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Monocle magazine April 2024
Konfekt - Issue 14
The Forecast 2024
The Monocle Book of Japan
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Issue 88, volume 9
p.110-111
01 of 07Huseyin Akbay and his apprentice Aydin Simsek attend to customers
02 of 07Shaves are finished with a hot towel
03 of 07Akbay shaving a customer
04 of 07Portrait of father of the nation Mustafa Kemal Ataturk watching over the shop
05 of 07Washing hair is an apprentice's work
06 of 07Simsek providing the traditional post-haircut head-and-shoulder rub
07 of 07Discussing the issues of the day is all part of a visit to the barber
More than just places for a trim, the barbershops of Istanbul sit somewhere between confessional and symposium. The men behind the chair, therefore, train for years to become dedicated specialists with chat as keen as their razors.
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