As a new student at a Quran school in Rize, on Turkey’s Black Sea coast, Elif covers her hair for the first time.
Photograph by SABIHA ÇIMENAn amusement park in Istanbul draws Quran school students, who organized the outing themselves.
Photograph by SABIHA ÇIMENAfter prayers are finished, girls gather outdoors at the school in Kars to sing Kurdish love songs.
Photograph by SABIHA ÇIMENDuring the noon break at an Istanbul school, three students hold an intense conversation behind a curtain. Girls also find privacy under desks, on rooftops, and in hidden corners of schoolyards.
Photograph by SABIHA ÇIMEN