Acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan sent condolences on the passing of Istanbul-based Armenian photographer Ara Güler.

The message runs as follows: “I was deeply grieved to learn that Ara Güler, the great Istanbul-born Armenian photographer passed away at his 90th year of life. For many decades, his perspicacious eye captured and recorded images that raised the world of photographic art to a new level.

I express my condolences to Great Artist’s family, close relatives and thousands of his fans in Armenia, Turkey and throughout the world.”