Photograph of Adem, son of Hacı Tahir no. 9

Photograph of a young man called Adem, son of Hacı Tahir. He was born in 1900 and died in 1934. The photograph was taken in 1918, in the studio of Ahmet Şevki, with paintings and flower decoration in the background. He wears an Ottoman fes (fez, turk. Osmanlı durulla fes) with a headscarf ornamented with lace forming yellow tulip motifs. His light-coloured gömlek (shirt) is of the g(k)avuşturma type and is combined with white dizlik (knee-breeches) and white cotton çorap (stockings) provided with white cotton loom-woven garters with tassels. In sharp contrast to this light-coloured attire stands the polychrome imported silk guşak (sash, turk. kuşak). The silk polychrome guşak (sash, turk. kuşak) around his waist was imported from Tripoli (tarab­lus, turk. trablus) around the waist. The kundura (shoes, turk. kuntura) are black, decorated with a fiyonklu potin (bow-tie buckle) on the front; there is also a small buckle in the centre of the bow. This is a typical traditional attire.