WWI Turkish Holsters

[evrenay]

Dear itachaartist,

I am a civil engineer and managing director in my own company (Evrenay İnşaat Mühendislik Ltd-Evrenay Construction and Engineering Co.) which is in construction business.
Soon, we will also be in accommodation business in my hometown Eskişehir also (200 Km West of Ankara, 350 km East of İstanbul in the mid-west Anatolia). We are building a private dorm for 150 students and a parking garage in the core of the city, which will also be managed by us.

Most Lugers I met was through my friend Arif who is a police officer (actually superintend). Some Lugers we I see when we visit our friends in different cities. They know our interests and help us to discover new Lugers.

A part from it, in practical issues, Arif is a very know Luger person in Turkey, because as you know not every Luger functions flawlessly, he helps people to find the right parts or magazines for their Lugers. Of course he doesn't do it for charity.

When it comes to me, I love these pistols. I would like to get specialized in this magnificent pistol. I would say, I am proficient in both English and German languages, apart from my mothertongue Turkish.
So it is easier for me to keep myself up to date through proper documentation and literature.

I also meet other old pistols such as C96 Mauser of Lee Enfield or Mauser rifles but I do not want to get spread in order to keep my concentration on Lugers.

When it comes to money, I do not buy every Luger I see. Although I could, it is not my intention.

Last Luger I wanted to buy was a 1902 Carbine without a shoulder stock and I was ready to pay 10000 USD however the owner demanded a higher price. I would buy it because I know I can sell it when I have to. So, it is also a sort of investment in my eyes.

Now, I am after a "Hava Ordusuna Mahsustur-Air Army" Luger. I hope to see her next week. We will drive more less 1000 km to meet her. It is like this, I learned from other older Luger fans in Turkey. You can go 1000 km for seeing a particular pistol and may be to buy and the owner won't show it to you because of his different type of thinking or may be he worries that you might get very envious and try to steal his beloved pistol (No joke!)

I don't know what the others think about the photos but I wouldn't consider myself as a talented photograph. I think it is the photo camera which does most of the job. A Panasonic Lumix compact camera which I bought on Xios in order to help our neighbors in their economic crisis days (it looks like our shopping didn't help them much ).

There many Luger fans in Turkey but they are mostly interested in the shape and shooting with it. Mostly these men doesn't know any foreign language and there is no real documentation about Lugers in Turkish. But now a new generation is coming, who is equipped with better language skills and have other motivations other than shooting with their Lugers and listening how beautiful it sounds.
I invited a friend of mine to Lugerforum. As far as I know he speaks English and Italian, and had read Mr Mauro Baudino's the La Luger Artiglieria. I hope he joins the forum soon. I am sure he also has some nice stories to tell and photos to show.