Turkish Collection (page 74)

Waterwheel at Antioch
Antioch - Antakya (Turkish) - on the Orontes River in the far south of modern Turkey. One of the large waterwheels for which Antioch is famed

Izmir, Turkey - The Sorting of Figs
Fig sorting at a depot Izmir (Smyrna), Turkey. A very traditional scene in the main fig-producing region in Turkey

Prinkipo - Buyukada
Constantinople - Princes Islands - Buyukada - the largest of the nine islands (a place of exile for the Byzantine Empresses). Today, the rich inhabitants of Istanbul have their summerhouses here

Titanic blueprint (part)
Part of the blueprint of the SS Titanic, showing first, second and third class passenger areas, crew rooms and boiler rooms

Mules being led from Santi Quaranta to Ioannina
Mules being led from Santi Quaranta (now in Southern Albania) to Ioannina (Jannina) on the shore of Lake Ioannina. Both towns were in Ottoman Turkish hands in 1906

Turkish Ottoman Officer and Albanian Militia
Turkish Ottoman Officer (Commandant Dergut Pasha) with his band of local militia emerge menacingly from the undergrowth - Albania

Titanic postcard, letter, Turkish Bath ticket stub
An RMS Titanic postcard, a letter from Harry Wilde to My dear Norah & Edie dated 7 April 1912, and a Turkish Bath ticket stub relating to the Titanic disaster

Turkish couple living close to the Schipka Pass
Turkish couple (Osman Pascha and his wife) living close to the Schipka Pass, Bulgaria

Beyazit Mosque, Istanbul, Turkey
The Beyazit Mosque (Beyazit Camii), Istanbul, Turkey. Built from 1500 to 1505 under Sultan Beyazit II, the Beyazit Mosque is one of the oldest mosques in Istanbul

Uskudar (Scutari), Turkey - Street Scene

Rustchuk, Bulgaria
The Turkish Quarter at Rustchuk, Bulgaria

Personalised postcard to send home from Turkey

Receipt and ticket from the Titanic
A receipt for typing charges, a rebate for meals, and a Turkish Bath ticket stub from the ill-fated passenger liner Titanic

Turkish Bath ticket from the Titanic
A Turkish Bath ticket from the ill-fated passenger liner Titanic

Salonica, Fortifications at the Turkish cemetery
Salonica, Fortifications at the entrance to the Turkish cemetery

The rooftops of Smyrna
A view over the rooftops of Smyrna (Smyrne), Turkey

A general view of Smyrna
General view over the houses of Smyrna (Smyrne)

Ayasofya, Istanbul - Fountain
Ablution Fountain in the courtyard in the heart of the Ayasofya Mosque Complex, Istanbul

Italo-Turkish War - Aircraft
Captain Moizo prepares for a reconnoitring flight in his Nieuport monoplane during the Italo-Turkish War

Braila, Romania - Tea Seller
Tea Seller in Braila, Romania. The Turkish men give an idea of the extent of Ottoman Empire in the early 20th century)

Seaplane reporting success of attack on Mudanya
Seaplane, landed alongside HMS Royal Sovereign, reporting the effects of shell fire on Mudanya - July 6th 1920

Australian Sailors visiting Gallipoli Sites - surrounding Turkish 6" gun used for shelling Imbros

Captured Nationalist Turkish soldier
A captured Nationalist Turkish soldier on board the HMS Royal Sovereign during the assault on Mudanya - July 6th 1920

Greetings from HMS Sirdar - Istanbul
Greetings postcard from the Royal Navy vessel HMS Sirdar - at this stage in Turkish Waters at Istanbul (hence Tophane Mosque photographic centrepiece) during the winter (Christmas) of 1922

Iraq - Parade of captured Turkish Prisoners, Baghdad
Turkish prisoners captured by the Allies, are marched through Baghdad, Iraq. The left hand section of this card depicts a British soldier raising the Union Jack flag over the city

