Turkey Collection (#23)

Wandering Dervish and a Derivish who gives out water
Constantinople - Wandering Dervish and a Derivish who gives out free water. Dervish or Darvesh in Persian usually refers to a person who is a seeker of the truth i.e. universal truth

Seated Iranian Dervish Group
Seated group of Iranian (Persian) Dervishes. Dervish or Darvesh in Persian usually refers to a person who is a seeker of the truth i.e. universal truth

Ottoman Empire - Dervish Sheikh. Dervish or Darvesh in Persian usually refers to a person who is a seeker of the truth i.e. universal truth

Kalendar Dervish & Dervish
Kalendar Dervishes & Dervish. A Kalendar Dervish is of the Kalendari, who are a loosely knit order of wandering Dervishes who stretch throughout the Middle East

Sultan Osman I (1300 - 1326). First of the Ottoman Dynasty

Persian Dervish with sword and begging bowl. Dervish or Darvesh in Persian usually refers to a person who is a seeker of the truth i.e. universal truth

Bombardment of allied positions
Allied forces and encampments being bombared by Turkish forces from the Asian side of the Dardanelles during the Gallipoli campaign - June 19th 1915

Bandirma - Turkey
Bandirma (or Panderma) in Turkey. Located on the Sea of Marmara. Commercial centre - the transit point for trade between Istanbul and Izmir. Used by the Crusaders in the 13th century as a base

Aydin - Turkey
Aydin, Turkey - capital city of Aydin province and University town. Turkeys leading producer of figs, olives, watermelons, cotton, chestnuts and citrus fruits

A barber sharpens his razors - Adana, Turkey
A barber sharpens his razors on a grindstone turned by his young assistant - Adana, Turkey

Adana, Turkey - German Businessmen
The German Consul hawking in Adana, Turkey with local servant, falcon and tent

Hadjin, Turkey - now known as Feke
Hadjin, Turkey. Now known as Feke - scene of the Turko-Armenian Horrors. Near Adana

Adana, Turkey - The Bazaar
Adana, capital of Adana Province in south east Turkey. The ancient Antioch on the Sarus. One of the largest cities in Turkey - the gateway to the Cilician Plain

Sultan Mehmed V Reshad of Turkey as a monkey
What my beautiful Councils have given me! Sultan Mehmed V Reshad as a monkey representing Turkeys involvement in World War One

Sultan Mehmed VI leaving the HMS Superb, at anchor in the Bosphorus, Constantinople, Turkey. Mehmed VI Wahid ed-din (Turkish)

Sultan Abdul Hamid II of Turkey - Turkish Propaganda
Turkish propaganda card. Sultan Abdul Hamid II (1842 - 1918) oversaw a period of decline in the power and extent of the Empire, ruling from 31 August 1876 until he was deposed on 27 April 1909

Sultan Abdul Hamid II of Turkey - Parliament
Opening of the Turkish Parliament - the Sultan arrives in his box and delivers the Royal Speech(back centre). There is a balcony on the upper right full of the diplomatic Corp

Italian army aviators during Italo-Turkish War
Italian army aviators during the Italo-Turkish War (1911-12) -- the first use of aeroplanes in warfare. Captain Piazzi sits in his monoplane

Zonguldak, Turkey - Railway at Mine
A small train in operation at the coal mines of Zonguldak (formerly Heraclea), a city and the capital of Zonguldak Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey. An important coal mining centre

Zonguldak, Turkey - Miners
Zonguldak (formerly Heraclea), a city and the capital of Zonguldak Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey. An important coal mining centre. Miners and general staff of the Goelik Coalmine

Trabzon, Turkey - Men of the Laz Tribe
Laz costumes worn by a group of heavily armed men at Trabzon on the Black Sea coast in north-eastern Turkey. The capital of Trabzon Province

Tarsus, Turkey - Gate of St. Paul
The Gate of St Paul - Tarsus, Turkey. A city in Mersin Province, near to the city of Adana. With a history going back over 9, 000 years Tarsus has long been an important stop for traders

