One of a series of pictures of "daily life in the recent past".

From left to right: a man smoking a ‘nargile’ (waterpipe), a ‘çaycı’ (tea seller), a young ‘simitçi’ (seller of simit = circular bread, encrusted with sesame seeds), a ‘semerci’ (pack saddle maker) and a ‘bakırcı’ (coppersmith).

Correspondent: J.M.Criel, Antwerpen.