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 (...)
in front of the site says that "during the weekends we have tourists, less than before but we have tourists. During the week days, we have no one." © Emin Özmen | Magnum Photos
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 (...)
f tourists. A lot of restaurants, hotels and touristic attractions are now closed and the historical sites are empty. Cappadocia. Goreme. Turkey. 2017. © Emin Özmen | Magnum Photos
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 (...)
cure” from the mineral springs. The site was damaged by earthquakes over centuries but the remains are still very impressive. It is now a Unesco World Heritage site. Denizli, Turkey. 2017.
Most of the tourists are now Turkish, Arabic and Asian. The owner of a restaurant located in front of the site says "during weekends we have tourists, less than before but we have tourists. During the weekdays, we have no one." © 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 (...)
, which has been made a Unesco World Heritage site. Denizli, Turkey. 2017.
Most of the tourists are now Turkish, Arabic and Asian. The owner of a restaurant located in front of the site says "during weekends, we have tourists, less than before but we have tourists. During the weekdays, we have no one." © Emin Özmen | Magnum Photos
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 (...)
lion visitors annually. "But since 2015 we lost at least 60% of them, now we have only Asian and Turkish tourists."
Ephesus is a large archaeological site in Aegean Turkey and one of Turkey's major tourist attractions, an exceptional testimony to the cultural traditions of the Hellenistic, Roman Imperial, and early Christian periods as reflected in the monuments found in the site. © Emin Özmen | Magnum Photos
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 (...)
y lost between 70% and 90% of tourists coming to Pergamon. The Turkish tourism industry has been deeply effected after the several terror attacks and a bloody military coup attempt. Most of the tourists are now Turkish or from Arabic countries. Pergamon was an ancient city located in the Anatolia region of Turkey. The acropolis of Pergamon was the capital of the Hellenistic Attalid dynasty, a major center of learning in the ancient world. It is now a Unesco World Heritage site. Izmir, Pergamon, Turkey. 2017. © Emin Özmen | Magnum Photos
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% (...)
of them, now we have only Asian and Turkish tourists." Ephesus is a large archaeological site in Aegean Turkey and one of Turkey's major tourist attractions, an exceptional testimony to the cultural traditions of the Hellenistic, Roman Imperial, and early Christian periods as reflected in the monuments found in the site. Izmir, Ephesus, Turkey. 2017. © Emin Özmen | Magnum Photos
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 (...)
loody military coup attempt. Side, Antalya, Turkey. 2017. © Emin Özmen | Magnum Photos
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." (...)
Rich Romans came here for the "water cure" from the mineral springs. The site has been damaged by frequent earthquakes through centuries but the remains are still very impressive. It is now a Unesco World Heritage site.
Most of the tourists are now Turkish, Arabic and Asian. The owner of a restaurant located in front of the site says "during weekends we have tourists, less than before but we have tourists. During the weekdays, we have no one." © Emin Özmen | Magnum Photos
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) (...)
says they have lost more than 80% of tourists this year. He said it was hard last year but this year it's totally empty. One employee said "tourism is totally finished here." Izmir, Pergamon, Turkey. 2017. © Emin Özmen | Magnum Photos
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 (...)
inly Turkish.
The Turkish tourism industry has been deeply affected after several terror attacks in Istanbul, Ankara, Diyarbakir, Bursa, and a bloody military coup attempt. © Emin Özmen | Magnum Photos
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 (...)
Hierapolis, which has been made a Unesco World Heritage site. Most of the tourists are now Turkish, Arabic and Asian. The owner of a restaurant located in front of the site says "during weekends, we have tourists, less than before but we have tourists. During the weekdays, we have no one." Denizli, Turkey. 2017. © Emin Özmen | Magnum Photos
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 (...)
ons. However, the historic area is facing a major crisis with the downturn in tourism due to the country's instability and high rents. In March 2016, this shopping area was hit by a suicide bomber. Many shop owners are facing difficult times because of the lack of tourists and have no other choice than to close their business. Istanbul, Turkey. 2017. © Emin Özmen | Magnum Photos
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, (...)
according to a hotel employee.Side, Antalya, Turkey. 2017. © Emin Özmen | Magnum Photos
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 (...)
sh.
The Turkish tourism industry has been deeply effected after several terror attacks in Istanbul, Ankara, Diyarbakir, Bursa, and a bloody military coup attempt. © 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 (...)
from the lack of tourists. A lot of restaurants, hotels and touristic attractions are now closed and the historical sites are empty. Cappadocia, Turkey. 2017. © Emin Özmen | Magnum Photos
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 (...)
ent earthquakes through the centuries but the remains are still very impressive. It is now a Unesco World Heritage site. Denizli, Turkey. 2017. © Emin Özmen | Magnum Photos