Erdogan of dog clashes, sex parties: Istanbul photos when darkness falls

Dog fights and sex parties: Erdogan photographing Istanbul when darkness falls

A day in last September, Cagdas Erdogan took his camera to Parc Yogurtcu, a popular country in Istanbul near Fenerbahce football stadium. He took several photos of the city's sky before finding himself accused by a police official of taking a photograph of the MlT building [Milley Istrichbarat Teskilati].

This, Erdogan said, has been used by workers of Turkey's National Intelligence Organisation. He was arrested on charges of terrorism. A few hours later, his website was shut off and his social media was disabled.

Erdogan, a 26-year-old Kurdish Turk, is part of SO Collection, an independent and anonymous photo agency founded in 2013 by photojournalists who, for many reasons, joined the blacklist and were marginalised by state-inflicted media. The group, originally dubbed Emergency Situation Core target, pledged to guarantee “an alternative source of information” ) that took incorrigible and objective photos of Turkey's strengthened civic distress and authoritarianism under President Recep Tayip Erdogan.

Cagdas Erdogan was released on bail last month and will face trial in June. If convicted, he could face prison terms of 23 years. I believe that I am imprisoned because I have been willing to show the injustices Turkey faces every day,” told Erdogan from Istanbul. “But I was able to remain motivated because I believe I did the right thing. ”

Erdogan's picture has taken on performances by Circulatations, a new photography festival. It can only be hoped that visitors will be ready for what they saw because Erdogan's white-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a.-a.-a.-a.-a-a.-a Erdogan fired pictures of illegal dog clashes, undignified hedonism at the sex parties, and the chaotic violence of armed protests in the streets filled with young men with masks and weapons, writes Periscopi.

After failing to obtain a degree in sociologistship to follow the path of photography in 2013, Erdogan plunged himself into Gazi, known for the Kurdish community. There, he soon took on the faith of the UnderGrade people with access to the photograph of subculturals that have found the way to rebel against Turkey's oppressive conservatives. Often illegal, these are secret and dangerous environments, yet the subjects of Erdogan's photos are in very intimate moments and expressives. The results of this enterprise are awesome, and not enough. “I've often felt at risk,” he says, “but I've learned how to deal with it. ”

“Drug trafficking, prostitution, dog clashes, and protests at first sight, these activities seem different, but they all have the same root, the same motive. Turkey has given the platform some ideology, and anyone with conflicting opinions is punished. They're only allowed to breathe in the dark. That's why I photograph them.

“in modern Turkey,” he said, “anyone with marginal sexual orientation is obliged to hide his sexuality. They allowed me to photograph. This has been an amazing experience.

But these pictures can cost him dearly. Prosecutors have said that Gazi's photos are evidence that he is a member of a terrorist organisation” and “sharing propaganda for a terrorist organisation”. /Periscopi