Photograph of Osman Karahasan no. 16

Photograph of Osman Karahasan, born in 1902 (the same person as in No. 17). He was a person of high status. The photograph was taken in 1921 in the arched portico of his house with the front door in the background. The young man sits on horseback and holds the reins of his black mare, the mane of which is combed. Next to the horse stands its foal. Osman wears a rigid Ottoman fes (fez, turk. Osmanlı durulla fes) wrapped with an yemeni (headscarf) decorated with almond-shaped lace motifs. His sakko (jacket), of indigo blue colour (çividi), is of the type that can be double-crossed (gavuşturma sakko) on the chest. He also wears black dizlik (knee-breeches), cotton çorap (stockings) and white kundura (shoes, turk. kuntura). Evidently, his attire com­bines western features, such as the jacket and the shoes, with traditional dress items (the şalvar (breeches) and the headdress).