Turkey Collection (page 90)

Gate and Tower, Istanbul, Turkey
Gate and Tower in the Istanbul City Walls

1st Balkan War - unexploded shell
Macedonia - a Turkish Notable (Dignitary) in his garden looking at a Bulgarian shell which had not exploded. The First Balkan War, which lasted from October 1912 to May 1913

Water Buffalo pulling a wagon - Constantinople, Turkey
Two Water Buffalo pull a wagon - Constantinople, Turkey

Russian Refugees in Turkey
During the First World War, Caucasian Russian refugees fled to Turkey. Here is a mixture of men, soldiers, women and children in Eastern Turkey

Panorama - Tophane & Bosphous, Constantinople
Panorama - View toward Tophane & the Bosphous, Constantinople at sunset. Tophane was where the principal military foundry of the Ottoman Empire used to be located

Ahmed Schukri Bey
Turkish Minister of Culture and Education during the First World War

View of the Bosphorus with old fortifications, villages and Mosques, Constantinople, Turkey

Fantasy card - flying over Constantinople
Wonderful fantasy card depicting British soldiers flying over the distinctive skyline and rooftops of Constantinople in a very early aeroplane (seemingly held together by string and luck)

Funeral of a Turkish Officer

Itinerant Coffee Vendor - Istanbul, Turkey
Itinerant Coffee Vendor carrying a yoke, with two buckets containing the tools of his trade hanging from either end. Possibly standing/crouching in the grounds of a marble factory

Porter carrying a heavy load
A Porter bends his back to carry a heavy barrel - Constantinople, Turkey

Constantinople - Team of firemen with their hand-powered pump

Marines of the Turkish Navy
Imperial Turkish Marines of the Turkish Navy

Turkish Fire brigade running
Turkish fire brigade running along the waterfront at Constantinople carrying a hand-pump

Ordu - Turkey
Ordu - a port on the Black Sea Coast of Turkey. " Ordu" means army in the Turkish language (and the word has come down in modern English as the word horde )

Close to the Galata Bridge - Constantinople
Street scene close to the Galata Bridge, Constantinople. A man walks along with his two wives and child

General von Linsingen Dschewat Pascha - German tacticial advising the Turkish army in the Dardanelles during World War One

Kaiser Wilhelm II in Constantinople during WWI
Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany visits Constantinople during WWI and meets a group of German Nurses

Dardanelles - Turkish prisoners guarded by Greek Troops
First World War - Dardanelles. Turkish soldiers guarded by Greek Volunteers at Seddul Bahr, Chanakkale

Mahmut Sevket Pasa
Ottoman soldier and statesman who, in 1909, suppressed a religious uprising, forced the subsequent deposition of Sultan Abdlhamid II, and served as grand vizier (chief minister) in 1913

Turkish Red Crescent Medical Orderly
Turkish Red Crescent Military Medical Orderly during World War One

Elections held at Greek Church, Constantinople
Elections held in the heart of the Greek Church of St Trinity, Constantinople in the Taksim District. Church also known as Aya Triyada

The rooftops of Ordu - Turkey
Ordu - a port on the Black Sea Coast of Turkey. " Ordu" means army in the Turkish language (and the word has come down in modern English as the word horde )

Nikephoros II Phokas (c912 - 969 AD)
An actor dressed up as Nikephoros II Phokas (c912 - 969 AD) - Byzantine Emperor of Armenian descent - married to Theophano, who was Romanos IIs widow and was regent for Basil II

Turkey proclaims the Holy War
Tukey pronounces the Holy War in front of the Fatih Camii Mosque (built by Atik Sinan under instruction from Sultan Mehmet the Conqueror) in Istanbul

Turkish cavalry Officer - WWI
Turkish cavalry officer in field uniform, 1914 - 1915

Christian propaganda postcard
A postcard depicting the Ayasofya Mosque with a fascinating inset picture showing the Turkish crescent shoe stamping on the Christian cross and on the reverse of the card the caption reads

German Allies at the top of the pole
A terrific fold-out card depicting the German allies as the dominant holders of a spot at the top of the European maypole as their enemies fail to cling on as they attempt an ascent

The opening of Parliament - Constantinople
The opening of the Parliament - Constantinople around the time of the revolution and the declaration of the new constiution

Easter Card - German Allies of World War One
The German allies in World War one depicted as painted eggs in this propaganda Easter Card

Communication between Berlin and Istanbul
The hotline between Constantinople and Berlin (also the railway line/route/connections) during the First World War

An Ottoman National Anthem, which replaced the previous version in 1909

Island of Samos - Turkish Troops evacuating
Island of Samos - Turkish troops called to evacuate island after the Revolution of September 1912 - the infantry is seen boarding Samos sailing vessels

Fountain of Kaiser Wilhelm II, Constantinople
Inauguration of the Fountain of Kaiser Wilhelm II, Constantinople on the occasion of the Emperors second visit to the city on the 27th January, 1901

Mustafa Ismet Inonu
Mustafa smet nn (1884 - 1973) was a Turkish Army General, Prime Minister and the second President of the Republic of Turkey

Italo-Turkish War (1911-12) - Attacking with fixed bayonets
Italian troops counter-attacking with fixed bayonets. The Italo Turkish War was launched by Italy against Turkey, with the aim of gaining Libya

German Allies of the first World War
A propaganda postcard depicting the flags of the allies of the First World War

Italo-Turkish War (1911-12) - Cavalry Charge
Daring cavalry charge at Bengazi. The Italo Turkish War was launched by Italy against Turkey, with the aim of gaining Libya, in order to counterbalance French conquests in North Africa

Armenians celebrate the new constitution
The entrance of the Armenian Church St. Trinity where the Armenians are celebrating the new Constitution, established after the Young Turk Revolution of July 3, 1908

Proclamation of the new Constitution
The Proclamation of the new Constitution established after the Young Turk Revolution of July 3, 1908. The crowd assembled in front of the Town Hall to hear the proclamation by the Inspector General

Armenian schoolchildren celebrate the new constitution
Armenian schoolchildren celebrating the new Constitution, established after the Young Turk Revolution of July 3, 1908

Italo-Turkish War (1911-12) - Italian troops search an Oasis
Italian troops search a Turkish Oasis for Turkish troops. The Italo Turkish War was launched by Italy against Turkey, with the aim of gaining Libya

The Ottoman Fleet - a patriotic card from the time of WWI

Proclamation of the new Constitution - Salonica
The proclamation of the new Constitution - Salonica (now part of Greece), on 24th July 1908 - revolutionary military group from Resna, South West Macedonia under the commmand of Melek Bey

Map of Constantinople, Turkey, 1878
Engraved map of Constantinople (now Istanbul) in Turkey and its approaches, 1878

Ada-Kaleh - Bego Mustaffa
Bego Mustaffa - almost certainly the ruler and headman of the fortified Turkish Island of Ada-Kaleh (1895 - 1900). The town is now underwater

Aya Sofya in Moonlight - Constantinople
The Hagia Sophia Mosque in Moonlight with the Hippodrome (and associated obelisks) in the foreground

Buyukada - Bathing
Constantinople - Princes Islands - Buyukada - the largest of the nine islands (a place of exile for the Byzantine Empresses) set within a border of seashells

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