Emin Özmen’s Captivating Images of Turkey’s Turbulent Decade, Explored by Suzy Hansen
The Magnum photographer Emin Özmen has vivid memories of the fateful day in 1993 when radical Islamists set fire to the Madımak Hotel in Sivas, Turkey, claiming the lives of 37 people. The victims were intellectuals and artists who had gathered there to pay homage to a celebrated Alevi poet from the 16th century. It’s …