Darko Kerim Bey?

Cameron_Mott

This may be Nazim Kalkavan on the right. Maybe circa 1950s

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This may be him in 1971.

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And again the last man on the right in 1971.

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Perilagu_Khan

Okay. Are you saying this is the guy DKB was patterned after?

Dragonpol

I'm assuming so - where did you get these photos?

Cameron_Mott

Yes, my understanding was Bey was supposedly based on Kalkavan. I've been trying to Google images of him on and off for years and these showed up this last search.

http://www.mehmetalibirand.com.tr/galerigoster.asp?id=24&f=46

http://www.mehmetalibirand.com.tr/galerigoster.asp?id=24&f=18

http://www.ibrahimcetinkaya.com/Sayfalar.php?Git=ResimGalerisi&Sayfa=Kategoriler&id=17-Aile&Sira=3#prettyPhoto

Cameron_Mott

Well, here on a different page on the same site the guy in the top picture seems to be identified as someone else.

http://www.ibrahimcetinkaya.com/Sayfalar.php?Git=ResimGalerisi&Sayfa=Kategoriler&id=17-Aile&Sira=1#prettyPhoto

Anyone speak Turkish well enough to decipher what this is?

Perilagu_Khan

I didn't take a first in Oriental languages at Cambridge.

Dragonpol

I think that this is mentioned in Andrew Lycett's biography of Fleming, amongst other places.