PHOTOGRAPHY IN THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE 1839-1919 (English)
Haşet Yayınevi, İstanbul, 1987, 22.5 X 30 cm, 232 page
Photography in the Ottoman Empire provides an account of the history of photography in the Ottoman Empire between the years 1839 - 1919, an important though neglected field in the history of early photography.

PHOTOGRAPHER ALİ SAMİ 1866-1936 (English & Turkish)
Haşet Yayınevi, İstanbul, 1989, 22.5 X 30 cm, 156 page
Ali Sami was one such photographer, who graduated from the Imperial School of Engineers. His photographs, whether family snapshots or official commissions, are a mirror in which we see reflected the 19th century Ottoman Empire.

TÜRKİYE'DE FOTOGRAF (Turkish)
İletişim Yayınları, İstanbul, 1992, 12 X 19 cm, 120 page, ISBN 975-470-225-X
Included in the publishers' "pocket university" series, this book tells about the photography in Turkey from the beginning to the present time.

PHOTOGRAPHY IN THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE 1839-1919
(English & Turkish)
İletişim Yayınları, İstanbul, 1995, 24.5 X 34 cm, 272 page, ISBN 975-470-451-1
The sultans of the Ottoman Empire traditionally shaped the arts of their day.Inevitably the most powerful patrons in the Empire they could also often be counted among its leading artists, calligraphers, composers and poets. Their enthusiastic reaction to the discovery of photography was to be crucial to the development of photography in the Empire.
The widening of horizonson the part of the photographers is reflected in the increasing scope of their photographs. By classifying this subject matter, the author explains how photography arrived in the Empire so soon after its discovery and plots its subsequent development.
This is the second edition of the book published by Haşet Yayınevi in 1987 with revised visual and editorial content.

ABDULLAH FRERES, OTTOMAN COURT PHOTOGRAPHERS
(English and Turkish volumes)
Yapı Kredi Yayınları, İstanbul, 1998, 22 X 28.5 cm, 248 page, ISBN 975-363-843-4
Kevork. Viçen. Hovsep. The photographic advanture of the Abdullah Freres began in 1858, when the German chemist Rabach decided to go back to his country and they took over his studio. They won the favor of Sultan Abdulaziz with their portraits, and moved on to photographing the celebrities of their time. Following the Empire in its footsteps toward destruction, the Freres retired at the turn of the century.
A vivid account of the lives and times of the legendary photographers of Pera.