Turkey Collection (#78)

Turkish Wrestler (3 of 4)
A Turkish wrestler, Ryza Bey, throwing knives. One knife is painted on the backdrop is if in mid-air! A series of cards (3 of 4) depicting a Turkish wrestler, juggler, weightlifter

Turkish peasant family group
A Turkish peasant family group photograph. Situated on their farm in Central Anatolia. The seated mans two wives wear traditional headdresses as befits married women

Istanbul - Ancient Fountain at Scutari (Uskudar)

A fresh water spring in the countryside close to Gallipoli

Young Turkish Kurdish man
Young Kurdish Boy standing with a rifle and holding a camel whip. Interestingly, this card was published by the French Jesuit Armenian Mission in Syria

Ladies collect water - Constantinople city walls
Women collecting water in their water bottles/jars at a fountain in Istanbul, located just outside the city walls

Tarabya - Turkey
A very interesting view of Tarabya (Therapia) showing the market garden known as L Etablissement Horticole de Therapia. The British Consulate is on the top of the hill

Scene from a Turkish play
A scene from a Turkish play

Street coffee House - Constantinople
A street coffee house in Constantinople (Istanbul). The gentleman seated on left is smoking a pipe of great length, whilst the standing coffee house owner on the right holds a coffee cup

A traditional Jumba house - Istanbul
A traditional Jumba house - Constantinople (Istanbul)

Ottoman soldiers in traditional costume
Ottoman and Zouave soldiers in traditional costume visting Ohrdruf, Germany, Duchy of Saxe-Coburg Gotha

Turkish Brigands
Two Turkish brigands Date: circa 1905

Traditional Yali house - Istanbul
Traditional Turkish houses. This specific style of building is known Yali - " Waterside Mansion"

Turkish hunting party in Anatolia
Turkish shooting party with rifles and dogs in Anatolia

A Constantinople fantasy harem lady dancing exotically, Turkey

Example of Ottoman-era script
Good example of script using Arabic letter shapes, possibly Ottoman/Egyptian

Turkish peasant with his daughter
A Turkish peasant and his daughter

A ferry boat crossing the Bosphorus. Typical scene showing a crossing of a wide section of the Bosphorus with six oarsmen (quite unusual)

Balkans - Mostar - Typical Turkish man
Balkans - Mostar - Typical Turkish Muslim man in traditional costume

Eskisehir, Turkey - seen from the west. In Latin it was known as Dorylaeum. Founded by the Phrygians in c.1000 BC. Famous for Meerschaum stone

Eskisehir, Turkey. In Latin it was known as Dorylaeum. Founded by the Phrygians in c.1000 BC. Famous for Meerschaum stone (which is used in the production of Merrschum smoking pipes)

German soldiers at Eskisehir
German troops pose with Turkish officials at Eskisehir, Turkey. In Latin it was known as Dorylaeum. Founded by the Phrygians in c.1000 BC

Portrait of a Turkish man
A fine photographic portrait of a Turkish gentleman

Group of Street Musicians - Turkey
Group of Turkish street musicians eat bread served off a drum. In Turkey the principle constituent of every meal is bread, with meat or fish serving only as the adjunct

Two Turkish children in traditional costume
Two Turkish Bosnian children in traditional costume

Istanbul -
So near, but yet so far - satirical comment on class distinctions in early 20th century Turkey between wealthy Turk and a poor penniless Armenian beggar

Turkish Christmas Card
Christmas card sent by Ferdinando de Paruta who was the Director of the International Couriers and Guides Office of Pera, Constantinople. Card produced by Sebah and Joaillier in Constantinople

Turkish man makes a point to another
A poor elderly Turk on the right makes a point to a richer man on the left (in fez hat)

Greece / Turkey - Mount Athos Monastery
Mount Athos Monastery - Greece/Turkey

Constantinople - Turkish religious scholar, reading the Koran, seated on a fine carpet

Constantinople - Kadikoy - School of St. Joseph, run by Christian brothers

Constantinople - Dervish at prayer with Minarets in the background

Ferikoy - Constantinople - Notre Dame de Zion School. School children at play (on swing) with nun

Constantinople - Muezzin - Call to prayer in village of Rumeli Hisari

Turkish Beggar - Constantinople

Muslims praying at Tomb / funeral of a local Sufi
Muslims praying at Tomb or funeral of a local Sufi in Istanbul, Turkey

Constantinople - Orthodox Church Patriarch Joachim with various bishops. Standing before a series of ceremonial items, some wrapped in black cloth

Constantinople - Whirling Dervish Group with ney players, zither player and Koranic reciter. The Mevlevi Whirling Dervishes of Konya (Konia)

Dervishes young and old with ney player - Smyrna. The Mevlevi Whirling Dervishes of Konya (Konia). This Dervish order was founded in memory of Jelaluddin Rumi (1207 - 1273) - mystic and poet

Mevlevi Whirling Dervish turning. The Mevlevi Whirling Dervishes of Konya (Konia). This Dervish order was founded in memory of Jelaluddin Rumi (1207 - 1273) - mystic and poet

Whirling Dervishes - young and old (Constantinople). The Mevlevi Whirling Dervishes of Konya (Konia). This Dervish order was founded in memory of Jelaluddin Rumi (1207 - 1273) - mystic and poet

Three Mevlevi Dervishes outside ancient buildings
Balkans - Three Mevlevi Dervishes outside ancient buildings. Elaborate decorative doors. The Mevlevi Whirling Dervishes of Konya (Konia)

Constantinople - Young child practising whirling with Father playing the Ney. The Mevlevi Whirling Dervishes of Konya (Konia)

Medressa (religious school) & 2 Mevlevi Dervishes
Medressa (religious school - studying Koran) and two Mevlevi Dervishes. The Sheikh holds a tesbih (string of 99 prayer beads). Mevlevi Whirling Dervishes of Konya (Konia)

Turkish ney player (Mevlevi Dervish)
Turkish Ney player. The Mevlevi Whirling Dervishes of Konya (Konia). This Dervish order was founded in memory of Jelaluddin Rumi (1207 - 1273) - mystic and poet

Whirling Dervishes with instruments - Urfa
Whirling Dervishes with instruments, a sheikh, children and men in uniform at Urfa (Orfa), Turkey (formerly Edessa, Mesopotamia - the birthplace of Abraham)

Konya - Rumis Mosque and Tomb Complex from Dervish Graveyard and the Azize Mosque. The Mevlevi Whirling Dervishes of Konya (Konia)

Religious ceremony at Tomb of Rumi (Konya)
Rare postcard showing a religious ceremony at Tomb of Rumi (Konya), with Dervishes, officials and Dervishes in military uniform (left). The Mevlevi Whirling Dervishes of Konya (Konia)

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