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Öster om Eufrat – i Kurdernas Land by Barbro Karabuda is accompanied throughout by Ara Güler’s photographs of Mardin, Diyarbakır, Siirt, Urfa, Bitlis and Iraq.
Tiden, 1960, 19.5 x 25 cm, Swedish
Fikret Otyam’s series of articles entitled Can Pazarı (‘A Life-and-Death Struggle’) is accompanied by Ara Güler’s photographs and Orhan Peker’s drawings.
Doğan Publications, 1969, 14 x 20 cm, Turkish
This book was published under the names of Abidin Dino and Ara Güler. Initially intended by Dino to be only an introduction, this book took him six months to write and runs to 140 pages. It is accompanied by Ara Güler’s photographs (taken both during Fikret Muallâ’s lifetime and after his death) tracing his life story, as well as by Muallâ’s own drawings.
Cem Publications, 1980, 20.5 x 28 cm, Turkish
This is a catalogue prepared by Ara Güler to accompany the 1975 exhibition in Istanbul at which photographic portraits of a number of famous Americans were displayed.
Self-published by Ara Güler, 1975, 20 x 26 cm, Turkish
This collection of classic photographs taken by Ara Güler before 1980 bears the subtitle ‘Being Inside the Reality as a Way of Escaping’ and contains an introduction by Onat Kutlar.
Karacan Publications, 1980, 21 x 21 cm, Turkish
This book consists of photographic portraits by Ara Güler of 60 famous people in the world of cinema, taken during festivals and in private meetings from 1950 onwards, together with these people’s biographies and filmographies.
Hil Publications, 1989, 19 x 27.5 cm, Turkish
This is a study of the architect Sinan’s works, including the Süleymaniye and Selimiye Mosques. All the photographs in it were taken by Ara Güler.
Dünya Publications, 1992, 25 x 33 cm; Turkish, English and French
This book on Turkish domestic architecture contains 300 colour photographs by Ara Güler and Samih Rifat.
Dünya Publications, 1992, 25.5 x 29 cm, English
This book focuses on the design and decor of traditional Turkish houses from Cappadocia to the Aegean. The texts (by Stefanos Yerasimos) are accompanied by photographs by Ara Güler and Samih Fırat.
Thames & Hudson, 1992, 28 x 25 cm, English
This book consists of photographs of Istanbul taken between 1950 and 1990, with an introduction by Onat Kutlar.
Dünya Publications, 1994, 31 x 41 cm; Turkish and English
This book contains photographic portraits, taken by Ara Güler between 1945 and the 1960s, of ten people in the arts who had made their mark in Turkey. The photographs are accompanied by texts by him plus an introduction by Abidin Dino entitled Bana Göre Ara (‘Ara From My Point of View’).
Ana Publications, 1994, 25 x 33 cm, Turkish
A selection of photographs taken by Ara Güler in Anatolia. The introduction, entitled Ara’nın Anadolu Destanı (‘Ara’s Anatolian Epic’), is by Yaşar Kemal
Ana Publications, 1995, 25.5 x 33 cm; Turkish and English
This is the first book to feature Ara Güler’s colour photographs of Istanbul. With an introduction by Mehmet Baydur.
Dünya Publications, 1995, 25 x 33 cm; Turkish and English
This is a book of short stories in which Ara Güler, who devoted his life to photography, displays his abilities as a writer – a facet of his personality that always remained in the background. It contains Turkish translations of eleven stories that he originally wrote in Armenian, plus two stories that he wrote in Turkish
Aras Publications, 13 x 19.5 cm; Armenian (1995) and Turkish (1996)
This book consists of a series of articles produced by photo-journalist Ara Güler in conjunction with journalist Çetin Altan. The series, which presents a panorama of Istanbul, was published in Akşam (one of the leading newspapers of the day) under this name in May and June 1969.
Yapı Kredi Publications, 1998, 22 x 31 cm, Turkish
This book, published to mark Ara Güler’s seventieth birthday, tells the story of his fifty-year-long career as a photographer.
YGS Publications, 1998, 23 x 30 cm; Turkish, English and German
This book, in which Fatma Mansur tells the story of the changes that have taken place in Bodrum and describes their effects on its inhabitants, is illustrated throughout with photographs of Bodrum by Ara Güler.
