Ilker Gurer Photography

my sweet sister Ilke had a surgery at 4th of january early morning-- she is fine now and this moments are when we visited her and my mum in the hospital the same night. she has a nice balloon too:)

elcin s bday party was this weekend and my youngest one ilke inform me that it will be secret:) so i arrived the party drunk talk with some nice ppl and later snaped somestuff.. was a nice day..

31st of January, i arrived to kadikoy by ferryboat and suddenly the clouds covered the sky and the colors tur out to be be lively and vibrant for me.. also here are some of the snaps from tonight..not to forget the sweet duck in front of a kebab shop staring at me or kind of curious what s going on kind of attitude:))!!??

last few days were heavy weather conditions in istanbul either heavy snow and wind affected all of us in the city-- some of the pics i took jan 26th and 28th in istanbul.. enjoy

My pictures have been published in the Holland s Elsevier magazine in january 16th 2010. For Turkish Christian minority life is made hard by authorities and population; opening new church is almost implossible Many Turkish muslims are worried about the growing 'islamofobia' in Europe. They often refer to the Swiss ban on the building of new minarets. But what is the situation the other way around? In Turkey christians are discriminated. 'The authorities will always find a way to make our life difficult.'

wanted to share here a selection of my past works...

My Pictures related to Alevi community has been published in Magazine of the Student Christian Movement.The cover picture of the magazine had been shoot in year 2005 in South East of Turkey, a Turkic Alevi woman from Sanliurfa, in an mainly Kurdish area of SE Turkey.