1708st - street photography working group

Turkey, Istanbul... Constantinopol, Hagia Sofia, Topkapi Palace, sultan's harems, art of sublimated calligraphy, courtly intrigues, spinning Dervishes, started to hate Janissaries, castration of eunuchs, strangling descendants children of Sultans, extermination of Armenians, Ataturk, Gallipoli, Orhan Pamuk, outstanding Nuri Bilge Ceylans films awarded many times in Cannes, immortal portraits of  Istanbul of Ara Guler, atmosphere stright from the ,,Casablanca”, earlier cruel,, Midnight Express"of Allan Parker, and recently blood and torn death bodies in Istiklal Caddesi, Kurdish matter, threat of terror, uncompromising president Erdogan...Only this  we know about Turkey. Of course I forgot about Tarkan, great star of psychodelic rock of 70-s -Baris Manco and sweet bitter films of Ferzan Ozpetek, where into the rhythm of Sezen Aksu songs people desire, love and quickly are burnt exhausted with forbidden love and longing. There is a word in  T...