Turkey to remember Godfather of photography Ara Güler

Several events will honor the memory of Turkey's late legendary photojournalist Ara Güler on what would have been his 93rd birthday on Aug. 16. 

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Umut Sülün, director of the Istanbul-based Ara Güler Archive and Research Center, which also hosts a museum on the famous Turkish-Armenian photographer's works, told Anadolu Agency that the center will celebrate Güler's birthday with several events.

This year also marks the third anniversary of the museum that was opened in 2018 on Güler's 90th birthday, said Sülün, who knew Güler since 2004. Güler died on Oct. 17, 2018, at the age of 90. He was a globally recognized figure in creative photography in Turkey and was commonly referred to as "Istanbul's eye."

He made a name mainly with his black-and-white nostalgic pictures of Istanbul, depicting the wide range of emotions of the city which straddles two continents on either bank of the Bosphorus Strait.

"One of our events is an Ara Güler exhibition consisting of 75 black-and-white Istanbul photographs that we will bring together with the Ministry of Culture and Tourism at Galata Tower," said Sülün. "Our exhibition will be opened by Deputy Culture and Tourism Minister Özgül Özkan Yavuz on Monday and will be visited by tower visitors until the end of October."

On Aug. 16, the museum, as it did last year, will share Güler's photos on social media.

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The annual World Photography Day will be observed on Thursday and the Güler Museum will take the opportunity to combine the occasion with the photographer's birthday.

"We'll have kids in our museum," said Sülün. "We're going to celebrate Ara Güler's birthday with them. He's an important figure and we want to introduce him to our young students."

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