Ana Publications, 1999, 15 x 21 cm, Turkish
This book is a selection of works presented to Ara Güler by famous photographers who came to know him, worked with him and became his friends during his fifty-year career as an international photo-journalist.
Yapı Kredi Publications, 2001, 16.5 x 24 cm, Turkish
This book documents the relationships Ara Güler formed with seven internationally famous figures – creative people whose achievements are unparalleled. These people, who made a lasting impression on the thought, art and literature of our times, are Bertrand Russell, Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dali, Tennessee Williams, Marc Chagall, Louis Aragon and William Saroyan.
Yapı Kredi Publications, 2002, 24 x 34 cm; Turkish and English
This book consists of photographic portraits of 100 people who have left their mark on Turkish literature, together with extracts from their works.
Yapı Kredi Publications, 2002, 16.5 x 24 cm, Turkish
This book describing the lives and habits of various fish that have become part of Turkish culture over the years has texts by Ali Pasinler and photographs by Ara Güler.
Yapı Kredi Publications, 2003, 24 x 33.5 cm, Turkish
This book was prepared for the Zeitblende 50 Jahre Fotojournalismus retrospective exhibition.
YGS Publications, 2004, 22 x 22 cm; Turkish, English and German
This book, the sixth in the Türk Fotoğrafçıları Kütüphanesi series on Turkish photographers, consists of 40 photographs chosen by Ara Güler from his archive.
Antartist Publications, 2004, 20 x 20 cm, Turkish
This book, published as the catalogue for the exhibition of the same name at the Yapı Kredi Sermet Çifter Exhibition Hall in 2004, contains photographs presented to Ara Güler by Sebastião Salgado.
Yapı Kredi Publications, 2004, 13.5 x 20 cm, Turkish
This book contains a selection of Ara Güler’s classic black-and-white photographs, photographic reports and portraits of famous people, together with his life story (accompanied by photographs).
A publication by the Fotografevi (‘Photography House’), 2005, 23 x 32 cm; Turkish and English
This is a small selection of Ara Güler’s photographs of Istanbul, with an introduction by Enis Batur.
Yapı Kredi Publications, 2005, 20 x 22 cm, Turkish
This is the transcript of a wide-ranging interview with Ara Güler conducted by İlker Maga. In it, İlker Maga supplies the previously unpublished parts of the interview that first appeared in Ara Güler’e Saygı (which had been published in large format, with photographs) – this time without photographs – in order to make the interview more accessible.
YGS Publications, 2005, 13 x 19.5 cm, Turkish
A photographic biography of Bülent Ecevit covering the years between 1960 and 1980.
A publication by the Fotografevi (‘Photography House’), 2007, 23 x 32 cm, Turkish
This is the book devoted to Ara Güler in the series on Magnum Photographers published by Hachette.
Hachette, 2007, 23 x 25 cm, Italian
This book is an imaginative re-creation by Abidin Dino of the life of the architect Sinan, accompanied by Ara Güler’s photographs.
Can Publications, 2007, 13 x 19 cm, Turkish
This book contains a generous selection of Ara Güler’s photographs of Aphrodisias. He came upon Aphrodisias by accident when he had lost his way while photographing the Kemer Dam, in the sub-province of Karacasu (Province of Aydın), in 1958. He later revisited the place several times, and his photographs of it appeared in a number of publications both in Turkey and abroad.
Yapı Kredi Publications, 2008, 31 x 42 cm; Turkish and English
Ara Güler’s photographs of people in the streets of Istanbul – making things and earning their living by the sweat of their brow in various other ways – are accompanied by a text with this title by Enis Batur.
Kırmızı Publications, 2008, 30 x 30 cm, Turkish
This book consists of an interview in which Ara Güler answers Nezih Tavlaş’ questions about the events he has witnessed since his earliest days, putting them all in chronological order. It also contains photographs from Ara Güler’s personal album.
A publication by the Fotografevi (‘Photography House’), 2009, 17 x 24 cm, Turkish
In this book, photographs of Istanbul taken by Ara Güler between the 1940s and the 1980s are accompanied by Orhan Pamuk’s interpretative comments.
