Photograph of Nuri Ahmet (Erbaş) no. 20
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Source:
The Aziz Damdelen Collection, Kioneli (Gönneli)
Nuri (Ahmet) Erbaş, Nicosia
Code:
82
Translator:
Euphrosyne Rizopoulou-Egoumenidou
Description:
Photograph of Nuri Ahmet (Erbaş), born in 1908. The photograph was taken in the early 1920s, when he started high school (rüşti, turk. rüşdiye). It is a studio photograph with a painted background showing a balcony with a column and looped-back tasseled curtains. The young man is standing with his right hand resting on a corner table. On top of the table is a decorated flowerpot with roses. He wears a plain Ottoman fes (fez), a gömlek (shirt) with collar and a tie, as well as a white woollen knitted waistcoat. The upper part of the attire is completed with a ceket (jacket) made of raw güğül (silk, turk. güvül) and bearing a school pin on the collar. His trousers are made of şal (loom-woven homespun woollen cloth). Around his waist he bears a kolan palaska (broad cartridge belt bandolier) with buckle. The chain of the watch is also visible. He wears front lace gonçlu potin (ankle boots).
Bibliography:
Rizopoulou - Egoumenidou, E. and Aziz Damdelen, 2012, Turkish Cypriot dress The Aziz Damdelen Collection, Nicosia, 132.
References/Remarks:
Nuri Ahmet, a relative of Canev Damdelen (husband of her mother’s sister), later became a wealthy grocer (bakal) and moneylender. However, he spent his money and at the end he lived in poverty.