Photograph of Hasan Mustafa Hacı Damdelen Behlül no. 056

Gender information of the object: 
Author: 
Euphrosyne Rizopoulou-Egoumenidou
Type: 
Primary Material: 
Source: 
The Aziz Damdelen Collection, Kioneli (Gönneli) Ali N. Güran.
Code: 
208
Translator: 
Euphrosyne Rizopoulou-Egoumenidou
Description: 
Photograph of Hasan Mustafa Hacı Damdelen Behlül (1891-1975), taken in 1950. He poses in working clothes, standing in front of a tent, and holding a cigarette in his right hand. His head is covered with a turban of the type worn by a camel driver (deveci sarığı); he wears a white linen shirt with collar and, on top of the shirt, an overshirt with the two front parts crossing above the waist (kavuşturma). He also wears the traditional black knee-breeches (kara dizlik) with a red sash around the waist, and hobnailed top boots. Source: Mehmet Behlül. Village: Kioneli (Gönyeli), Nicosia District.
Bibliography: 

Rizopoulou - Egoumenidou, E. and Aziz Damdelen, 2012, Turkish Cypriot dress The Aziz Damdelen Collection, Nicosia, 170.