COMPETITION NAME: Sille Sanat Sarayı 8th İbrahim Zaman International Photography Competition.

COMPETITION ORGANIZATION: The Sille Sanat Sarayı İbrahim Zaman International Photography Competition will be organized by Sille Sanat Sarayı - SSS (hereinafter referred to as the ORGANIZER) and conducted in accordance with the competition regulations of the Photographic Arts Federation of Türkiye (TFSF) and FIAP.

GUEST OF HONOUR: İbrahim ZAMAN

The competition is approved by the Photographic Arts Federation of Türkiye (TFSF), the International Federation of Photographic Art (FIAP), the International Association of Art Photographers (IAAP) and Sille Sanat Sarayı (SSS).
TFSF: 2027-012
IAAP: 2027/165
SSS: 2027-010

Awards and acceptances obtained in this competition may be used in applications for FIAP, TFSF and SSS distinctions. No TFSF Representative will be present.

The competition will be held digitally in three sections.
a) OPEN - COLOUR
b) OPEN - MONOCHROME
c) FISHERMEN - COLOUR and/or MONOCHROME

Closing date: 1 August 2027
Jury meeting: 8 August 2027
Announcement of results: 23 August 2027
Exhibition and Award Ceremony: 16 October 2027 at Sille Sanat Sarayı.

Entry fee is 20 EUR or 20 USD. All participants must pay the entry fee.
The fee can be paid via PayPal. Our PayPal account is: [email protected]

PHOTOGRAPHS CREATED USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ARE NOT PERMITTED IN THIS COMPETITION!

a) Entrants are reminded that every part of each submitted work must have been photographed by the person holding its copyright. Anyone who fails to comply with this rule will be banned for life by FIAP and TFSF!
b) An entrant may not receive more than one award in the same section.
c) Photographs that received awards or acceptances for exhibition in competitions previously organized by Sille Sanat Sarayı in the name of İbrahim Zaman are not eligible for this competition.
d) Each entrant may submit a maximum of 4 (four) works in each section. Each work will be evaluated individually. Colour and/or black and white versions of the same photograph may not be submitted.
e) Entrants must take all administrative and technical measures necessary to ensure that personal data are processed and transferred in accordance with the Law on the Protection of Personal Data. When photographs of natural persons are processed, those persons must be informed as required by the Law, and their explicit consent must be obtained where required. Persons appearing in photographs submitted to the competition are deemed to have consented to being photographed, to the submission of their photographs to a competition, and to publication in visual, online and print media. Responsibility for photographs not transferred in accordance with the Law rests with the entrant.
f) There are no restrictions on processing or manipulating photographs submitted to the competition using any software (for example, Photoshop).
g) The competition is open to all amateur and professional photographers worldwide, except members of the jury, the Salon Chairperson and their first-degree relatives.
h) The entrant accepts, declares and undertakes that each submitted work belongs entirely to them and that all necessary permissions have been obtained. Any intervention or alteration intended to present a photograph that does not belong to the entrant as their own, or to mislead the jury, constitutes a breach of the rules.

OTHER PROVISIONS
a) Photographs will be presented to the jury anonymously, identified only by codes, in a room that can be fully darkened, using either a projector with a resolution of 3840 x 2160 pixels on a screen with a diagonal measurement of at least 1 metre and no more than 2.5 metres, or a 42/55-inch Ultra HD 4K LCD monitor with a resolution of 3840 x 2160 pixels.
b) The Organizer will exercise due care in sending emails, awards and digital catalogues, but cannot be held responsible for damage occurring during delivery of awards and catalogues. Entrants accept that the addresses provided when entering the competition constitute their legal residential addresses for all such deliveries.
c) The Organizer accepts no responsibility for problems arising from incorrect addresses supplied by entrants.
d) These rules take effect when the entrant submits their photographs to the competition. Entrants may not subsequently object to the provisions of these rules.

