Hi, I’m Uğur. I live in Turkey, which happens to be located next door to one of the most dangerous regions in the modern world. The contrast between these territories reflects two different worlds for me, and it inspired me to portray this in my work. I wish that the whole world would live by the

I am an architect, academician and illustrator living in Turkey. I started to draw big characters on street photos I took with my smartphone, named “Lilliputs series”. The name comes from the novel “Gulliver’s Travels”, the city of dwarfs. Here, we, real people, become dwarfs. Some of them are kind

Cathedral Mosque In St. Petersburg, Russia. Model: Aygul source Cappadocia, Turkey. Model: Katya Zaytseva source Petit Palais, Paris, France. Model: Vera Brezhneva source Cappadocia, Turkey. Model: Masha source Louvre, Paris, France. Model: Vera Brezhneva source Cappadocia, Turkey. Model: Maria

Cathedral Mosque In St. Petersburg, Russia. Model: Aygul source Cappadocia, Turkey. Model: Katya Zaytseva source Petit Palais, Paris, France. Model: Vera Brezhneva source Cappadocia, Turkey. Model: Masha source Louvre, Paris, France. Model: Vera Brezhneva source Cappadocia, Turkey. Model: Maria

Back in the times of the Ottoman Empire, people would build elaborate miniature palaces for the birds. Found in the territory of today’s Turkey, the birdhouses were affixed to the outer walls of significant city structures, such as mosques, inns, bridges, libraries, schools and fountains. Show Full