Photographers Note
April 23 is the "National Sovereignty and Children's Day" in Turkey.
The date commemorates the opening of Turkish National Assembly in 1920 during the Turkish Independence War. The designation of Children's Day came in 1929 upon the recommendation of the Institution of Children's Protection. Since 1986 the Turkish government organizes an international children's festival on April 23.
On April 23 of every year, children in Turkey celebrate this "Sovereignty and Children's Day" as a national holiday, and is celebrated by citizens throughout the country during ceremonies preceding the day.
Among the activities on this day, children from all around Turkey gather in the capital city, Ankara, and they replace the selected members of the Grand National Assembly. They have an elected president and prime minister and they govern Turkey for one day in order to emphasize the importance of the children in the society. In many places governmental agencies leave the authority to children symbolically for the day.
Or like in this "oldie" from 1971 they take part in a parade. This one is sitting on the pilot seat of a hellicopter of the turkish airforces, povered by two adults !
Scanned from an old b&w print.
23 Nisan Ulusal Egemenlik ve Çocuk Bayramı bugün.
Bu kare de bu güne ait 1971 yılında Kadıköydeki bir resmi geçitten.
Kimbilir belki 38 sene evvel çekilen bu karedeki bu helikopter pilotu rolündeki delikanlı, gerçekten bir helikopter pilotu olmuştur.
Bu kare siyah beyaz bir kare'den tarandı.
ymrk, vagabondtravels, Buin, Cretense, burGu, parbo, anesugur, isabela_sor, dareco, murattepe1, Charo, thea0211 has marked this note useful
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ymrk
(8361) 2009-04-23 0:44
Merhaba Sevgili hocam,Üst komşum :)
Harika bir nostalji ve de yüz gülümseten bir zaman...Açıklayıcı notunuz da çok güzel...Herkes nasıl da merakla bakıyor!
Sevgiler ve selamlarla,iyi haftalar diliyorum.
Yağmur
erhan1958
(3720) 2009-04-23 1:44
merhaba mesut bey
açıklayıcı notunuz ve nostaljik fotoğrafınız günü çok güzel anlatmış. emeğinize sağlık
erhan
vagabondtravels
(6097) 2009-04-23 2:01
Hi Mesut
Nice documentary image.
Good panoramic view.
Well done.
Ben
Buin
(36932) 2009-04-23 2:26
Hallo Mesut!
Wieder ein rundherum interessanter Beitrag! Dieses "alte Schätzchen" hat eine wunderbare Ausstrahlung von "damals"... Der Kleine im Pilotensitz scheint ja hin- und hergerissen. Die Kinder sollten eigentlich an jedem Tag des Jahres ernstgenommen werden ...
Grüße aus dem wieder echt kühlen Deutschland (nicht nur wirtschaftlich ...)
Frank
Cretense
(54926) 2009-04-23 5:18
Merhaba, dear Mesut, my dear friend!
Beautiful photo, a real jewel from you huge archive, excellent composition and framing, excellent light managment, great example of photojournalism, with a touch of "retro" atmosphere! Congratulations!
Warm regards,
Hercules
burGu
(4528) 2009-04-23 10:06
Fotoğrafı açarken "İnşallah arşivin en dip köşelerinden en derinlerinden bir karedir" diye düşündüm ve tam içimden geçirdiğim gibi bir kareyle karşılaştım.
Bütün içtenliğimle söylüyorum ki; şimdiye kadar beni en mutlu eden 23 Nisan fotoğrafı bu oldu.
Ellerinize, gönlünüze sağlık,
Sevgiler, saygılar,
Burcu
baxteraziz
(2079) 2009-04-23 11:44
Mesut hocam selamlar...
Ne güzel tesadüf ki 71 e ait 2.kare aynı akşam aynı yerde.Harika,muhteşem,olağanüstü...
Elinize Anılarınıza sağlık.
Saygılar.
Aziz
parbo
(10964) 2009-04-23 11:49
Merhaba Mesut Bey,
My special thanks to you for reminding me unforgettable memories with your wonderful, priceless post.
I liked your skillful capture full with hope and totally agree with your wishes too for all children on the Earth. Enviable capture with its splendid tones in B&W medium, congratulations.
Best Regards,
Ertugrul
anesugur
(16562) 2009-04-23 12:55
Merhaba Mesut Bey,
O gün için kimbilir ne kadar emek harcandı o helikopter için. Bu günün çocukları daha şanslı belki ama eskiden her şey daha değerliydi gibime geliyor. Bayramlarda!...
Teşekkürler. Uğur
isabela_sor
(41913) 2009-04-23 13:08 [Comment]
dareco
(17024) 2009-04-23 18:23
What an interesting note, I enjoyed reading this. A very special day and a great picture. I like the sepia, and the detail. TFS
berek
(28784) 2009-04-23 21:06
Merhaba Mesut bey,
Bugün gördüğüm ikinci 71 23 nisan fotografı hakikaten duygulandım. harika ortam detay ve etkileyici bir kare. nice yıllar bu bayramı kutlayacağız hep birlikte.
Elinize Sağlık.,
Selamlar
Burak
hyasar
(7277) 2009-04-24 1:07
merhaba Mesut Abi,
38 sene... dile kolay. cocuklarin, yetiskinlerin heyecanlari ne kadar da hos. geçit törenini seyretmek için nasil da doldurmuslar yolu. bu heyecanlarımızı hiç yitirmemek dilegiyle.
sevgiler,
hakan
anto95
(1786) 2009-04-24 5:43
Hi Mesut,
This is very great moment for take a very nice picture!
Antonello
Charo
(31651) 2009-04-24 9:00
Hello Mesut,
A curious image that celebrates the Children's Day. An image with many years but with a scanner and a perfect soft sepia which is doing very well.
Best regards,
Charo
thea0211
(1355) 2009-04-24 11:25
mesut,
this is not humorous (as in category). this is simply sweet.
love the look on the kid's face, the written (and unwritten) story behind the image.
keep showing us your old photos.
thank you!
dora
noborders
(14197) 2009-05-22 13:21
Mesut Bey, merhaba ! A photo dating from 1971 !!! Such a charm, these old photos - the child looks regal and solemn with his big googles on the forehead, I don't understand the vertical lines dividing the photo in 3 (maybe was the photo folded to make a sort of diptych ?), anyway they were already celebrating the day with seriously, military presence and some dressed on their best.
A precious document !
Photo Information
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Copyright: MESUT ILGIM (mesutilgim)
(36317) - Genre: People
- Medium: Black & White
- Date Taken: 1971-04-23
- Categories: Festivals, Humorous, Decisive Moment
- Camera: Rolleiflex 6x6 /twinreflex, Kodak 100 ASA
- Exposure: f/8, 1/125 seconds
- Photo Version: Original Version
- Date Submitted: 2009-04-23 0:39








