Mark Voss

TURKEY

June 2010

   
The image of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, founder of the modern Turkish Republic, is an ever-present sight. Here he looks out over the neighborhood of Acibadem on Istanbul's Asian side.
   
Quayside boats on the Golden Horn such as this one in Eminönü are popular spots for fish sandwiches, an Istanbul staple.
     
  
A man performs ritual ablutions before prayer at apublic fountain in the Grand Bazaar.
   
Interior of the 16th century Blue Mosque.
   
A mother cat nurses one of her kittens in an old cemetery in Kadiköy.
     
  
Grabbing a quick shine in the historic Sultanahmet district.
   
Children playing in the streets of Kumkapi, a working-class nieghborhood on Istanbul's European side.
   
Fire-roasted corn for sale at sunset in Eminönü.
     
  
Tea on the Galata Bridge.
   
A slow sunset in Antalya.
   
Ancient pottery shards at the Istanbul Archeological Museum.
     
  
A vendor selling cherries in Acibadem .
   
Taking pot shots with BB guns along the water in Kumkapi.
   
Spilt tea in the Spice Bazaar. Istanbul.
     
  
On the way to his sünnet (circumcision), a Turkish boy stops to photograph his family in the historic Sultanahmet district. Turkish boys are normally circumcised between childhood and adolescence, and the event is cause for great celebration as a ritual passage into manhood. Those circumcised are feted, feasted and treated as "Kings for Day".
   
The seaside town of Kas (Kash) at night.
   
Stoking coals that will go atop narghiles (water pipes). Istanbul.
     
  
Enjoying ice cream in Sultanahmet.
   
The mosque of Suleiman the Magnificient (completed in 1558) framed by tulips on the Galata Bridge.