Thousands of people have turned up to bid their final farewell to Ara Güler, an acclaimed Turkish journalist and photographer who died at the age of 90.
The funeral ceremony was held on Oct. 20 in Istanbul’s Galatasaray Square.
Güler suffered a heart attack and was taken to the intensive care unit of Florence Hospital in Istanbul, where he breathed his last late Oct. 17.
Dubbed “Eye of Istanbul”, Güler rose to fame with his black and white portraits of the city.
He was suffering from kidney failure and had to be taken for treatment thrice a week.
He also photographed famous figures throughout his long career, including Orson Welles, Pablo Picasso. Winston Churchill, John Berger, Alfred Hitchcock and Salvador Dali, among many others.