a) Effective in 2026, entrants applying for FIAP distinctions must enter their MYFIAP number, if they have one (beginning with FP-xxx), when entering the competition.
b) As the competition uses an online photograph submission system, no alternative method of submission (email, courier, hand delivery, etc.) will be accepted.
c) To enter, photographers must register at https://yarismasistemi.com or follow the links provided at https://tfsfonayliyarismalar.org/.
d) When entering through the website, each entrant must tick a checkbox confirming acceptance of the following statement:
"I confirm that I have read and expressly accept, in particular, the sections concerning 'Conditions and regulations for FIAP Patronage' in FIAP Document 040/2023 and 'Sanctions for breaching FIAP regulations and the FIAP Red List' in FIAP Document 038/2023. I am aware of the conditions for entering FIAP-patronized competitions, the sanctions for breaching FIAP rules and the Red List, as set out in paragraphs II.2 and II.3 of FIAP Document 040/2023 concerning the 'Organization of international photographic events under FIAP Patronage.'"
e) If errors attributable to the system or the user occur while submitting photographs online, entrants should report the problem to [email protected] so that it can be resolved promptly. This address is to be used only for photograph upload problems. Sending photographs to this address does not constitute entry into the competition and will under no circumstances be accepted as a submission.
f) The longest side of each uploaded photograph must be at least 1980 pixels.
g) Photographs must be in JPEG format, RGB colour mode, at 300 dpi, with a maximum file size of 4 MB.
h) Photographs must be uploaded online at https://ibrahimzaman.yarismasistemi.com/.
i) TFSF will not be responsible for any problems arising during the uploading, replacement, deletion or categorization of photographs.
k) By registering in the system and uploading photographs, entrants are deemed to accept the competition conditions. These rules take effect upon submission of the competition photographs. By entering, entrants are deemed to have read and accepted these rules and may not subsequently object to their provisions.

Each image uploaded to the website must have a title of no more than 35 characters. The jury will never see the title of the work or the photographer's name. Titles are mandatory. Do not use the characters ç, ı, ğ, ö, ş or ü in titles. English letters and underscores (_) may be used.

Photographs must not display dates, the entrant's name, signatures, logos or similar identifying information.

COPYRIGHT AND USAGE RIGHTS
a) The rights to publish, use and exhibit photographs receiving awards (prizes, special awards, honourable mentions and acceptances for exhibition), as well as purchased photographs, will belong jointly to their authors and the Organizer. The usage rights to these works may not be sold or transferred to any third party or institution. These works will be retained in the Organizer's archive.
b) From the date on which the competition concludes, the entrant consents to the Organizer exercising the economic rights of adaptation, reproduction, distribution, performance, and communication to the public by means of devices transmitting signs, sounds and/or images, as defined respectively in Articles 21, 22, 23, 24 and 25 of Law No. 5846 on Intellectual and Artistic Works, together with the rights arising under other applicable legislation, in relation to prize-winning photographs, works accepted for exhibition and purchased photographs. This consent covers reproduction, adaptation, performance, communication to the public and publication, without geographical or content restrictions, through the internet and visual and print media, for the promotion and publications of the Organizer and its affiliated organizations, provided that the author's name and the title of the work are credited. Where the photograph is used in a collage or similar graphic composition, the author's (entrant's) name may not be used. During this period, usage rights to the works will belong jointly to the author (entrant) and the Organizer.
c) For works used in this manner, the author (entrant) irrevocably accepts, declares and undertakes that the award and exhibition payments specified in these rules also constitute the copyright/usage fee; that they will not subsequently withdraw their consent or prevent use of the work as described above; that they have no additional rights or claims against the Organizer or its sponsors in connection with this permission/consent, now or in the future; and that they will make no claims for pecuniary or non-pecuniary compensation.
d) The entrant accepts, declares and undertakes that the photographs submitted/uploaded for the competition belong entirely to them, were taken by them, and have all necessary permissions. The entrant bears full legal responsibility for any copyright infringement arising from the use, in whole or in part, of images belonging to others.
e) The author (entrant) declares, accepts and warrants that the work is their own original creation, that no third party holds any rights to it, and that they have not previously transferred their rights in the work. If a third party makes a claim to the contrary, the author (entrant) will bear legal responsibility.
f) All necessary permissions are deemed to have been obtained to photograph architectural structures, artworks, human faces and similar elements appearing as subjects in submitted photographs; to submit those photographs to a competition; and to publish them online and in print media.
g) The entrant bears full responsibility for any disputes arising from such uses.

