Currency smugglersSIBA – A Visual Approach to Explore Everyday Life in Turkish and Yugoslav Cities, 1920s and 1930s Joël LászlóeditorMiddle Eastern Studies, University of BaselCentre for Information Modelling in the Humanities, University Grazo:siba.3067Yapı Kredi tarih arşivi, IstanbulSelahattin Giz3/0233BYapı Kredi bankLawBankingFinanceGestures and SignsCommunicationPhotographic negative1934-03-15NamıkGörgüçGörgüç, NamıkSelahattin GizGiz, 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 specifiedNot specifiedTurkeyTurkeyIstanbulSultanahmetDöviz kaçakçıları. Cumhuriyet, 16 March 1934, 1.