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The municipality of Istanbul adopted a decision to name Toshabag street in Beyoglu district after the renowned Armenian-Turkish photojournalist, nicknamed "the Eye of Istanbul" Ara Guler, Ermenihaber reported, citing the Istanbul-Based Agos newspaper.

The source says the municipality decision came despite the long-lived practice of rejecting to rename street names. It is not that the 89-year old photographer has lived in the district for a long period and his studio is located on the street.

Born in Istanbul in 1928 to ethnic Armenian parents, Guler worked in a number of branches of filmmaking in various studios. A graduate of the Istanbul University Faculty of Economics, Guler also worked as the near eastern photojournalist for Time-Life, Paris-Match and Der Stern magazines. In 1953, Guler met Henri Cartier Bresson and joined the Paris Magnum Agency.  Selected as “one of the world’s top seven photographers” in 1961 by the British-based Photography Annual Anthology.

He has interviewed and photographed a number of famous people, including Turkish President İsmet İnonu, Winston Churchill, Indira Gandi, John Berger, Bertrand Russell, Bill Brandt, Alfred Hitchcock, Ansel Adams, Imogen Cunningham, Salvador Dali and Pablo Picasso.