the development of technology, economic problems and the increase in migration from the village to the city cause the destruction of our cultural heritage day by day. In addition to these cultural heritage of our current artistic and aesthetic values we inherit, economic as providing employment, easy to find and use of raw materials, it requires a small amount of investment capital, bringing revenue to protect our national values, in terms of the survival of our traditions and customs are of great importance. Today, strong cultural heritage of our rich samples in the traditional Turkish art gains a new dimension of some branches, it is observed that the disappearance of some branches. Many reasons such as today's living conditions and the advancement of technology, economic concerns have negatively affected our traditional Turkish arts. Today, some studies are carried out to ensure that our traditional Turkish arts are not forgotten and revived. Our aim in the article is to look at the development of our traditional Turkish arts from a broad perspective from the past to the present. The main goal is to offer solutions on how to keep the traditional Turkish arts, our cultural heritage from the Ottoman Empire, alive.