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30-JUN-2007 Helen Betts

What a World to Admire
by Helen Betts

Istanbul, Turkey

This is the Galatasaray wheelchair basketball team, who live at the hotel I stay at when working in Istanbul. I got to know one of them quite well and interviewed him for an article in my newspaper http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=116109 for which I took this picture. (Sorry about the overexposure; that always seems to happen to me when I attempt things like this for publication.) But I was so impressed at how they have managed to turn their disabilities into something positive, especially in a country like Turkey, where the physically challenged have a very hard time of it. They won the Turkey championship right after this photograph was taken.

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Date/Time30-Jun-2007 10:37:52
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Katherine Stanback's Photos04-Sep-2007 12:39
Wonderful inspiring capture of these athletes!
Arctic Fox (Sky) 01-Sep-2007 02:39
What a handsome group! A most excellent photo, Helen.
Kathy Palmer 01-Sep-2007 00:44
Helen, if this isn't a photo-commentary on a "Wonderful World" I don't know what is! Whenever you can capture (which you have marvelously done) the determination of humankind, you have captured what is best in our world!
Tabrizi 27-Aug-2007 01:27
Though they are wheelchair bound, the determination are shown in their smile... Good one Helen...