Photo History entrance by Nada Vujanic

During Ottoman empire and its presence in Balkan existed strange custom - "tax paid in blood" ... mining that Turkish soldiers had a right to take away young Serbian boys from home and train them to become top sildiers and to fight against their own people one day. They had to give away the children... otherwise entire family would be dead. Some mothers even mutilated their children... cutting the hands off because soldiers had no interest in invalid children.
Sokullu Sehit Mehmet Pasa ( 1505-1579 ) was "tax paid in blood" and he become great Turkish soldier and navy minister, but has never forgotten place of his origin. Mehmet Pasa had strong influence on Turkish government and its politic, he even married Sultan`s daughter, ... so he managed to create some benefits for Serbia.
He fight many wars and conquest Arabia. Naturally had a lot of enemies and died in attentat, some dervish killed him.
During his life he built stone bridge across river Drina (between Serbia and Bosnia) and mosque in Istanbul, ... two beautiful things one for his own people and one for Turkish people... because he played on both sides.
This is the entrance of his mosque.

published:

Thu 19 Jan 2006 08:46

equipment:

digital camera Canon PowerShot A520

permanent link:

https://www.photoforum.ru/photo/251633/

comments (15 from 32)

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Gilbert Morisson #1 Thu 19 Jan 2006 09:23

Thanks you for the interesting (and sometimes horrible) comment!

Michael Maximov #2 Thu 19 Jan 2006 09:55

Interesting and sad history. An excellent picture. A good foreshortening

Olga Maleeva #3 Thu 19 Jan 2006 10:11

Interesting photo!
Beautiful colors

chandru shahani #5 Thu 19 Jan 2006 10:51

Your notes are educational.
The composite is incredible, so attractive in
so many ways with excellent tones and good
depth of field.

yves ralim #6 Thu 19 Jan 2006 11:15

very nice perspective, well done, thank you for the notes

Frangel #7 Thu 19 Jan 2006 12:22

Great composition.
Congrats and best regards.

PeSOKOT #8 Thu 19 Jan 2006 12:49

Good style! Very interesting composition

Nadezda Koldysheva #10 Thu 19 Jan 2006 13:29

Good composition, with mood!!!

Vitor Nunes #11 Thu 19 Jan 2006 14:28

I like this work very much, Nada

There was and there is strange uses in humam kind history

Regina Lopes #12 Thu 19 Jan 2006 14:55

Good composition. Thanks for the explanation.

Nuno Milheiro #13 Thu 19 Jan 2006 16:31

Thanks for the notes!
Excellent composition, good light and textures captured!

Regards

zhenghaoming #14 Thu 19 Jan 2006 16:52

very good composition

silvia marmori #15 Thu 19 Jan 2006 17:01

wow, Nada.. i knew about story of Mehmet Pasa .. and saw his mosque, built by famous Sinan.. but didnt know his roots!. thank you a lot for your notes..
and about the image.. it makes real justice to that beautiful place.. it is a great shot, my dear friend!..

luquesio melo #16 Thu 19 Jan 2006 19:01

Great capture, excellent frame,
Thank you for the helpful notes. Nada!

Arvid Klokk #17 Thu 19 Jan 2006 23:21

The light and photo is just fantastik, i rele like this images. Thx for the notes.
best regards

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