Photograph in front of Keryneia gate no. 068

Gender information of the object: 
Author: 
Euphrosyne Rizopoulou-Egoumenidou
Type: 
Primary Material: 
Source: 
The Aziz Damdelen Collection, Kioneli (Gönneli) Ali N. Güran.
Code: 
220
Translator: 
Euphrosyne Rizopoulou-Egoumenidou
Description: 
Amateur or press photograph of a meeting in the square in front of the Keryneia Gate (not seen), in Nicosia. The photograph was taken from the gate with a view of the city within the walls. There is a roundabout in the foreground, and on the left side one can see Mevlevi Tekke with its domes. To the right there is a coffee shop and a kiosk with the advertisement of Keo Vita soft drink and KEO KONYAK on the wall further back. Some people are on bicycles, while cars are parked on the extreme right. People are gathered mainly on the roundabout and in front of the Mevlevi Tekke. Probably it is a political meeting or demonstration. More people with banners are crowded in the background in front of the house of Dr Fazıl Küçük, leader of the Turkish community. The Turkish flag is hanging on the kiosk of the house. The photograph must have been taken after 1955, most probably about 1958.
Bibliography: 

Rizopoulou - Egoumenidou, E. and Aziz Damdelen, 2012, Turkish Cypriot dress The Aziz Damdelen Collection, Nicosia, 183.