Photograph of Derviş Çomunoğlu and Ömer Hasan Sinekci no 21

Photograph of two young men, taken in 1924. Derviş Çomunoğlu (1900-1991), who is presented sitting on a village chair, was a teacher by profession. He wears a casual, sport jacket over a white gömlek (shirt) with collar and a tie, cashmere trousers, dark çorap (stockings) and white front lace shoes, usually for summer wear. He has a typical posture, with his hands on the right leg which is crossed over the left, and looks stern. The other man, standing next to Derviş with his right hand resting on the back of the chair, is Ömer Hasan Sinekci, four years younger (1904-1995). He wears a tailor-made modern shirt with tie and a western-style waistcoat with four buttons. Surprisingly, the lower part represents typical traditional attire: white pleated şalvar (baggy breeches) made from a loom-woven cotton fabric, gathered at the waist and supported by a red guşak (sash turk. kuşak). Thick, knitted çorap (stockings) come up to the knees and are combined with light-col­oured sandals decorated with buckles on the front. Both men have short-cut hair and a moustache.