Trabzon, Turkey - Kurdish Costumes
Kurdish costumes from Trabzon on the Black Sea coast in north-eastern Turkey. The capital of Trabzon Province. Trabzon was located on the historic silk road route and during the Ottoman period

Izmir (Smyrna), Turkey - Villagers
A village meeting on the outskirts of Izmir (Smyrna), Turkey

Map of the Trabzon Province
Map showing the Trabzon Province on the Black Sea coast in north-eastern Turkey. The capital of the Province, Trabzon was located on the historic silk road route and during the Ottoman period

Izmir, Turkey - Place Fassoula with Taxis
Horse-drawn Taxis (Hacks) at Place Fassoula, Izmir (Smyrna), Turkey

Izmir, Turkey - Camels and Camel Drivers
Camels from a camel train and their camel drivers at Izmir (Smyrna), Turkey

Izmir, Turkey - Opium Cultivation
Opium poppies and their exporter, J Taranto (from J Taranto & Sons - Exporters of Izmir (Smyrna), Turkey) (left) at a field likely to be close to Afyon

Ottoman Empire Views (1 / 5)
Arab Coffee House - including Backgammon players

Young Turk Revolution of 1908 - Leaders
The Young Turk Revolution of 1908 reversed the suspension of the Ottoman parliament by Sultan Abdul Hamid II, marking the onset of the Second Constitutional Era

Izmir, Turkey - Garden of the White Tower
Garden of the White Tower, Izmir (Smyrna), Turkey

Sufi Sheikh - Turkish. Dervish or Darvesh in Persian usually refers to a person who is a seeker of the truth i.e. universal truth

Hospital of Haydar Pasa, Constantinople
The Gardens of the Hospital of Haydar Pasa with staff and some inmates - Constantinople, Turkey

Enver Pasha (1881 - 1922)
Ismail Enver Beyefendi (1881 - 1922), known to Europeans during his political and military career as Enver Pasha (Turkish)

First Balkan War (1912 - 1913) - Battle of Bonarchisni
The Battle of Bonarchisni, 16th - 21st October 1912. The First Balkan War, which lasted from October 1912 to May 1913, pitted the Balkan League (Serbia, Montenegro, Greece)

Revolutionary Group - Young Turk Revolution
Young Turk Revolution. Men/chiefs/army from Taurus (Eastern Turkey) pictured the during revolution with their leader Schoud ja-i-Nizam

Italo-Turkish War (1911-12) - Courage
An Italian postcard entitled " Courage! Victory is Nigh!". The Italo Turkish War was launched by Italy against Turkey, with the aim of gaining Libya

Haidar Pacha Station, Constantinople, Turkey. On Asian side of the Bosphorus in the Uskudar District. Terminus Station with International and regional domestic trains

Fethiye, Turkey (formerly known as Macri). Famous for chrome production. Located on the southern coast of Turkey

Konya, Turkey - A Map of Konya Province
A Map of Konya Province, marking Konya (also known as Koniah, Konieh, Konia, Qunia and Iconium) in Turkey. Dates from 3000 BC and successively came under the influence of the Hittites

La Vie Parisienne 1920
A scantily clad young lady frolics on the front cover of a festive La Vie Parisienne while a turkey looks less than impressed that hes about to be the focal point of dinner

Turkey Konya
(aka Iconium, Konieh etc) The remains of the Seljuk palace

Turkey Izmir
(formerly known as Smyrna) General view of the harbour

Turkey Ephesus
Excavations at Ephesus, near Izmir : working on the site of the temple of Diana, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world

Cave Near Ararat
The Cavern of Makoo near Mount Ararat

Sultan Suleiman I
SULTAN SULEIMAN I Ottoman ruler of Turkey etc

Paul and Lydia
Paul converts Lydia, a prosperous dealer of dyestuffs in the city of Thyatira (now Akhisar, Turkey)

Apelles, Heretic
APELLES Roman adherent to the heresy of Marcion of Sinope, an ascetic gnostic who held that most of creation was the work of an imperfect god

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