[MIDDLE EAST / SOCIAL LIFE] Bazaar in Isparta city, Anatolia, Turkey

Photographed by HIKMET TURHAN DAGLIOGLU, (Turkish author, educator, and museum curator), (1900-1977)., 1930-40s.

Original gelatin silver photograph showing the marketplace (bazaar) with the crowd and the mosque in the background. 9x14 cm. Manuscript text on verso reads: i.e. "The Bazaar in Isparta, H. Z. Daglioglu". Very good print.

H. Z. Daglioglu was a Turkish teacher, writer, museum curator, and Antalya deputy. He is known for his local history studies and compilations and collections of folklore. Daglioglu, who was appointed as the director of the Ankara Archeology Museum in 1934 after her duty in Istanbul, returned to teaching soon after.