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Berna Küpeli

@bernakupeli

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Visual Storyteller
@theviiacademy Alumni
@flyingcarpetfestival Rider @ortabozca Honorary president

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Bu 80ler şeysi beni aldı çünkü en sevdiğim aynı zamanda da insanlık için en utanç duyduğum çağlarından biridir. Plastik, insan ezmece, markalarla yaşanan aynı zamanda markalaşmaya da karşı ama tüm yemleri yemiş bi dönem, aşırı kötü bi onyıl. -Bence yani. Herkes çok kötü giyiniyo. Herkes çok kötü yemekler yiyo. O zamanları "off yeaaah, ne zamanlaaadı!" diyen herkes, eğer başka konuşmuyosak biraz boktan biri gibi kalıyo ama muhabbet etmesi de çok eğlenceli, konu doğa da olsaa, müzik de olsaa, siyasi de olsa, hep bi yarım ve tepeden inme bilgilerle, mainstraim şeylerin takip edildiği ama çok eğlenilmiş çok güzel bi dönem. Ben çiçek çocuklara da zaten pek, ne bilim. Ama eşşek gibi konserler izlemişler. Neyse, ben oralı olmak isterdim. Şu hayatta eğlenicen. 80lerin müzikleri tartışılır belki ama aşırı kötü (sonrasında arabesk metal dediğimiz) aynı zamanda aşırı eğlenceli görünen bi dönem. Utanç dönemi olarak demek doğru mu bilmiyorum ama ortaçağ avrupasının biraz benzeri bi dönem bence, bize lazımmıştı yani. Hocam siz anlamadınız galiba, şindi bunu da bi görün. Çünkü tüm o insanlık hareketinden sonra gelen bu neslin insanlıkla hiç ilgisi yoktu. Annelerine küfür gibi gencolar trendi.. anneleri hippi diye söylüyorum. Hippile kalp kırmazdı. Şimdilerde topuklu ayakkabı ve parfüm biraz bayağı, aynı zamanda vatkalar da out. Şimdi hep naturalizm modası olageldi ya, herkese biraz daha şimdiyi değil, nereye gittiğimizi görmeyi diliyorum. Benim anam ve kardeşim şu yukardaki fotoğrafta saçlarım kısa diye saç atmışlar üstüme, Şeyma'nın saçları çok uzundu ben de ali rıza binboğa gibi kestirmiştim. O da üstüme atmıştı. Fotoşop değil. Canım ailem. Güzellik başka bişi ve çok bireysel ve çok gözden kalpten bakıştan anlaşılan bişey🌹. Tüm insanlar hep çok güzelsiniz bence. Çöplerinizi toplarsanız tabi. 💎 by @bernakupeli

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Bosnia & Herzegovina - USA match day. July, 2, 2026, Sarajevo. taken in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina by @bernakupeli

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We are absolutely thrilled to honor a visionary who has captured the very soul, magic, and history of our community—the brilliant Berna Küpeli @bernakupeli! 📸🎞️✨

An award-winning photojournalist, visual storyteller, and videographer, Berna has been documenting the spirit of the Flying Carpet Festival since 2018. This year marks her 8th year with us; she has been an indispensable part of our family since the very beginning, capturing our journey from day one for Flying Carpet 2026.

🌍 Human-Centered Storytelling
Based in Çanakkale, Turkey, and a graduate of Yıldız Technical University’s photography program, Berna has been working as a freelance artist since 2012. Her profound practice focuses on:
Layered Narratives: Capturing deep stories across diverse communities, very often in fragile and underrepresented contexts.
Quiet Proximity: Revealing the unspoken moments of human connection, strength, and beauty that define the human experience.

🎓 Art Grounded in Ethics
Berna’s extensive experience spans documentary, film, and visual communications, including powerful collaborations with international NGOs and cultural initiatives. She is also a proud alumna of the prestigious VII Academy (@theviiacademy), where she refined a documentary approach deeply grounded in ethics, proximity, and long-term engagement with her subjects.

🏡 Cultivating Collective Spaces
Beyond her incredible visual work, Berna is a community builder. She is the co-founder of an independent artist residency in Bozcaada, where she develops projects at the intersection of art, space, and cultural exchange. Through this initiative, she creates beautiful environments for collective thinking, production, and artistic growth.

We are incredibly grateful for the dedication, empathy, and artistic mastery Berna brings to the carpet year after year, turning our fleeting moments into timeless stories.

