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In the dominant religious axis of Judaism, Christianity and Islam, in addition to the religious and cultural line that determines the mental structure of both the old and the new world, it was born from the heart of the old world, reached a social power that could once be compared to the three heavenly religions, and moreover, it continues to transform and transform under the umbrella of these religions. This study, written by Sami Solmaz, on Zoroastrianism, one of the ancient religions that has succeeded, aims to better recognize the Zoroastrian society and Zoroastrian thought, about which there are countless sophistry.

Our dear friend Sami, who is incorrigible tourist, documentary move maker, photography artist and who acts unexpectedly, confuses our minds as he does so all the time...

He takes out concepts such as coach, horses etc from their meanings that we understand and expect and shows us another island and different lives.

He confuses our view...

Uğraş Salman

A “moment” is chosen among those continuously-passing “moments”... Then it is captured... It is captured in a frame... And locked up. Just in that moment. Neither before nor after... Now, it has been taken to eternity... A single look... A single smile... Longing... Hope... Love... Sorrow... Fear... Waiting... Joy... Grief... Whatever there is in that frame. 

The old are lost within the new... Even though they were also new once... Yesterdays are forgotten... Even though they were once today, fresh. In a moment, even this “moment” becomes “past”... Even though it was “future” a single moment ago.

The life turned upside down for over three thousand poor residents of the quarter, who were forced to evacuate because of the work initiated on the occasion of Istanbul's election as the European Capital of Culture in 2010. All houses in the quarter have been marked for demolition and completely demolished. Its ruined houses reflected the image of houses in conflict-stricken cities of the Middle East. A new era has begun for the Romanis believed to have been in Sulukule since Mehmet the Conqueror conquered Istanbul in 1453. The children of perhaps the most dispersed tribe in history once again took to the roads.