YEREVAN. – Armenia’s President Serzh Sargsyan on Sunday attended, in capital city Yerevan, world-renowned Istanbul-Armenian photojournalist Ara Güler’s exhibition on Armenia and devoted to the 100th anniversary of Jamanak Armenian daily of Istanbul.    

The event’s official opening was held Saturday, but Güler was unable to attend his exhibition during which his photographs that were taken in Armenia were displayed. 

To note, Ara Güler, who was recognized as the “Photographer of the Century”—and who is also known as “the Eye of Istanbul”—was born in the city in 1928, and he began his journalistic career in 1950. He has received many Turkish and international awards and titles and has photographed numerous world-renowned personalities.