Thames & Hudson, 2009, 22 x 28 cm; English, French, Armenian, Italian, Spanish and German
This book consists of photographs of Istanbul taken by Ara Güler from the 1950s onwards.
Masa Publications, 2010, 26.5 X 38.5 cm; Turkish, English and German
This book contains the photographs taken and interviews conducted by Ara Güler for the series of articles entitled ‘With the Armenian Fishermen of Kumkapı’ that was published in the Jamanak newspaper between 21 and 26 May 1952. The book has a number of extra photographs in addition to the twelve that originally accompanied these articles, and it presents a picture of the way of life of this fishermen’s quarter – a community that is now only a memory.
Aras Publications, 2010, 22 x 25 cm; Turkish, English and Armenian
In this book, well-known photographs by Ara Güler (taken mostly in Istanbul) are accompanied by extracts from Nezih Tavlaş’ book Foto Muhabiri Ara Güler.
A publication by the Fotografevi (‘Photography House’), 2011, 12.5 X 18 cm; Turkish and English
This book on Ara Güler is the second in the Eczacıbaşı Fotoğraf Sanatçıları (Eczacıbaşı ‘Photographers’) series.
Eczacıbaşı Vakfı (‘The Eczacıbaşı Foundation’), 2011, 20 X 25 cm; Turkish and English
100 portrait photographs of famous figures in the fields of literature, photography, the arts, politics and film are accompanied by Ara Güler’s comments and recollections.
Edm Books, 2011, 18 x 25.5 cm; English and French
This book consists of photographs chosen from the Ara Güler Archive for the ‘Papko A1:L51 Öner Kocabeyoğlu Collection 20 Modern Turkish Artists of the 20th Century’ Exhibition, held at Santralistanbul in June 2011, with an introduction by Ferit Edgü.
Masa Publications, 2011, 21 x 23.5 cm, Turkish
This is the catalogue for the exhibition of the same name that was held in November 2011 at the Dilek Sabancı Art Gallery in the Sakıp Sabancı City Museum, Mardin, and was curated by Engin Özendes. Sabancı University.
Sakıp Sabancı Museum, 2011, 23.5 x 26.5 cm; Turkish and English
This book of photographs and interviews, prepared by Semra Aktunç and Hulki Aktunç, also contains reminiscences, essays and stories.
Yapı Kredi Publications, 2013, 21.5 X 30.5 cm, Turkish
This book contains the 50 black and white photographs of Istanbul by Ara Güler in the Point Hotel Collection, plus short stories by him.
Point Hotel, 2013, 22 x 27 cm; Turkish and English
This book, prepared for the 142nd anniversary of the foundation of the İETT (the company that runs Istanbul’s buses and trams) contains photographs of Istanbul by Ara Güler that feature electric trams.
İETT Publications, 2013, 23.5 x 28.5 cm, Turkish
In this book, prepared for children by Muharrem Buhara, Ara Güler’s life story is told in an amusing way. Güler’s photographs are accompanied by Sedat Girgin’s pictures.
Can Çocuk Publications, 2013, 12.5 x 19.5 cm, Turkish
This book presents a selection of Ara Güler’s photographs of Istanbul plus his portrait photographs of well-known people such as Brigitte Bardot, Maria Callas, Indira Gandhi, Winston Churchill, Alfred Hitchcock and Pablo Picasso.
Nicolai, 2014, 17 x 24 cm; Turkish, English and German
This is an exhibition catalogue published to coincide with the exhibition of Ara Güler’s photographs of Istanbul that was held in the Museum of Photography in Seoul.
Song Youngsook / Ga-Hyeon Foundation of Culture, 2014, 20 x 29 cm; English and Korean
This book contains photographs by Ara Güler taken mostly in the streets of Istanbul and in various places in Anatolia, with texts by Enis Batur.
Kırmızı Publications, 2015, 30.5 X 30.5 cm, Turkish
In this book, Ara Güler’s life story is told in photographs taken by other people, and in his own words
A publication by the Fotografevi (‘Photography House’), 2015, 19.5 x 26 cm, Turkish
This is the catalogue for the exhibition of the same name in which 125 photographs by Ara Güler were displayed: they document the period between the years when Yaşar Kemal first arrived in Istanbul and his death.
Yapı Kredi Publications, 2016, 23 x 29 cm, Turkish