My first job at the Istanbul department of the DAI was related to photography. In 2016, I worked for the Pergamon and Boğazköy excavation archives. Whenever my work allowed and I had time, I took a look at old photos to know the archive better. One day, I saw the name “Sandıklı” on one of the archival boxes. Sandikli was the place where my family comes from! I was born and raised in Germany. Those days, I only knew Turkey from the summer holidays. We used to spend our summer holidays in Sandikli, which was a small place in Afyonkarahisar at that time… Read More