"When people go to work, when the traffic dies down, when shops open and doner kebabs start to cook, a different kind of protest rises in one of Istanbul's major parks. At those certain hours when students probably start their second class at school, there are those who prefer not to go to school that day. Those who prefer to go to the park instead of school..." (Seda Hepsev, 2007) The book White Lies brings together portraits taken in various parks in Istanbul between 2007 and 2009.