Award-winning photographs, works accepted for exhibition and purchased photographs will be published at https://yarismasistemi.com and on TFSF's website at https://sonuc.tfsfonayliyarismalar.org/, as well as on the Organizer's and TFSF's social media accounts (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc.), for promotional purposes consistent with the competition's objectives. Award-winning photographs may also be used in the TFSF E-Almanac 2027, the Organizer's publications, social media accounts and websites, and on posters, billboards and street advertising panels.

i) Entrants who remain subject to a restriction imposed by TFSF or who appear on the FIAP Red List may not enter this competition. Before judging, the Organizer will identify and disqualify any entrants appearing on the TFSF restricted entrants list or the FIAP Red List.
j) Persons who breach the rules will be subject to the sanctions specified in the "Directive on Additional Sanctions and Procedures for Rule Violations Supplementing the Photographic Arts Federation of Türkiye Main Directive on the Organization of National and International Photography Competitions (TFSF YG 04)." Any award, distinction or other benefit obtained by an entrant found to have breached the rules will be withdrawn. The award will be cancelled and its place left vacant. FIAP will be informed. This will not result in any change to the ranking of other entrants and will not give other entrants, whether awarded or not, any right to make a claim. If an award has already been delivered, the entrant must return it to the Organizer within 7 (seven) working days of the date on which the violation is identified.
k) By entering a competition under TFSF and FIAP patronage, the entrant, whether or not a member of TFSF or FIAP, accepts in advance that their submitted photographs may, if necessary, be investigated for compliance with TFSF and FIAP rules and definitions. TFSF and FIAP may use all available means and techniques for this investigation. An entrant who fails to provide requested information or the original file captured by the camera, or who fails to cooperate with TFSF and FIAP in resolving the matter, will be banned by TFSF and FIAP for breaching the rules, and their name will be publicly disclosed by all available means.
l) Entrants are advised to retain the EXIF information of photographs uploaded to the competition system intact to facilitate any investigations. Otherwise, the Organizer and TFSF will not be responsible for problems arising in the system.
m) A digital album/slideshow containing the award-winning photographs and works accepted for exhibition will be available for all entrants to download from https://ibrahimzaman.yarismasistemi.com/ for 6 months following the announcement of the results.
n) The Organizer may request high-resolution digital files of award-winning photographs, works accepted for exhibition and photographs purchased.
o) The Organizer may decide to cancel or postpone all or part of the competition when it deems appropriate. The Organizer reserves the right to determine the procedures and rules applicable in the event of cancellation or postponement. To resolve problems and uncertainties, the Organizer may make any changes deemed necessary, including changes to these rules, the schedule, judging and awards, provided that it informs the TFSF Competitions Unit in writing and obtains its approval no later than one week before the closing date. In such cases, the Organizer is responsible for informing the FIAP approval unit and obtaining its approval.

Emeritus Prof. Dr. Güler ERTAN - Hon.SSS
Kerim ARI - AFIAP - TÜRKİYE
Hüsniddin ATAOV - UZBEKISTAN
Vladimir JOVANOVSKİ - MPSA, GPU HERMES, RISF5 - NORTH MACEDONIA
Cihan SAVRAN - AFIAP, SSS/LIFE - TÜRKİYE

For each section (OPEN - COLOUR, OPEN - MONOCHROME, FISHERMEN):
FIAP Gold Medal
SSS Gold Medal
SSS Silver Medal
IAAP Gold Medal (OPEN - COLOUR), IAAP Silver Medal (OPEN - MONOCHROME), IAAP Bronze Medal (FISHERMEN)
SSS Special Award (3 awards)
Jury Special Award (3 awards)
FIAP Honourable Mention (2 awards)
IAAP Honourable Mention (2 awards)
SSS Honourable Mention (3 awards)

FIAP Best Author Award: Presented to the photographer with the highest total number of acceptances (acceptances + awards).
Best Entrant from Türkiye Trophy: Presented to the photographer with the highest total number of acceptances (acceptances + awards) among entrants from Türkiye.

Awards and certificates will be sent by regular post. Sille Sanat Sarayı and TFSF are not responsible for loss or damage during delivery.

FIAP Definition of Black and White Photography (Monochrome):
A black and white work ranging from very dark grey (black) to very light grey (white) is a monochrome work with various shades of grey. A black and white work toned entirely in a single colour is also considered monochrome and belongs in the black and white section; such a work may be reproduced in black and white in the FIAP competition catalogue. However, a black and white work modified by partial toning or by the addition of a colour (polychrome) is considered a colour work and belongs in the colour section.

The competition results will be announced on 23 August 2027 at https://sillesanat.com/ and on TFSF's website at www.tfsf.org.tr.

SALON CHAIRPERSON AND CONTACT
Şadiye YILMAZ BİLİR - Hon.SSS, Hon.FPIPC, GPU Aphrodite
Telephone: +90 542 7342 888
Email: [email protected]
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sillesanat
Instagram: @sillesanatsarayi
Address: Seyh Sadrettin Mah. Turgutoglu Sokak, Oncu Apt. No:32 D:1 Meram - Konya 42024 Türkiye