Ilker Gurer Photography

Hıdırellez Festivali Ahırkapı,Istanbul 2012 enjoyed very much with friends drinking, dancing, singing here are the few info from wikipedia regarding the festival:) Hıdırellez or Hıdrellez ( Turkish : Hıdrellez or Hıdırellez , Azerbaijani : Xıdır İlyas or Xıdır Nəbi , Crimean Tatar : Hıdırlez , Romani language : Ederlezi ) is celebrated as the day on which Prophets Hızır ( Al-Khidr ) and Ilyas ( Elijah ) met on the earth. [1] Hıdırellez starts on May 5 night and falls on May 6 in the Gregorian calendar and April 23 in the Julian calendar . It is celebrated in Turkey [2] and throughout the Turkic world. It celebrates the arrival of spring and is a religious holiday for the Alevi as well. Đurđevdan is the Christian variety of this spring festival throughout the Balkans , notably areas which had become under the control of the Ottoman Empire

May Day 2012 approximately 500 thousands of people were on the streets to celebrate their May day and demand more freedom and better working conditions and many more groups political organizations ngo s football fans join in the name of Labor Day in Istanbul, havent seen any crowded times in my life, i did some snaps from the day. It says world second crowdest this year after Cuba. Ilker

always will remember the way they look at the life so positive and smily in spite of poverty and wars.I spent 2 years in Sudan between 2002-2004 these portraits are from my last years from my visits of villages and cities..i was not working as photographer there and i was not a professional photog either..however i start my photography career -Sudan was one of the effects starting my career as photographer.

Assistant General Manager of Ergo Turkey Mr. Cengiz Karatas at the ERGO Headquarters in Istanbul 17th of April 2012 Shooted through a transculent white umbrella with two canon speedlites on ttl used on high speed synch