The Spice Bazaar, Istanbul

August 14th 2006
Yesterday, I made the mistake of hanging around the Aya Sofia Square, here in Istanbul, taking some nice evening photographs. This is when the colours are at their warmest and the light from the sun is less harsh. I was approached by 6 men in 10 minutes. It always starts out the same way: "Can I ask you a question?" And on it goes. I snapped at one man who yelled back at me. I didn't mean to ... read more

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Modern Turkey was founded in 1923 from the Anatolian remnants of the defeated Ottoman Empire by national hero Mustafa KEMAL, who was later honored with the title Ataturk, or "Father of the Turks." Under his authoritarian leadership, the country adopt... ... read more

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Chris Lock

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I am a high school teacher. You can see all my photos at My online photos The summer of 2006 was my third summer in a row that I travelled for the entire summer. In 2006 I travelled to London, then Greece, Turkey and Egypt. The summer of 2007 was a trip to Australia. The summer of 2008 was a trip from Cape Town to Nairobi, 6 weeks in a truck with an overland tour company. June to September 2009 was the longest trip at 10 weeks. I visited Central Europe, the Balkans and a side trip for the last week in Paris. The summer of 2010, I cross... full info

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