OTOFOKUS P&Art, Adana
HULKİ MURADİ P&Art, Mersin
3F P&Art, Ankara

The contest is divided into following sections:
OPEN COLOR
OPEN MONOCHROME
PEOPLE

Closing date: 27 July 2023
Judging date: 1 August 2023
Notification date: 14 August 2023
Delivery date: 29 September 2023
Gallery publish date: 29 September 2023

a) The entry fee is mandatory for all participants. And the fee is for all sections 33€. Turkish participants will pay for all sections 400TL and. All participants must pay the entry fee.

b) The fee can be paid via PayPal or bank account.

PayPal account: [email protected]

c) Turkish participants can also pay to this bank account;

HASAN HULKİ MURADİ
TR64 0011 1000 0000 0096 2255 87

d) You can participate the contest by group-photography club or group members. if you contact the salon chairman you will take discount;
10 participant: 30€ / 350tl,
e) The works of the authors who did not pay the fee would not be taken into consideration.

a) Participation fee is mandatory.
b) The contest is welcome to all amateur and professional photographers all over the world, apart from the Jury, chairman and their relatives.
c) The participants who are currently filed under TFSF restriction for any of the above defined reasons, or the participants who are on the FIAP red list are not allowed to participate in this contest. Salon will check FIAP and TFSF red lists and eliminate if in the list before the jury session.
d) All participants can submit up to 4 (four) photographs for each category. The same image or color or B&W version of the same image cannot be submitted to more than 1 (one) category.
e) Participants are obliged to take all kinds of administrative and technical measures for the processing and transfer of personal data in accordance with the Law on the Protection of Personal Data(KVKK). In this context, in the case of processing photographs of a real person, the persons must be informed within the scope of the Law and their explicit consent must be obtained in cases where their explicit consent is required. Taking photos of people who can be seen in the photos submitted to the competition and sending them to a competition; It is accepted that they allow the photograph to be published in visual, internet and printed media. Responsibility for photographs that are not transferred in accordance with the Law belongs to the participant.
f) The participant accepts, declares and undertakes that the photos uploaded for the competition belong entirely to him and that all permissions have been obtained. All kinds of interventions and changes that use images belonging to someone else as they are or partially, to present the artwork as its own even though it does not belong to it, and to mislead the evaluation board, are considered violations of the rules.
g) ADDITIONAL SANCTIONS TO THE MAIN DIRECTIVE FOR THE ORGANIZATION OF THE TURKISH PHOTOGRAPHIC ART FEDERATION NATIONAL / INTERNATIONAL PHOTO CONTEST AND THE DIRECTIVE ON RULE VIOLATION APPLICATIONS TFSF YG 02-D” are applied to those who violate the rules. The participant's awards, titles and all kinds of gains are taken back. The place of the canceled prize is left blank. The situation is reported to FIAP. If participant has been awarded, the participant must return the award.
h) With the sole act of submitting his/her images or files to a salon under TFSF and FIAP Patronage, the entrant accepts without exception and with no objection that the submitted images can be investigated by TFSF and FIAP to establish if these obey to TFSF and FIAP regulations and definitions even if the entrant is not a member of TFSF and FIAP; that TFSF and FIAP will use any means at its disposal for this undertaking; that any refusal to cooperate with FIAP or any refusal to submit the original files as captured by the camera, or failure to provide sufficient evidence, will be sanctioned by TFSF and FIAP and that in case of sanctions following the non-compliance with TFSF and FIAP regulations, the name of the entrant will be released in any form useful to inform the breaches of the rules.
i) It is recommended that the EXIF information (such as DPI, pixel information) of the photos uploaded to the competition system of the organizer be kept intact to facilitate possible investigations. Otherwise, the regulatory institution and the TFSF are not responsible for the problems that may occur in the system.
j) The organizer may request high-resolution digital files of the photos that are awarded or accepted from the participant.
k) The organizer may decide to cancel or postpone all or part of the competition under conditions it deems appropriate. The regulatory body has the right to determine the methods and rules to be applied in cases of cancellation or postponement. The regulatory body is authorized to make all kinds of changes, including the rules of the specification, program changes, evaluation, and awarding, when deemed necessary, in the solution of problems and uncertainties, provided that it informs the TFSF Competitions Unit in writing at least one week before the deadline and obtains its consent. In this case, informing the FIAP Patronage service and getting approval will be done by the organizer.

