Currency smugglers 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.3067 Yapı Kredi tarih arşivi, Istanbul Selahattin Giz 3/0233B Yapı Kredi bank Law Banking Finance Gestures and Signs Communication Photographic negative 1934-03-15 Namık Görgüç Görgüç, Namık Selahattin Giz Giz, Selahattin A group of men dressed in long coats are walking down a street. Most are hiding their faces with their hats. To the left, a man with a briefcase and bowler hat looks towards the photographer. In the background, an old two-storey wooden house is silhouetted against Hagia Sophia. The photograph was taken in the context of a report on a lawsuit printed in Cumhuriyet with the title, ‘Currency smugglers’. Sixteen persons were summoned to court, among them Salomon Elyazar, Mordohay, Edvart, Nesim, Ilya Zaharya, Rafail, Davit, Samoil, Muiz, Lui, and Muiz and Hanriyi, the sons of a certain Avram Avramoviç. Salamon Elyazar, İlya Zaharya, Rafail and Hanri were finally sentenced to prison. Avram Avramoviç, based in Paris, was discovered to be smuggling foreign currency via an account with an Italian bank in Egypt run by two men by the names of Uzeyr und Trekoviç. Not specified Not specified Turkey Turkey Istanbul Sultanahmet Döviz kaçakçıları. Cumhuriyet, 16 March 1934, 1.
Law Banking Finance Gestures and Signs Communication