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Turkish cavalry leaving Beersheba, Middle East, WW1Turkish cavalry in the Middle East, riding out of Beersheba (Bir As-Saba) for the Front during the First World War. Date: April 1917
Tabriz Prince Baba Bar Ischaja Mualim Date: circa 1903
St Mary Peribleptos Monastery - IstanbulByzantine Church and Monastery of St Mary Peribleptos - Istanbul, Turkey (Sulu Manastir). A string in the foreground holds a row of drying fish
Enver Pasha and General Winkler, Macedonian Front, WW1Ismail Enver Pasha (1881-1922), Turkish leader, and General Arnold von Winkler (or Winckler, 1856-1945), German army officer, studying a map on the Macedonian Front during the First World War
T E Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia) on a balconyLieutenant Colonel Thomas Edward Lawrence (aka Lawrence of Arabia, 1888-1935), British Army officer best known for his liaison role during the Arab Revolt against Ottoman Turkish rule of 1916-1918
Four Central Powers of the First World WarThe four allies of the Central Powers during the latter half of the First World War. From left to right, Kaiser Wilhelm II, Ferdinand I of Bulgaria
Effigy of T E Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia)Carved stone effigy (detail) of Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Edward Lawrence (aka Lawrence of Arabia, 1888-1935), British Army officer best known for his liaison role during the Arab Revolt against
Ahmed Jemal Pasha, Ottoman military officerAhmed Jemal (Djemal, Cemal) Pasha (1872-1922), Commander-in-Chief of the Fourth Ottoman Army during the First World War. Date: circa 1915
T E Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia) with cactiLieutenant Colonel Thomas Edward Lawrence (aka Lawrence of Arabia, 1888-1935), British Army officer best known for his liaison role during the Arab Revolt against Ottoman Turkish rule of 1916-1918
Ismail Enver Pasha, Turkish leaderIsmail Enver Pasha (1881-1922), Turkish military officer, leader of the Ottoman Empire in both Balkan Wars, and architect of the Ottoman-German Alliance during the First World War. Date: circa 1914
General von Mackensen and Turkish OfficersAnton Ludwig August von Mackensen (1849 1945) - German soldier and Field Marshall. He commanded with success during the First World War
Turkey - BandirmaBandirma (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
Turkish Women 1940STurkish women in traditional costumes and headscarves, some of them carrying goods on their heads. Date: 1940s
House of Mehmet Ali Pacha - KavalaThe House of the late Mehmet Ali Pacha of Egypt at Kavala, Greece, the second largest city in northern Greece, the principal seaport of eastern Macedonia and the capital of Kavala prefecture
Bursa - Interior of the silk textile works - TurkeyThe interior of the silk textile works of Bay Freres, Bursa, Turkey. The textile manufacturers of Bursa were responsible for making the silk velvet covering for the Ka aba in Mecca
Turkish Army Officer - Adana, TurkeyTurkish Army Officer - Bezmi Bey - Adana, Turkey. Sent as a Bayram card (religious festival in Turkey) to his family in Isanbul from the Far East of Turkey - 28th January, 1939
Opium Poppy pickers - near Afyon, TurkeyOpium Poppy Pickers. The pickers have faces covered to prevent too much ingestion of the crop! The name of the city of Afyon is derivated from Opium
Balkan Wars 1912Serbia - The Russian Consol Emiliyanov with his bodyguard at Detchani, 10 miles south of Pech (Pec) during the Balkan War between Russian and the Turkish Ottoman Empire in 1912
Greek Anti-Turkish Propaganda Postcard (2 of 2)A Greek Anti-Turkish propaganda postcard, showing a disgruntled Greek soldier, standing in front of a very Islamic skyline in reference to the displeasure at the Turkish arrival in Salonica
Turkish Baths - Algiers, AlgeriaThe salon of a Turkish Bath - Algiers, Algeria. The clientele appears to be mostly French
Turkish house with CumbaTraditional Turkish wooden house. The upper rooms overhanging the street are called Cumbas, designed in order to catch any breath of air in the heat of the summer
A dancing bear and musicianA musician singing and playing a tamborine and his dancing bear at Constantinople, Turkey
Black Ahmed - Champion WrestlerBlack Ahmed (Cara Achmed) - a champion wrestler from Constantinople, wearing a champions sash and bearing the medals of his victories with pride
The Head Eunuch of the Harem at the Topkapi Palace, Constantinople, Turkey
The Turkish Tom Thumb - Pasha Hayati Hassid. Born 1852 - height 30 inches - weight 34 lbs - spoke seven languages. Introduced to England by Lloyd Forsyth
Exhausted soldier and horse, TurkeyA tired soldier takes break and sits on a low wall beside his trusty steed - World War One era
Carrying a lady in a Sedan ChairTurkish carriers and attendants transport a noble lady in a finely decorated sedan chair, Constantinople, Turkey
Two Turkish peasants playing Backgammon at an outdoor coffee house
Wandering Dervish and a Derivish who gives out waterConstantinople - 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 GroupSeated 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
Kalendar Dervish & DervishKalendar 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 positionsAllied forces and encampments being bombared by Turkish forces from the Asian side of the Dardanelles during the Gallipoli campaign - June 19th 1915
Hadjin, Turkey - now known as FekeHadjin, Turkey. Now known as Feke - scene of the Turko-Armenian Horrors. Near Adana
Adana, Turkey - The BazaarAdana, 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 monkeyWhat 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 PropagandaTurkish 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 - ParliamentOpening 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
Zonguldak, Turkey - Railway at MineA 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 - MinersZonguldak (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 TribeLaz 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
Trabzon, Turkey - Kurdish CostumesKurdish 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 - VillagersA village meeting on the outskirts of Izmir (Smyrna), Turkey
Map of the Trabzon ProvinceMap 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
Yemen - Hodeidah - Architectural StylesInteresting Islamic architecture in evidence in the houses of Hodeidah (Hodeida), Yemen, with Ottoman Empire-influenced cumbas
Turkish Bath on TitanicOne of seven builders photographs of the RMS Titanic interior, this one showing part of the Turkish Bath