Youssouf Bey: The charged portraits of fin-de-siecle Pera. Ömer M. Koç Collection. / Types et charges, 1884. 2 volumes in special box. Curated by Bahattin Öztuncay. [500 COPIES LIMITED AND NUMBERED EDITION: 401/500).

Istanbul: Vehbi Koç Foundation, 2016. Limited Edition . Hardcover. New. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Original bdg. HC. / Original brown leather bound. In special huge box. Oblong folio. (30 x 50 cm). 2 books: (28 x 23 cm) / (29 x 37 cm). Youssouf: Types et charges, 1884 (reprint of Yusuf Franko Bey's original caricature album): 56 p., fully color ills.; Youssouf Bey: The charged portraits of fin-de-siecle Pera.: 119, [1] p., color ills. 500 copies were printed. All copies is numbered. Contents: It includes the following articles: Ömer M. Koc "Preface"; Bahattin Öztuncay "Editor's Foreword"; Sinan Kuneralp, "Yusuf Franko Kusa Pasa and His Kinsmen: A Melkite Family in The Service of The Ottoman Empire"; Guillaume Doizy, "Yusuf Bey: The Dificult Experience of Caricature"; K. Mehmet Kentel, "Drawing cosmopolitan Pera, Drawing on Yusuf Bey's Caricatures"; Sinan Kuneralp, "Appendix: Who is who in Yusuf Franko Pasa's Album an annotated list". The caricature album of Yusuf Franko Kusa Bey, the late 19th century Ottoman bureaucrat, Minister of Foreign Affairs, governor general, man of society who was also a playful caricaturist, is exhibited for the first time. "The Characters of Yusuf Franko: An Ottoman Bureaucrat's Caricatures" displays for the first time the caricatures that Yusuf Franko compiled in an album between 1884-1896, that interact with the European caricature tradition. Through the exhibited caricatures, the visitors meet satirically charged portraits of wealthy capitalists, members of high society, Ottoman soldiers, Levantines, artists and diplomats of the late 19th century. The caricatures offer the spectators the opportunity to observe the colorful social networks, especially those of the Beyoglu / Pera quarter, which Yusuf Franko himself belonged to, and the global locales of Istanbul. By following the characters in their caricatures and the places they belong, the exhibition emphasizes how the Galata¿Beyoglu axis became a financial and diplomatic center as well as a frequent destination of international culture and arts. The exhibition, which mainly tries to evaluate the works of Yusuf Franko from the perspective of space and social networks, also touches on the significant places of the period such as the Naum Theater and it also serves as a reminder of those locales, which no longer exist and hence which have not found their way onto the album. Focusing on Yusuf Franko, the innovative caricaturist of his time and on his works, the exhibition "The Characters of Yusuf Franko: An Ottoman Bureaucrat¿s Caricatures" deals with the prominence of the Franko Kusa family within the Ottoman Empire, and with the history of the caricature in Europe. The exhibition also narrates the long trek of the album through various countries and the tale of its return to Beyoglu. In addition to the album and caricatures of Yusuf Franko Kusa, relevant photographs, documents and publications from various collections and especially from Ömer M. Koç Collection are featured in the exhibition.