a) As the contest will be organized online, no other alternative submittal methods (e-mail, cargo, personal delivery, etc.) will be accepted.
b) All participants must enter the http://www.anatolian.otofokus.org/ to join the contest. They must accept the Conditions of Participation (entry rules). Participants must to check the accept box. Then check the accept box, Participants are deemed to have accepted all the terms.
c) While participating in the web page, all participants must tick a box next to which the following text is stated:
“I hereby expressly agree to FIAP document 018/2017 « Conditions and regulations for FIAP Patronage » and FIAP document 017/2017 « Sanctions for breaching FIAP regulations and the red list ». I am particularly aware of chapter II « Regulations for International photographic events under FIAP patronage » of FIAP document 018/2017, dealing under Section II.2 and II.3 with the FIAP participation rules, the sanctions for breaching FIAP regulations and the red list.”
d) If you have any problem when upload\submit the Photos (over the Internet or user-induced errors occur in the system in the event) please contact and [email protected], addresses and the problem will be fixed as soon as possible. This address is only used if the photo upload problems experienced moments will occur. You must not send the photographs this e-mail. If you send your photos to this e-mail, we do not accept your entry.
e) Photographs are sent in digital form, as a picture file with JPEG format and photo size not lower than 1 Mb, greater than4 Mb.
f) Photography naming is mandatory. Name of the file must be maximum 31 characters. English letters and underscore ( _ ) can be used. Turkish characters ı, ö, ü, ç, ğ, ş must not be used.
g) Photographs will be loaded online http://anatolian.otofokus.org/ via using this web address.
h) TFSF will not be responsible for potential problems related to the uploading of the works.
i) Photographs containing Photographer’s name, mark, logo, date or signature will be rejected.
j) This entry rules comes into effect when the contestant sends the contest photos. With the participation, the participants are deemed to have read and accepted the provisions of this entry rules. Participants do not have the right to object to the provisions of this entry rules later.

a) The photographs will be submitted to the selection committee in a coded way in a fully darkened hall on a screen with a diagonal length of minimum 1, maximum 2.5 m with a projector with a resolution of 3840 pixels x 2160 pixels, or on a LCD monitor with 42/55 inch and resolution of ultra HD 4K 3840 pixels x 2160 pixels without any information about the participant.
b) The organizer is as meticulous as possible in sending e-mails, awards and digital catalogues, but cannot be held responsible for any damages that may occur during the delivery of the award and catalogue. Participants accept that the addresses they use during the contest application are the legal residence addresses that are the basis for any delivery to be made in this way. The organizer does not accept any responsibility for the issues arising from the incorrect reporting of addresses by the participants.
c) In matters not specified in the specification or in case of possible disputes, the decisions of the organizer institution, the Selection Committee", Turkish Photographic Art Federation ( TFSF ) National / International Photography Contest Organization Main Directive " and the TFSF Board of Directors are valid .
d) This entry rules comes into effect when the participant sends his/her photographs to the competition. Participants do not have the right to object to the provisions of this entry rules afterwards.
e) The result of the competition will be announced on http://anatolian.otofokus.org/ and TFSF's http://sonuc.tfsfonayliyarismalar.org; In addition, all participants will be notified by e-mail.

OTOFOKUS Photography&Art

İlhan MARAŞLI AFIAP-Turkiye
Hasan DAYANIKLI EFIAP-Turkiye
Mustafa ŞAHİN EFIAP/p-Turkiye

HULKİ MURADİ Photography&Art

AMAL ALAMEER EFIAP/S, EPSA-Saudi Arabia
Vladimir JOVANOVSKI MPSA–North Macedonia
Özgür SEÇMEN EFIAP/g *GPU-CR2-Turkiye

3F Photography&Art

Allahkerim ABBASOV EFIAP-Azerbaican
Cihan KARACA EFIAP/d3-Turkiye
Mehmet GOKYİGİT EFIAP/d1-Cyprus

The judges of the event will give following awards:
9 x FIAP Gold Medal, 18 x FIAP Blue Ribbon,
9 x CLUB Gold Medal, 9 x CLUB Silver Medal, 9 x CLUB Bronze Medal, 90 x CLUB Diploma,
90 x IAAP Ribbon,
90 x Anatolian Diploma,
3 x TFSF Gold Medal,
Jury Special Award,
OTOFOKUS Special Award,
Hulki Muadi Special Award,
3F Special Award,
Total 333 awards. The organizer reserves the right to change the number of awards, depending on the total number of the entrants.

a) Definition of the black and white photography (monochrome):
A black and white work fitting from the very dark grey (black) to the very clear grey (white) is a monochrome work with the various shades of grey. A black and white work toned entirely in a single colour will remain a monochrome work able to stand in the black and white category; such a work can be reproduced in black and white in the catalogue of a salon under FIAP Patronage. On the other hand, a black and white work modified by a partial toning or by the addition of one colour becomes a colour work (polychrome) to stand in the colour category; such a work requires colour reproduction in the catalogue of a salon under FIAP Patronage.

Notification cards will be sent by email.
All entrants of the event (participants which submitted works and paid entry fee) will receive on-line PDF catalog of the photo event.
The organizer will take all possible care while handling the emails, awards and catalogs, however will assume no liability for damages and loses during shipment.

Mr.ALPEREN AKHARMAN, EFIAP/g
email: [email protected]
website: otofokus.org