Gökşin Sipahioğlu, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Gökşin Sipahioğlu

Turkish photographer and photojournalist

Date of Birth: 28-Dec-1926

Place of Birth: İzmir, Turkey

Date of Death: 05-Oct-2011

Profession: photographer, photojournalist, journalist

Nationality: Turkey

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Göksin Sipahioglu (28 December 1926 – 5 October 2011) was a Turkish photographer and journalist who founded the Paris-based photo agency Sipa Press.
He spent most of his life in Paris where the French media dubbed him "le Grand Turc".
He also helped found the Kadiköy Sports Club, now best known for the Efes Pilsen basketball team. He was the editor of the Istanbul Express and played an active role in the riot against non-Muslims of Turkey on 6 to 7 September 1955.
In an interview conducted in 1991 regarding the 1955 riots he stated that; "The attacks of 6/7 September were certainly planned by the Special Operations Unit.
It was an extremely premediated operation and it accomplished its objective.
Let me ask you; wasn't it a extraordinarily successful action?".