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Back when Turkey was still under military rule, Victor d’Allant spent several months in the eastern part of the country, in small cities like Sivas, Erzincan, Erzurum, Kars, Agrı, … He even crossed several times into Syria and Iran.

 

He got into trouble with the authorities, but managed to bring back his photos.

Forty+ years later, Victor d'Allant went back to Erzurum to look for the children playing in the snow, a series of photos he took on his first visit. Local journalists covered his unusual quest and he was even profiled on the national evening news, TRT Özel Haber (Special News).

 

After several trips back to Turkey in 2023 and 2024, he was able to identify six children in Erzurum, a whole family of five in Erzincan, several school children in Iliç, a couple of teachers in Istanbul, ... And there is more to come!

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