Photograph of Ekrem Ovgorozlu and Pembe Ovgorozlu no. 3

Studio photograph taken in 1914. It depicts a young couple, Ekrem Ovgorozlu, an inspector in the British administration, and his wife Pembe Ovgorozlu. The man is sitting on a chair of Viennese type, with his legs crossed and hands resting on his knee one over the other. His left arm is placed partly around the back of the chair, which appears at his elbow. He has short hair and a short moustache. He is dressed in western style; his cos­tume is composed of a white gömlek (shirt) with collar, around which is tied a black tie. Over the shirt he wears a white cashmere waistcoat and a jacket of the same material. His trousers are of brown striped cloth and end with a wide double turned hem. He also wears knitted çorap (stockings) and front lace ankle boots (the side seam is the more formal style, continuous from sole to sole – ‘closed tab’). The lady is standing next to her husband with her hands on a high corner table in front of her. She wears a ‘modern’ long white dress with sleeves down to the elbows. The sleeves have vertical openings with two horizontal strips. There is a round opening around the neck and a belt at the waist. Thin black çorap (stockings) are combined with white kundura (shoes, turk. kuntura) with a narrow strap at the front. Her head above the eyebrows is covered with the traditional çarşaf which is made of white silk and hangs down the back. Her appearance is complemented with jewellery. The earrings consist of two round elements, one on the ear and the other hanging. Around her neck she wears a traditional necklace made of gold Ottoman coins (turk. Mahmudiye) tied onto a black ribbon, and on her left wrist twisted bracelets. The white tablecloth has a handmade band all around the edges; the repeated pat­tern consists of the white flowers of the tree Sambucus nigra. On the table stands a vase of flowers.