Province of Konya: Photo gallery

We present, in this section, pictures taken in the Konya vilayet (province), the majority of which are photographs and engravings relating to the Ottoman era. We have presented the province with its relevant various sub-sections with the object of making them more easily accessible. In the future we will present, alongside them, various themed articles prepared by the editorial board about the Konya province. Thus this method of presentation is of a temporary nature which will last until the articles have been prepared. It should be noted that we have worked on the old photographs in this section with the aim of improving their colour, tone and quality.

Konya (Source: Michel Paboudjian collection, Paris)

Captions and sources:
1) Konya: Panorama (Source: Léon de Laborde, Voyage de l’Asie Mineure, Paris 1838)
2) Konya: A view of the town (Source: Léon de Laborde, Voyage de l’Asie Mineure, Paris 1838)

Konya (Source: Michel Paboudjian collection, Paris)

Karaman (south-east of Konya), April 13, 1906. In the yard of the soon-to-be-built Holy Mother of God Church. Most likely a gathering for laying the cornerstone of the church, a visualization of which can be seen in the background (Source: Nazarethian family collection. Courtesy of Dzovig Torikian)

Captions and sources:
1) May 26, 1900. Garabed Efendi Khubeserian (seated) from Karaman. Standing on the left—unidentified man. Photo taken in Izmir/Smyrna (“Photographie Acropole”). (Source: Hourig Baghdassarian collection. Courtesy of Dzovig Torikian)
2) Karaman, circa 1918. Aleksan Balekdjian and his son Takvor (b. 1913). (Source: Hourig Baghdassarian collection. Courtesy of Dzovig Torikian)

Nigde, ca 1895. The wedding of Karekin Agha Boyadjian. Standing, center, is the bride. Standing, left, wearing a fez, is her husband Karekin Agha Boyadjian. The little boy standing before him, wearing a fez, is Haygazun Tokatlian. To the left of the man wearing the fez, standing behind Karekin Boyadjian, is Hagop Tokatlian (Source: Hratch Tokatlian collection, Beirut)

Captions and sources:
1) Nigde, Hagop Tokatlian (Source: Hratch Tokatlian collection, Beirut)
2) Nigde, 1904, Haygazun Tokatlian (Source: Hratch Tokatlian collection, Beirut)

Aksaray (located in the sandjak of Nigde), 1894: The Abadjian family (Source: Dzovig Torikian collection)

Captions and sources:
1) Isparta (Source: Léon de Laborde, Voyage de l’Asie Mineure, Paris 1838)
2) Isparta (Source: Léon de Laborde, Voyage de l’Asie Mineure, Paris 1838)