President Erdoğan's death anniversary message for Ara Güler
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan commemorated internationally acclaimed photographer Ara Güler with a message on the 8th anniversary of his passing.
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan issued a memorial message on the occasion of the 8th anniversary of the passing of Ara Güler, one of the master figures of photography art.
In his published message, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan stated, "I respectfully commemorate Ara Güler, one of the most valuable masters of photography art, on the 8th year of his passing."
Immortalizing Istanbul's history and people with his photographs, Ara Güler ranks among the most prominent internationally recognized Turkish photojournalists. Carrying world-famous figures such as Pablo Picasso, Winston Churchill, and Salvador Dali through his lens, Güler etched himself into memory particularly with his works documenting Istanbul's changing face.
Ara Güler had visited President Erdoğan's residence in Kısıklı in 2015 and taken photographs of Erdoğan, his wife Emine Erdoğan, and their grandchildren. The artist, who passed away at the age of 90 on October 17, 2018, left behind a vast photographic archive shedding light on Turkey's cultural and social memory.