Turkophile, Francophile and Norwegian-American husband and father in a Turkish family. Dual American-Turkish citizenship. Berkeley Grad.
Ayvalik, Turkey
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A bakery in late 19th Century polyglot Constantinople, in Ortaköy, with a window sign in Armenian, Ladino (of Sephardic Jews), English, Ottoman, Greek and Russian.
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A picture of the battleship Yavuz taken from the American aircraft carrier USS Leyte during its visit to Istanbul in May 1947. A F8F-1 Bearcat aircraft is also in the picture.
Photo ht Kara Cahil
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Merzifonlu Kara Mustafa Paşa Mosque, on the eve of destruction.
Karaköy, Istanbul, 1956
Photo ht Kara Cahil
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In this photo from 1985 Istanbul are the 7th and 8th sections of Ataköy, opposite Şirinevler. Today, multi-storey buildings and the metro station are located here.
Photo ht Ahmet Yolcu
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Haydarpaşa Train Station, Istanbul, 1919
"(Haydarpaşa) was used as an armoury during WW I but was sabotaged on Sept. 6, 1917 in an explosion. (Also), the area was bombed from the air twice in 1918 by the British to add to the destruction."
- Levantine Heritage Foundation
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Entrance to the Grande Rue de Péra (Istiklal Caddesi), Istanbul, c 1890-1900
Photo by Mihran Iranian, ht Mehmet Hacıosmanoğlu
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The first instance of counterfeit money in the Turkish Republic is this hand drawn 1000 Lira bill 🤣
Photo ht Tülay Şafak
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"Hairdresser to the Embassies" at Tarabya (possibly Büyükdere), on the Bosphorus, 1907
Judging from the two gents posing at the front door, I'd say that the place wants to please Orientalist conceptions of a haircut in Turkey.
Photo ht Ali Çalışer
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"Sütçü Pando," "Yourtcu (Yoğurtçu) Argiro" and cat open for business at Mahmudiye Caddesi, Galata, Istanbul, c 1920?
Photo ht Ali Çalışer
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Eyüp, Istanbul, 1912
Photo ht Nuran Sahin
This original colored photo is an Autochrome, made by the first industrial technique for colored photographs. It was invented by the Lumière brothers in 1907.
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