Sinai War, the first conflict I covered as a photojournalist. I took these photos with a Rolleicord that show Egyptian soldiers killed during an Israeli attack as they tried to flee barefoot, Oct. 29, 1956. Egypt, Gaza © SIPAHIOGLU/SIPA

Proud of their Muslim culture, elderly Alnanians often wear the fez, despite a government warning banning the Ottoman headgear, Albania, Tirana, October 1961 © SIPAHIOGLU/SIPA

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During the Missile Crisis Castro ordered all Cubans to defend the capital. Dressed as usual in skirt, high heels and with hair curlers anticipating an evening out, this young woman with gun guards a bank, Cuba, Havana, Nov.1962 © SIPAHIOGLU/SIPA

Of a Muslim country, this woman bathing her child in the street was angry when I took her picture at her little shop selling Pepsi Cola with the family car parked outside. I wanted to edit this photo by deleting the car. Magnum photographer John Philip Griffiths, in Istanbul at the time, said, “What are you doing ? You are ruining the picture. Keep the car”, Lagos, Nigeria, July 1964 © SIPAHIOGLU/SIPA

Brigitte Bardot during her debut in America to promote “Viva Maria” is swamped by the press in New York. When a journalist asked her about the Vietnam War, France’s most famous face replied, “I am here to talk about Brigitte Bardot”, USA, New York, December 18, 1965 © SIPAHIOGLU/SIPA

Young Chinese women and men in organized outdoor exercises handle guns with bayonets, aimed principally at America because Mao asked his countrymen and women to prepare for a U.S. attack, China, Beijing. April 1965 © SIPAHIOGLU/SIPA

Not every student had a gun with bayonet to train in military exercices held at their schools in order to defend China against an eventual American attack, so some pretended to handle a weapon while they shouted anti-imperialist slogans China, Beijing. April 1965 © SIPAHIOGLU/SIPA

Young woman nursing her baby on the way to work, China, Taiyuan, April 1965 © SIPAHIOGLU/SIPA

An elderly, dignified woman in a city park where young people are performing Taï-chi. I considered her an aristocrat as she silently looked at me. Only her eyes moved as I took this photo with a Nikon equipped with a 200 mm. tele-lens. This is one of my favorite pictures, China, Beijing, April 1965 © SIPAHIOGLU/SIPA

Woman with a comb during a pro-independence demontration before the referendum on independence © SIPAHIOGLU/SIPA

Pro-independence wall propaganda with a caricature hostile to President De Gaulle before the referendum on independence which resulted in a disputed “No” vote. In 1967 Djibouti was renamed the French Territory of the Afars (ethnically related to Ethiopians) and the Issas (related to Somalis). The Red Sea French overseas territory gained its independence in 1977, Djibouti, March 1967 © SIPAHIOGLU/SIPA

No count was ever kept of the victims of the "war of the stones".This man was killed before he had time to throw his. March 20 1967 © SIPAHIOGLU/SIPA

French gendarmes have just fired on demonstrators before the eyes of women who stand helpless during this unleashing of male violence. Djibouti - March 20 1967 © SIPAHIOGLU/SIPA

After the referendum I was the only reporter with civilian separatist demonstrators. I arrived with them at 5 a.m. They carried only stones and knives when French gendarmes started walking toward them. I heard shots and thought the French were shooting into the air. From a corner I stepped out to take a photo with a 200 mm. lens when suddenly I spied gendarmes firing machine guns and revolvers. One of them aimed directly at me. Bullets barely missed me, impacting on a wall nearby. Then a gendarme approached and asked, “What are you going here ?” © SIPAHIOGLU/SIPA

Veiled Islamic Afar women go to the polls to vote in a referendum to determine independence for the strategic Red Sea French overseas territory. The disputed no vote won, sparking riots for independence eventually granted to Djibouti by the French in 1977, Djibouti, March 1967 © SIPAHIOGLU/SIPA

Pope Paul VI welcomes Orthodox Patriarch Athenagoras Ist in Saint Peter’s Basilica. Vatican, Oct. 26th, 1967 © SIPAHIOGLU/SIPA

The Six Day War. A Palestinian refugee fights the elements after being chased off her land. At this point the Jordan River can only be forded. Jordan, June 1967 © SIPAHIOGLU/SIPA

A palestinian soldier with his parents in an Amman hospital during the Six day War. Over 90% of his body sustained burns from napalm bombs dropped by the Israelis as they bombed Gaza. Amman - June 1967 © SIPAHIOGLU/SIPA

Parents mourn before the coffin of their child who died in the blaze which devastated the “Cinq-Sept” dance hall, killing 147 people, France, St-Laurent-du-Pont, Oct. 31, 1970 © SIPAHIOGLU/SIPA

Czechoslovakia, Prague, January 27, 1970. Alexander Dubcek waves goodbye to his country after the Czech leader was removed from office following the Warsaw Pact intervention in Czechoslovakia. Apart from his wife, I was the only passenger in first class on this Czech passenger plane which flew Dubcek to Istanbul. Based in Ankara, he was to serve as Czechoslovakia’s Ambassador to Turkey. Czechoslovakia, Prague, January 27, 1970 © SIPAHIOGLU/SIPA

China’s grandiose Independence Day parade. TIME Magazine for the first time devoted six pages to color photos when the magazine published my Beijing parade pictures. TIME had never before devoted more than four pages to color photos. China, Beijing, October 1, 1970 © SIPAHIOGLU/SIPA

The popularity of Mao Zedong is at its zenith. The Great Leader’s little “Red Book” is the Bible of the Cultural Revolution; its revolutionary messages are taught to children at a young age. China, outskirts of Beijing, Sept. 1970 © SIPAHIOGLU/SIPA

China’s grandiose Independence Day parade featured farmers and their produce as well as soldiers, students, athletes, gymnasts and marching bands who paraded before a proud Mao, Chou En-Lai and other high-ranking Chinese leaders. TIME Magazine for the first time devoted six pages to color photos when the magazine published my Beijing parade pictures. TIME had never before devoted more than four pages to color photos. China, Beijing, October 1, 1970 © SIPAHIOGLU/SIPA

Preparation for the October 1 parade celebrating Red China’s independence. The sumptuous rehearsal was as colorful, in typical Chinese fashion, as the parade itself. China, Beijing, Sept. 1970 © SIPAHIOGLU/SIPA

A UPI cameraman told me : “You arrived today to report on the war and you did the best story, child soldiers”. The next day the journalist was killed by the Khmer Rouge. Cambodia, outskirts of Pnom Penh, May 1970 © SIPAHIOGLU/SIPA

Defending his country against the Khmer Rouge, 15 year old Sok Chan is all set for victory. His knife at the ready, he proudly wears the mauve scarf of his sweetheart. Cambodia, May 1970 © SIPAHIOGLU/SIPA

Two Cambodgian women defending their country against the Khmer Rouge. Cambodia, May 1970 © SIPAHIOGLU/SIPA