Photograph of a Turkish Cypriot family no. 061

A Turkish Cypriot rural family photographed in front of the entrance of their house, which is a traditional wooden door with iron nails and carved central post. Five persons are posing, representing three generations. Only the man of the family, the father, is sitting on a chair holding a ‘double-barreled’ gun (çakmaklı; you pull the cock back to tension it and then you pull the trigger to fire), and with a black hunting dog by his side. He is wearing a white shirt, possibly also a cardigan, a jacket made of striped English cloth, light-coloured trousers and traditional boots (çangar çizmesi).The grandmother is dressed with a traditional two-piece çarşaf made of light-coloured woven cloth with checkered patterns; one piece covers the head and falls behind the shoulders, while the other part is wrapped around the lower part of the body. Underneath she wears pantaloons, part of which is visible behind the dog. Her shirt seems also woven, with striped lines, and has a vertical centre front opening. Earrings are hanging from her ears. This is a typical Turkish Cypriot dress. The younger woman, the mother, on the right of the photograph, wears a two-piece black (kara) çarşaf. The veil is tied around the head with its string, as a typical arabic/islamic headdress. The second piece of the çarşaf is fastened at the waist with elastic and covers the lower part of the body. Under the çarşaf she wears a long dress made of imported stamped cloth with flower patterns on a dark background. The dress has long sleeves and a broad collar decorated with a flower on the breast. Around her neck is a necklace composed of a row of beads. The young girl wears a short-sleeved dress of imported printed cloth with a collar and buttons on the upper part, white stockings and black bar shoes. The boy wears a two-piece suit made of English fabric, a combination of short pants and jacket with two buttons and a pocket on either side. Underneath he wears a white shirt; also white stockings turned over his light-coloured leather boots. Place and date are unknown, but from the appearance of the persons we can date the photograph about 1950.