Photograph of Mehmet Ağa no. 025

Photograph of Mehmet Ağa, servant of the lady Hacı Pembe Hanım. It was taken in the garden of the Foto Fevzi Akarsu studio, a home studio, in 1926/27 (information from Kadir Kaba). The bearded old man is sitting on a village chair in front of a painted background showing a field with trees at the back and some flowers in front. The edge of the rolling background can be seen on the ground. Mehmet wears a dark-coloured skullcap (takke) under a thin white cotton turban (dülbend). His shirt is also white, woven in the loom with thin cotton yarn, and has a short upright collar. From its pocket on the right side hangs the chain of his watch. The black, worn breeches (dizlik) stop below the knees. His dark, sun-tanned skinny legs are bare, as he wears no stockings under his shoddy, rawhide sandals (çarık). Source: Nezaket Erbaş, Nicosia.