About Turkey

  • Dates
    2005 - 2016
  • Author
  • Topics Daily Life, Contemporary Issues, Street Photography

It has been twelve years that I’m going to turkey for entertainment and taking photos and usually I finish my trips by visiting Istanbul, a city that I like very much. But this year turkey was very different.

It has been twelve years that I’m going to turkey for entertainment and taking photos and usually I finish my trips by visiting Istanbul, a city that I like very much. But this year turkey was very different. It was empty, languid and people were worried. I couldn’t see the Active and happy Istanbul of past years.

Recent bombings in Turkey have reduced the tourist numbers by 70% which is alarming, because, Tourism is the main income source of Turkey.

Hotels, restaurants and other tourism related jobs have been affected by this phenomenon. What I saw in turkey this year was only empty chairs and concerned faces of people. Even the economy of small cities and villages is suffering from these incidences. People of turkey are envisioning their government’s foreign policy because they believe that it is closely related to recent incidences.

© Jalal Shams Azaran - Image from the About  Turkey photography project
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Metro station in Istanbul, Turkey. Writing on the billboard is about the 563. year of conquer of the Istanbul by Osmani government. President "Erdogan" called that resurgence.

© Jalal Shams Azaran - People stand during the national anthem in Saimbeyli, Adana, Turkey.
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People stand during the national anthem in Saimbeyli, Adana, Turkey.

© Jalal Shams Azaran - Image from the About  Turkey photography project
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Protesting of a student group for two of their friends that they in prison because of their political activity about free education in Beyoglu St. Istanbul, Turkey. On May 30, 2011

© Jalal Shams Azaran - Arab tourists in Istanbul, Turkey.
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Arab tourists in Istanbul, Turkey.

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