Emin Özmen Local souvenir seller rests during the day on a coach in Cappadocia, which is a located in the central Anatolian plateau within a volcanic landscape sculpted by erosion into a succession of mountai (...)
Emin Özmen A Turkish tourist stands near a horse livery in Goreme. This region suffers a lot from the lack of tourists. A lot of restaurants, hotels and touristic attractions are now closed and the historical (...)
Emin Özmen Empty pool seen in Pamukkale, known as "Cotton Castle" for its white travertine terraces. Denizli, Turkey. 2017.
Most of the tourists are now Turkish, Arabic and Asian. The owner of a restaurant (...)
Emin Özmen Enver, 43, camel rider. "Two years ago, I had 4 tours in a day, now I have to be happy if I can do one tour in a week, there are no tourists here anymore." This region suffers a lot from the lack o (...)
Emin Özmen Boys sleep near the museum in Hierapolis, an ancient site in Pamukkale. Pamukkale is the remarkably well-preserved site of the ancient Roman city "Hierapolis." Rich Romans came here for the “water (...)
Emin Özmen An empty tea house in Cappadocia. Cappadocia, Turkey. 2017. © Emin Özmen | Magnum Photos
Emin Özmen People swim in Pamukkale, known as "Cotton Castle" for its white travertine terraces. Pamukkale is also the site of the remarkably well-preserved ruins of the ancient Greek-Roman city of Hierapolis (...)
Emin Özmen Tourists walk past the Ephesus Amphitheatre. Izmir, Ephesus, Turkey. 2017.
Museum employees didn't want to speak about the tourism issue but the security guard says normally they have around 2 mil (...)
Emin Özmen A security guard surveys the Acropolis with binoculars, in the ancient site of Pergamon. The Acropolis, located on top of a hill, has the most important remains in Pergamon. Employees says that the (...)
Emin Özmen Sercan, 36 years old and his dog Dori. He had been working here as a security guard for 6 years. He says normally they have around 2 million visitors annually. "But since 2015 we lost at least 60% (...)
Emin Özmen A woman and her son stand near the sea in an empty resort in Side. The Turkish tourism industry has been deeply effected after several terror attacks in Istanbul, Ankara, Diyarbakir, Bursa, and a b (...)
Emin Özmen Tourists admire the view from the remains of the ancient city, near the Antique pool. Denizli, Turkey. 2017.
Pamukkale is a remarkably well-preserved site of the ancient Roman city "Hierapolis." (...)
Emin Özmen Local tourists visit the empty site. It was perhaps the world's most famous ancient medical center, and is the second-most important site in Pergamon after the Acropolis. Mehmet - (security guard) (...)
Emin Özmen People rest on sun loungers in an empty resort in Side. Side, Antalya, Turkey. 2017.
A very few resorts are full with Russian tourists but most of them are nearly empty. The other tourists are ma (...)
Emin Özmen On the weekend, people walk near the Pamukkale "Cotton Castle," named for its white travertine terraces. Pamukkale is also the site of the remarkably well-preserved ruins of the Greek-Roman city of (...)
Emin Özmen People stand in front of a closed store in Istanbul's famous Istiklal street. The sign, says "Kiralik" or "for rent" in Turkish. Istanbul's Istiklal street is one of Istanbul's top tourist attracti (...)
Emin Özmen People take selfies with a panoramic view of the Bosphorus in the background near Cengelkoy in Istanbul. If there are less and less international tourists in Turkey, Turkish people continue to trav (...)
Emin Özmen A boy plays on his phone. This resort suffers from a lack of German tourists (their main clients before politic crisis between Germany and Ankara). But slowly Russian tourists are replacing them, (...)
Emin Özmen A woman rests on a sun lounger in an empty resort. Side, Antalya, Turkey. 2017.
A few resorts are full with Russian tourists but most of them are almost empty. The other tourists are mainly Turki (...)
Emin Özmen Local tourists walk on Salt Lake. Konya, Turkey. 2017. © Emin Özmen | Magnum Photos
Emin Özmen Security guard stands near Analipsis Church. Aksaray, Turkey. 2017. © Emin Özmen | Magnum Photos
Emin Özmen Arab tourists stand near the wall in Blue Mosque in Istanbul. Turkey, Istanbul. 2017 © Emin Özmen | Magnum Photos
Emin Özmen A Turkish man sits on an abandoned chair at Salt Lake. Konya, Turkey. 2017. © Emin Özmen | Magnum Photos
Emin Özmen A waiter rest on his restaurant's menu in Galata bridge of Istanbul. Turkey, Istanbul. 2017 © Emin Özmen | Magnum Photos
Emin Özmen Arab tourist admire the bosphorus view on Galata Bridge near Karakoy in Istanbul. Istanbul, Turkey. 2017. © Emin Özmen | Magnum Photos
Emin Özmen Arab tourist sits in Michael Kors store in Zorlu shopping mall. Istanbul, Turkey. 2017. © Emin Özmen | Magnum Photos
Emin Özmen Woman stands in Suleymaniye Mosque in Istanbul. Istanbul, Turkey. 2017. © Emin Özmen | Magnum Photos
Emin Özmen Closed souvenir stores seen in Cappadocia, located in the central Anatolian plateau within a volcanic landscape sculpted by erosion into a succession of mountain ridges. This region suffers a lot (...)
Emin Özmen Pamukkale is a remarkably well-preserved site of the ancient Roman city "Hierapolis." Rich Romans were coming here for the "water cure" from the mineral springs. The site has been damaged by frequ (...)
Emin Özmen Local tourists swim near Lycian Tombs in Simena. Turkey. Antalya. Simena. 2017. © Emin Özmen | Magnum Photos