Thank you for guiding our vision since day one, Berna! 🕊️❤️

#FlyingCarpet2026 #BernaKupeli #SinceTheBeginning #8YearsStrong #Photojournalist by @bernakupeli

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(Eng added :) İlk kez okyanus gördüm. Yüzmek bu vakitler zordu, ayakları sokabildim. Midyeci gibi her köşe başındaki istiridyecilere bayıldım. Yedim hep. Bizim orda tüm midyecilerin Mardin'li olduğu bilgisini bir kaç istiridyeciye verdim, merak ettim orda da benzer bişeyler var mı. Yok heralde. Mardin gibi ama Tattoine gibi de olan yerler hep. Canım Mardin'im. Bazen insanları tanıyor gibi oldum, "seni ben ofisten mi yoksa galaktik ordudan mu tanıyorum, çıkaramadım" dediğim kişilerle karşılaştım. Kumdan okyanusa geçişi sevdim ama o da bizim ada gibiydi. Balık tutan birini annem sandım. Hülyaymış, annem değil. İlk fotoğraftaki beyin kıyafetininin adının "cünup" olduğunu sandım iki gün boyunca ve öyle sordum hep insanlara, güldüler çok ve gerçek ismini söylemedi kimse. Sonra bi arkadaşım uyandırdı, "Cilabba"ymış. Olan oldu artık. Aldım bi tane, evde ufoyla savaş açıyorum Jedi dostlarıma. Arayıp, soran, dalga geçen herkes çok haklıydı. Halbuki arapçam kötü değil. Bol bol güldük.

I saw the ocean for the first time. It was hard to swim at this time of year, so I could only dip my feet in. I loved the oyster vendors on every corner, like the mussel vendors back home. I ate a lot. I shared the fact that all the mussel vendors back home are from Mardin with a few oyster sellers, and I wondered if they had something similar there. Probably not. Places that are both like Mardin and Tatooine. Oh dear Mardin. Sometimes I felt like I knew the people I encountered, saying things like, ‘Do I know you from the office or the Grand army of the republic? I can’t place it.’ I loved the transition from sand to ocean, but it also reminded me of our island. I mistook someone fishing as my mother. Turns out it was a delusion, not my mom. For two days, I thought the outfit in the first photo was called “cünup”, and I kept asking people about it with that name. They laughed but never corrected me the real name. Then a friend enlightened me—it’s called a “djellaba.” Well, the damage was done by then. I bought two and now fighting with my heater at home against my Jedi friends. Everyone who called, asked, or teased me was absolutely right. My Arabic isn’t even that bad. Was fun. taken in Essaouira by @bernakupeli

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🌱 by @bernakupeli

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🦦 taken in Mardin Province by @bernakupeli

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(ENG BELOW) İskenderunlu depremzedeler Emir Aslan ve arkadaşı Ümit Horuz çocukları güldürmek için Hatay'ın tüm köylerini ve kasabalarını dolaşıyor. Samandağ, Hatay, Şubat, 2023. (ENG) Emir Aslan and his friend Ümit Horuz, earthquake survivors from İskenderun, has been going through towns and villages of Hatay so that the kids can take a moment to have fun, Samandag, Hatay, 2023. taken in Hatay / Samandağ by @bernakupeli

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!!NOW LIVE for just 10 days. Purchase a print of this photograph and over 200 more at @six.two.editions to support earthquake relief efforts in Turkey & Syria.

SIX.TWO Editions is a photo print sale now running until March 20, in which over 200 photographers have generously and with open hearts made their work available for purchase at an affordable price to benefit recovery operations in Turkey & Syria after the devastating earthquakes of February 06. All net proceeds will be donated to vetted, non-governmental organizations leading the way in recovery efforts and organizational needs on the ground in the earthquake region.

#sixtwoeditions #earthquaketurkey #turkeyearthquake #syriaearthquake #earthquakesyria #photoprintfundraiser #photoprintsale #printsale by @bernakupeli

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Nemrut I 2019. taken in Nemrut Dağı by @bernakupeli

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Nemrut 2 I 2019 🐋 taken in Nemrut Mountain,Turkey by @bernakupeli

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Op 14 Mei doen we een hele bijzondere Circus voor Hoop. Alle artiesten samen met live muziek. Alle opbrengsten gaan naar @sirkhane en @flyingcarpetfestival
Kaarten zijn te koop via de website van Skatecafe. taken in SkateCafe by @bernakupeli

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Acayip bi kültürü deşiyorum. by @bernakupeli

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