November is a beginning

2013–2018
Photography

A long-term photographic work on displacement, waiting, and fragile everyday life inside a Syrian Kurdish refugee community in Istanbul.

November is a Beginning is a long-term photographic work made between 2013 and 2018 in Süleymaniye, Istanbul, where a Syrian Kurdish refugee community built temporary life inside abandoned houses. The work follows waiting, displacement, domestic routine, and the fragile attempt to make home in a place already marked by absence.

  • Bosporus I

    2015
    Photograph

    A long-term photographic work documenting a Syrian Kurdish refugee community in Süleymaniye, Istanbul.

    Selected works available by inquiry through esa@ylijaasko.com.

  • A man in a ferry

    2015
    Photograph

    A long-term photographic work documenting a Syrian Kurdish refugee community in Süleymaniye, Istanbul.

    Selected works available by inquiry through esa@ylijaasko.com.

  • A Black Dog

    2015
    Photograph

    A long-term photographic work documenting a Syrian Kurdish refugee community in Süleymaniye, Istanbul.

    Selected works available by inquiry through esa@ylijaasko.com.

  • Süleymaniye III

    2014
    Photograph

    A long-term photographic work documenting a Syrian Kurdish refugee community in Süleymaniye, Istanbul.

    Selected works available by inquiry through esa@ylijaasko.com.

  • Syrian Refugees

    2015
    Photograph

    A long-term photographic work documenting a Syrian Kurdish refugee community in Süleymaniye, Istanbul.

    Selected works available by inquiry through esa@ylijaasko.com.

  • A boy spurting on the street

    2015
    Photograph

    A long-term photographic work documenting a Syrian Kurdish refugee community in Süleymaniye, Istanbul.

    Selected works available by inquiry through esa@ylijaasko.com.

  • Tug of War

    2016
    Photograph

    A long-term photographic work documenting a Syrian Kurdish refugee community in Süleymaniye, Istanbul.

    Selected works available by inquiry through esa@ylijaasko.com.

  • Syrian boys with a toy gun

    2016
    Photograph

    A long-term photographic work documenting a Syrian Kurdish refugee community in Süleymaniye, Istanbul.

    Selected works available by inquiry through esa@ylijaasko.com.

  • Süleymaniye IV

    2014
    Photograph

    A long-term photographic work documenting a Syrian Kurdish refugee community in Süleymaniye, Istanbul.

    Selected works available by inquiry through esa@ylijaasko.com.

  • Isa

    2016
    Photograph

    A long-term photographic work documenting a Syrian Kurdish refugee community in Süleymaniye, Istanbul.

    Selected works available by inquiry through esa@ylijaasko.com.

  • Syrian man in a leather vest

    2014
    Photograph

    A long-term photographic work documenting a Syrian Kurdish refugee community in Süleymaniye, Istanbul.

    Selected works available by inquiry through esa@ylijaasko.com.

  • Girl in a floral dress

    2015
    Photograph

    A long-term photographic work documenting a Syrian Kurdish refugee community in Süleymaniye, Istanbul.

    Selected works available by inquiry through esa@ylijaasko.com.

  • Syrian man with a laundries

    2014
    Photograph

    A long-term photographic work documenting a Syrian Kurdish refugee community in Süleymaniye, Istanbul.

    Selected works available by inquiry through esa@ylijaasko.com.

  • Süleymaniye V

    2014
    Photograph

    A long-term photographic work documenting a Syrian Kurdish refugee community in Süleymaniye, Istanbul.

    Selected works available by inquiry through esa@ylijaasko.com.

  • 6PM

    2015
    Photograph

    A long-term photographic work documenting a Syrian Kurdish refugee community in Süleymaniye, Istanbul.

    Selected works available by inquiry through esa@ylijaasko.com.

  • Woman in Black

    2015
    Photograph

    A long-term photographic work documenting a Syrian Kurdish refugee community in Süleymaniye, Istanbul.

    Selected works available by inquiry through esa@ylijaasko.com.

  • Family Portrait

    2015
    Photograph

    A long-term photographic work documenting a Syrian Kurdish refugee community in Süleymaniye, Istanbul.

    Selected works available by inquiry through esa@ylijaasko.com.

  • Süleymaniye II

    2015
    Photograph

    A long-term photographic work documenting a Syrian Kurdish refugee community in Süleymaniye, Istanbul.

    Selected works available by inquiry through esa@ylijaasko.com.

  • Rizar

    2015
    Photograph

    A long-term photographic work documenting a Syrian Kurdish refugee community in Süleymaniye, Istanbul.

    Selected works available by inquiry through esa@ylijaasko.com.

  • Ekrem and playing child

    2015
    Photograph

    A long-term photographic work documenting a Syrian Kurdish refugee community in Süleymaniye, Istanbul.

    Selected works available by inquiry through esa@ylijaasko.com.

  • Birds

    2015
    Photograph

    A long-term photographic work documenting a Syrian Kurdish refugee community in Süleymaniye, Istanbul.

    Selected works available by inquiry through esa@ylijaasko.com.

  • Bosporus II

    2015
    Photograph

    A long-term photographic work documenting a Syrian Kurdish refugee community in Süleymaniye, Istanbul.

    Selected works available by inquiry through esa@ylijaasko.com.