Portrait of a full armed ‘Efe’ (or: ‘Zeybek�’) from the Izmir region.  Late-Ottoman era, end of 19th century.  The ‘Efe / Zeybek’ were the 18th-19th century people’s militia of the Aegean coastal area, who sometimes turned themselves into professional brigands. Empire, Izmir, Africa, Osman, Ancient, History Of India, Yatagan, Turkish Art, Historical Pictures
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Portrait of a full armed ‘Efe’ (or: ‘Zeybek’) from the Izmir region. Late-Ottoman era, end of 19th century. The ‘Efe / Zeybek’ were the 18th-19th century people’s militia of the Aegean coastal area, who sometimes turned themselves into professional brigands.
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