Yashar Bezem

Featured Series

Ottoman Vogue

Sensuality and femininity inspired by the imagination of the late Ottoman and Persianate worlds. Based on fashion magazines circulating in the late Ottoman Empire, this upcoming series uses the medium to draw attention to the vibrant, daring and often contradictory aesthetics alive in those societies

 
 

 

 

Anatolian Sufism

From shapeshifting hero-saints to dragons and underwater cities, this series explores the mythic world in the Anatolian Sufi imagination. Volume I of this multi part series focuses on Saints of the Bektashi Order including the enigmatic figure of Haji Bektash and Kaygusuz Abdal.