Young man greeting a crowd in Galata SIBA – A Visual Approach to Explore Everyday Life in Turkish and Yugoslav Cities, 1920s and 1930s Joël László editor Middle Eastern Studies, University of Basel Centre for Information Modelling in the Humanities, University Graz o:siba.3380 Yapı Kredi tarih arşivi, Istanbul Selahattin Giz 19/210/15/82 Yapı Kredi bank Public Opinion Communication Parliament State Political Parties Political Behavior Political Movements Political Behavior Photographic negative 1930-10-05 Namık Görgüç Görgüç, Namık A smiling young man, surrounded by other smiling young men and children, opens his arms in a big gesture. He seems to be accepting cheers and acclamation. There is something vaguely staged about the scene, underlined by the smile of another young man on the left, looking in the direction of the camera. The photograph was taken in the context of Cumhuriyet news coverage of local government elections. According to the newspaper, the young man had just given a speech in front of Galata Tower advocating the ruling party in the elections that started on 5 October 1930. The elections were marked by the politically engineered creation of an opposition party in the summer the same year, the Free Republican Party, which was subsequently dissolved on 15 November 1930. Not specified Not specified Turkey Turkey Istanbul Galata Belediye İntihabat Başladı. Cumhuriyet, 6 October 1930, 1.
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