Wishing Fortune Photo

Photographer’s Note

Under this huge plane tree, there was the grave of an islamic martyr.
İn sixties, women who were not been able to get a child, visited this grave ,prayed there and .
Later ,when they succeded to get a baby, they visited him once again and made him a gift in kind of a typical turkish sweet called "halwa" . Therefore the martyr there was been called as "Helvacı Dede" ; which means "Granddad the halwa maker" !
The place was mainly been visited on Fridays; and than as you can see on this capture as well, many sellers were been around ; like the simit (a kind of bagel) seller to the left of the picture.
In late sixties than, during the huge construction and reconstruction works in İstanbul, this grave disappeared.
But İstanbul is still full of similar martyr graves.

salvator, dokadak, levocan, parbo, ALIRIZA, bostankorkulugu, sarpedon has marked this note useful

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clnaef (6289) 2007-03-13 4:25

Bonjour,
C'est du vrai rétro !
Bonne journée.
clnaef

suhan (3552) 2007-03-13 4:30 [Comment]

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veyselk (3704) 2007-03-13 4:43

Merhaba Mesut Bey

Sİya&Beyaz bir başka hele birde bölye harika kareleri görünce daha çok seviyorum... Ellerinize sağlık

Veysel

aadilj (17950) 2007-03-13 4:44

The note made this visual even more appealling. I like the way this stark and old tree stands as generations below it change. We have several such places in India as well which are visited by those in need. people go they wish and then they return to thank. Nice image.

sabanuluca (5170) 2007-03-13 5:36

merhaba,
SB yi fotoğraflarda çok iyi kullanıyorsunuz. tebrikler
şaban

dokadak (11490) 2007-03-13 6:32

Merhaba Mesut Bey,

Harika bir anlatim, guzel bir kompozisyon... ellerinize, objektifinize saglik diyorum hocam

Hasan

prumod (8258) 2007-03-13 9:23

hi mesut...
you made the colors colorless... here all your photographs are woderfully beautiful... nice frames and quality.... this one is well decorated with the tree and its branches....
take care...
pramod

levocan (2253) 2007-03-13 14:04

Mesut Bey ;
Ne diyebilirm ki ...
Bu karenizi çektiğinizde ben daha hayatta değildim :)
Elinize sağlık
Saygılarımla
Levent

parbo (10936) 2007-03-13 16:02

Dear Ilgim ,

Sorry my late visit for your gorgeous gallery that reflects great moments from past. Here also another sample with lot of women and their full hopes are excellently captured under tree. Congratulations.

Best Regards,

Ertugrul

ALIRIZA (16195) 2007-03-13 17:59

Merhaba Mesut Abi,
Sizin arşivden daha ne belgeler göreceğiz kim bilir.
Ellerinize sağlık...
Selam ve saygılarımla...
Ali Rıza

KemaLMerT (11074) 2007-03-13 20:42

Tebrikler, buda çok güzel.
Saygılarımla.

salvator (18743) 2007-03-14 4:08

Merhaba Mesut Bey,
Super kompozisyon. Agacin hasmeti, detaylar harika. Simitci de sanki karede olmazsa olmazi gibi, harika. Kontrast, isik da tam tadinda.
Notlariniz da cok aciklayici, kisa ve oz.
Cok keyifleniyorum fotograflarinizdan ve notlarinizdan.
Selamlar. Salvator.

bostankorkulugu (33330) 2007-03-14 7:48

serinizin en güzellerinden... tebrikler mesut bey...

korkut:)

anesugur (16514) 2007-03-14 16:39

Merhaba Mesut Bey,
Çok ilginç ve güzel bir fotoğraf.
Benim içinde oldukça anlamlı.
Çünkü fotoğrafla aynı yaştayız.
Teşekkürler. Uğur

sarpedon (352) 2007-03-20 15:04

Merhaba Mesut Bey,

Her bir kareniz birbirinden guzel. Siyah-beyaz dizinizi buyuk bir merakla takip ediyorum.

Selamlar
Serhat