A Cloud of Black Smoke: Photographs from Turkey 1968-72

Häftad bok. Stockholm : Focuskop. 2007.

Nyskick. PARR/BADGER, Vol.III and Nominated for the Discovery Award, Rencontres D'Arles 2013. Included in Martin Parr & Gerry Badger, The Photobook, vol. III, p.71.

"I received these photographs in the 30th anniversary of the 68-movement in Turkey. The photgraphs were hidden and saved by the members of 68-movement until that time.Photographs were taken in different neighborhoods of Istanbul, Tokat, Niksar and Kizildere and in many other places all around Turkey.
When I found out about the photographs I asked for a permission to publish them. These pictures have created this book. I their raw from, without any manipulation...

Some of the pictures are from the massacre in Kizildere. And the text is written by Ertugrul Kurkcu, the person 'who heard the voice of blood', the only person who survived this massacre. It is a very special text for the young generation of today, the generation whose history is intentionally manipulated, hidden and untold. The photography have a language that everyone can understand without a historical knowledge.
My wish is that something like this will never be repeated.
And I hope that our children live in a world full of peace and freedom without opression (in uniform or without). A world of humanism and equality.
Is Kizildere a beginning or an end? Let us leave the story to the photographs." (© HALIL, Stockholm april 2007)

About the photographer, Halil KOYUTÜRK (b. 1957 in Ankara):
In 1980, Halil KOYUTÜRK left Turkey for imperative reasons. He lives in Stockholm. He taught photography for many years at various educational institutions including Nordens Fotoskola. He made the introduction of photography in Northern Europe with the viewers in Turkey. He led to share the experience of young photographers from Turkey and Sweden. He selects issues from Turkey for his long-term projects. He has intense interest in the problems of Turkey which we could see in his work as a visible reflection of his personality traits and world outlook.

Selected Personal Exhibitions: 1997 - 'The Smell of Thinner', Galeri Kontrast, Stockholm; 2003 - 'T.S.', Galeri Kontrast, Stockholm; 2007 - 'A Cloud of Black Smoke', Karsi Sanat, Istanbul
Selected Books: 'Lukten av Thinner', Fotoskop, Stockholm 1997; 'T.S.', Fotoskop, Stockholm 2003, 'A Cloud of Black Smoke', Fotoskop, Stockholm 2007
Participant of the EMPIRE Project (http://theempireproject.com/lang-EN/artists/)