New meets old - Istanbul
Picture from a set of cards issued to reflect the fact that soon after Ataturk took over in Turkey in the 1920s, there was liberation by women from the old modes of dress. Instead of impenetrable veils, they wore lighter, thinner veils. It was a move to modernisation and more Western thought away from heavy Orientalism. Here the old and the new meet, as a young lady greets an elderly Turkish man in Constantinople
Picture No
10280167
Media ID
45514404
Size
2878px x 4679px
(1.5MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection
Source
Reproduction of a watercolour by a Turkish artist on an Italian card
Date
1920s
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