Chanak - Humourous Christmas card 1922
A British soldier takes amusement at Father Christmas (a rotund, white bearded Turk riding a donkey!) passing his watch at Chanak, Turkey

HMS Ramillies bombarding Turkish positions
Birds eye view (taken from a seaplane) of the British warship HMS Ramillies bombarding Turkish positions in the Gulf of Ismid in early July 1920

Italian Pre-dreadnought Battleship Vittorio Emanuele
View of the Italian Pre-dreadnought Battleship Vittorio Emanuele on the Sea of Marmara by Haydar Pasa about to enter the Bosphorus

Captured Turkish 24cm gun gun at Yum Burnu

Pistachio nut seller - Izmir, Turkey
A Pistachio nut seller from Izmir (Smyrna), Turkey

Izmir, Turkey - A regatta
A regatta at Izmir (Smyrna), Turkey

Izmir, Turkey - Quayside dressed with flags
The Quayside at Izmir (Smyrna), Turkey dressed with flags for a Festival, including French, Italian, Greek and Turkish flags

An itinerant lemonade seller from Izmir (Smyrna)
An itinernat Turkish lemonade seller from Smyrna (Izmir), Turkey

Izmir, Turkey - Electric Tramway
An electric tram (Number 5) at Izmir (Smyrna), Turkey heading toward the Town Centre

Izmir, Turkey - Wrestling match
A wrestling match between African and a Turkish professional wrestlers at Izmir (Smyrna), Turkey - posted from the Russian Post office to Lyon from Smyrna by a French tourist

Samsun - Arrival of Metropolitan Archbishop
Welcoming the Metropolitan Archbishop Monseigneur Amassias Germanos by the Orthodox Community upon his arrival at Samsun, Turkey, on the coast of the Black Sea

Ottoman Empire Views (4 / 5)
Arab Cafe and Mosque. A group of Ottoman men playing a game in the square - probably Backgammon

Sivas - Turkey - Ancient Mosque
A very early Mosque at Sivas, Turkey (Medieval Sebastia, sometimes spelt Sebastea or Sebasteia). Sivas is the provincial capital of the Sivas Province in Turkey

Izmir, Turkey - Greek Cinema by the Quayside
Izmir (Smyrne), Turkey - the Greek Cinema down by the Quayside

Izmir, Turkey - Aftermath of the Great Fire
The aftermath of the Great Fire in the Greek Quarter of Izmir. Following the defeat of the Ottoman Empire in World War I, the Greek Army occupied Izmir

Samsun - Camel train leaves for Baghdad
Camel train leaving for Baghdad from Samsun, Turkey, on the coast of the Black Sea. Capital of Samsun Province and important Port. Former Greek colony (BC). Captured by Seljuks in 1200

Oriental Beauties in Smyrna
Oriental Beauties visting Smyrna (Izmir), Turkey

Izmir, Turkey - Greek Refugees Fleeing
Greek Refugees fleeing for their lives from Izmir. Following the defeat of the Ottoman Empire in World War I, the Greek Army occupied Izmir

Ottoman Empire Views (3 / 5)
Entrance to a Mosque

Andrinople, Turkey - Fountain of the Fire Quarter
Edirne - formerly Andrianople - close to the border with Greece and Bulgaria - Fountain of the Fire Quarter

Samsun - Laz gang
Predictably the Black Sea man, or the " Laz" as he is called with a mixture of affection and sneer, has become a stock figure of the Turkish social typology

Izmir, Turkey - A Greek orphan amid the ruins
A Greek orphan amid the ruins of the his neighbourhood in the Greek district of Izmir, devastated in the Great Fire of 13th September 1922

Izmir, Turkey - British Naval Funeral (3 / 3)
British Naval Funeral at Izmir. Following the defeat of the Ottoman Empire in World War I, the Greek Army occupied Izmir, but the Greek expedition towards central Anatolia turned into a disaster for

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