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Fehmi Faytoncu, known as Efe Fehmi, who was born in Balabancılar village of Tekirdağ in 1932, is a man in love with the sea. His grandfather came from Ruse to Istanbul in the First World War and became a coachman for many years. His father studied in Darüşşafaka and later settled in Tekirdağ.
Efe did his military service in the navy. He traveled "half of the world" on a NATO mission. After he finished his military service, he started fishing with the boat his father bought. He lost his wife at an early age and his son recently. He has two daughters and six grandchildren.
A lot has happened to Efe Fehmi in the last four years. He was first diagnosed with laryngeal cancer, and then had three heart attacks and been taken to intensive care each a year apart from the other. Every time he left the hospital, he ran to his shelter and returned to his boat and the sea.
We have been spending time together with Efe Fehmi for two years. His boat is tied to the shelter, he spends most of his time repairing nets. He calls me “my lady daughter” and loves to share his life experiences.
He asked to go fishing together in early September. And we did it. His grandchild Fehmi was at the helm. The next day, he had cataract surgery and two days later returned to the shelter and to the sea.
Born in 1963, she implemented a wide range of social photography projects as a result of his trainings. Some of these are: "Tandır Saray Mayor in Batman" Mustafa Çoban sponsorship sponsored by Batman Provincial Directorate of Culture. She unearthed the work "My Lost Laborers, Masters". Again, with the help of the sponsor, it was launched as an exhibition. 'Mersin 33 Usta' photo exhibition and book living in Mersin. The Mersin Chamber of Tradesmen and Craftsmen and the Governorship of Mersin sponsored this project, as well as the 'Mersin 33 Masters' book. She made his exhibitions, “I Touched My Stories”, where she photographed people between the ages of 60 and 100 who live in Mersin. She gave training for 84 years with 84 participants in Canan Yaşar Photography Workshop, which she opened in Mersin Photography Association. For the first time in Mersin, 64 people attended the “mobile workshop method”. She documented the Mersin Meram Industry (Now Destroyed) with photography and video until it collapsed and opened the “Masters of Meram” photo exhibition in the meram industry. For the first time in Mersin, an exhibition was held in an industry, and the craftsmen were at the head of the photographs. In 2015, under the sponsorship of the Cyprus Photography Subject FODER, she made a three-day whorkshop in Cyprus and gave portrait photography training to the members of the association. Between the years 2011-2016, she opened the Mersin Metropolitan Fire Brigade in the 2016 Firefighting Week, with the sponsorship of Mersin Metropolitan Municipality, the "Dance with Fire" photograph exhibition with the participation of more than 750 firefighters. With the sponsorship of the Governorship of Mersin, she participated in the three-dimensional book study team, where historical artifacts of Mersin were exhibited, and contributed to the book with many photographs including the cover photograph. She received more than 400 awards and exhibitions in total from domestic and international photography competitions that she started to attend in 2010. Currently Tekirdağ Photography Association TEFSAD, Mersin Photography Association MFD. Batman Photography Association PANAF. Besni Photography Association BEFSAD. Ahlat Photography Association is a member of BİFOD. Since its establishment, Mersin UMKE (Mersin Medical Search Rescue is a voluntary official photographer. She is a mountain lover. She has been actively involved in mountaineering since 2009. The most recent peak in mountaineering is Mount Ararat.