Missing the Magical Hour: Being a Victim to NorthWest Winds

I think there is no room to say more about. I did not have a tripod, so I could not arrange the elements in the composition at my will, Anyway, the first days of december in Istanbul.. I was coming back to home by walking just after a job interview, which was a disaster.. Just … Continue reading »

Design Matters? For whom?

“Medium is the message” McLuhan says. However, he meant to say “Message is the medium”. A typewriter in publishhouse misunderstood the statement in McLuhan’s writings, and typed the phrase reversely by mistake. Hey! One of the most important figure words forming 21th Cuntury was told by mistake! Was it a heavenly interference to dominate universal … Continue reading »

A Spatial Mimesis of Sacred Wisdom: Hagia Sophia

One of the magicful wonders of the East is the ancient temple HAGIA SOPHIA indeed. In fact it was build in the name of God, but today’s political issues and religious disputes urge this intention to serve this magnificant structure to serve as a “touristic” place open for visit. As Orthodox basilica, HagiaSophia was built … Continue reading »

Writing Poems in Behalf of Three Dots

I should find a flesh to dwell my soul in. For the soul springing out of my contemplation.. If you recognize me, introduce me to me, yet in the same flesh, I can not live together with one I do not recognize.. This lament seeks a sound to embody in. If your dome resonated by this … Continue reading »

A Social Scream: Manipulate My Vision!

Just a few years ago, web site builders had a keyrole in coorpariton and identity creation. However, recently when we look new technological development, we see that blogs, social media* and other mobile platforms have alreadey taken this role from “pure programmer website builders”. I think programmers are aware of this situation, and they slipped their workspace … Continue reading »

Where is My Ithaca?

Odysseus was fighting against angry gods and beautiful goddesses.. There was always a tangent point touching death sphear in his story. He insisted and resisted to rely on his aim: Ithaca. Ithaca was not only a concrete objective to reach, but also an imaginary galaxy grew up in his mind. A galaxy of his roots, … Continue reading »

Analogue Experimentation

Here are some captions I exposed with my Nikon f50. Developing B&W films is a bit expensive for now, that is why just a few of colored photographs I can upload.. I need to save money, or beg my friend Ejgibey for developing my 10 rolls of Ilford PAN400 Frankly, I took these photos in … Continue reading »

Feeling a Fountain Pen As If My Veins

Who remembers the last time using a pen to write something? Taking notes on a private notebook? Sketching something on thoughts, or drawing a plan showing your friend the way s/he is on? Who can imagine how does tactile pleasure of paper feel like? Having ink spots on your index finger? These questions sound you … Continue reading »

Confession: The King has no Clothes!!

I must have confessed before: The King is not dressed! There is of course a reason not screaming this truth till now. Whenever I saw the King, everybody made compliments on his wonderful clothes. I was supposing that I was the only who could not see the clothes. There must have been a problem surrounding … Continue reading »

Caveman Revives!

For around a week, I even could not hear the sound of my thoughts. Leaving %95 of my brain in Army Trustee Office gives many advantages (the rest for boy activities: viscus, &c..). However, it makes you incapable to think about any reality. Thinking? No need in army! Just obey the orders! %5 of a … Continue reading »

Being A Pen Gunner Soldier

The photo above indicates my emotions through martial lifestyle. Being a soldier is quiet difficult, indeed. Particularly for those who are much fat such as me. Thanks God, I am quiet strong to perform in recruit soldier activities. After fifteen days of tough activities under sun light, I look like a overcooked bread Turkish army … Continue reading »

Understanding a Joke After Twenty Years

Every culture has its own heros. Turkoman culture has a unique character called Nasreddin Hodja. This old Anatolian man is a wise but funny person, who tells jokes for society to educate them with cultural, moral and faithful maxims of all times. He is considered as both a master mentor and a philosopher. His jokes have … Continue reading »

Drinking Coffee Like a Turk

In 2008, We had a trip to Mostar from Sarajevo, Bosnia. We were so rush to come back for attending a public meeting in Liberation Square. The meeting was commemoration of Islamization in Bosnia in Ottoman period. For a conservative Turkish guy such as me, this meeting was not a social affiliate, but a duty … Continue reading »

Velika Aleja Panorama

Velika Aleja is one of the places I feel in peace in Sarajevo. Here is a panoramic image I exposed in 2010 Fall. Just because I did not have a pod to stabilize my D80, there is a inconsistency between the frames, such as angle, distortion, saturation, &c.. I also suggest you listen to Sevdalinka … Continue reading »

Yes! Sir, Lead; Sir, Soldier; Sir, in Your; Sir, Service; Sir!

I am attending military due to complete my military service duty for 6 months. This is a record to demonstrate my feelings: I do not know how much will my emotions change after turning back.. My first impression upon military: It is the most logical and consistent (in itself) structure I’ve ever seen. The worst one is … Continue reading »

Alas! Literacy on Ignorence

Turks of Central Asia had been taking Islam as their faith starting in 8th Century. A rapid change happened in world history, thousands of fresh Muslims served in the name of their God. It was not only a religious or military change, but also was a cultural shift for the new world. Arabic alphabet was … Continue reading »

Thinking With Hands

I have been drawing since I recognized myself as a being. It’s been a long time. Yet, I never use pencil and paper to create an image.. No sale, no exhibition.. I draw to think with another pathway. Understanding reality, realising inner voices and converting something from an idea to a concrete thing. I also … Continue reading »

Patternisation of Turkish Domes

Dome.. A metaphorical element of Islamic Architecture. A dome creates an illusion of a nine layer universe, in a sense. On the top of the domes a verse from The Noble Qoran is scripted: (In the Name of Allah: the Beneficent, the Merciful) Allah is the Light of the heavens and the earth. The Parable … Continue reading »

Phantom of the Museum

Here are a few photos of subjects I exposed in museums… Bon appétit..

O The Lord of Four Directions! Where is the Center of the Earth?

(Allah is) The Lord of the two Easts and Lord of the two Wests: Then which of the favors of your Lord will you deny? (The Noble Qoran 55:17-18) The map on the left is from Sicily of 12th Century: The Map of a Muslim Scholar, Al Idrisi. Imaginary of the globe is suprisingly spherical. There … Continue reading »

Wilderness of Love

Oh Lord! Make me acquainted with the sorrow of love Even a moment, do not exile me from the sorrow of love!* While I was reading the heroic love story of Layla and Majnoon (Leylî u Mecnûn) in a book published in Istanbul, edition 1847, I fell in stuck to read one verse of a ghazal. Not having latin-lettered … Continue reading »

Modern Art ≈ Gallery Prostitution

A long time ago, in collage, History of Arts professor (not want to sign the name here) told us a burden: “Modern Art is the most expensive prostitution all over the world! A piece of _so called_ art is to be sold in galleries to whose do not have any idea about art, yet have … Continue reading »

Visual Pollution?

I remember the first time I heard about visual pollution. It was a big issue in my mind at that time, nevertheless, I was not be able to coin a name to it! In Introduction to Visual Communication Design Course mentoring by Professor Fehim Hadzimuhamedovic.. That time I decided not to be a graphic designer.. … Continue reading »

What? Photography? Huh..

This discussion will not be ending by the time photography dies. First decades faced with the problem: If photography is a mirror or manipulation of the image maker? Digital era added more questions, indeed. Should we as, imagemakers_ be aware of the answers to these questions? Else, awareness of imagemaking process is not a big … Continue reading »