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About me

I began my passion for photography in the summer of 2004 and I've been freelancing ever since for various publications in news and documentary. With my work I attempt to examine urban transformation and human strength when faced with hardship.

In 2006, I was nominated for the World Press master class. Then in January 2007 I joined World Picture News as a news and assignment photographer. I've also worked as a photo editor for a Turkish daily newspaper and produced four personal projects to date. In October 2009, I joined Zuma Press as a contract photographer.

Other projects include assisting British photographer Olivia Arthur in 2006 for her project in Istanbul. And in 2007, assisting photographer Rena Effendi document the Baku-Tiblisi-Ceyhan pipeline project in Turkey. I've also assisted broadcast journalist Jody Sabral on a short film called Banished that was shot in the Crimea in the role of assistant-producer. The film portrayed the lives and hardships Crimean Tartars face as they return to their homeland after years of exile - Banished was aired on the investigative People and Power programme part of Al Jazeera English documentary programming.


   
Photo Festivals and Exhibitions

 
  • 3rd Canakkale Photography Festival in 2005 - Presented Slides of 'No Border In My Dreams' Story (Disabled Basketball Players)

  • 2009: International Color Awards, Nominee in People Category

  • January 2010 Exhibition "Writing on Mav/Playing in Mav" at the MAV (Museo Archeologico Virtuale) of Ercolano (Naples - Italy) presented a collaborative work with the multimedia artist Rosaria Pepe.

  • 1st Youths of University Photo Festival in Canakkale in May 2010 as guest Presenter 'Return of The Crimean Tartars'

  • Foundry Photojournalism Workshop in Istanbul June 2010 as a guest Presenter from Turkey

  • July - September 2010 Exhibition "8 artists. 8 views on Istanbul" curated by InSitu Living Gallery at the 8Infinitas Salon, Istanbul.

Publications

(please, give a look at the tearsheets gallery)

 
  • DAILY: Financial Times, Milliyet, Le Figaro, Le Liberation, Gaste, Gazeta Wyborcza, Brabants Dagblad, Sydvenska Dagbladet, Le Monde, De Tijd

  • WEEKLY: Business Week Turkey, Newsweek International, Der Spiegel, Stern, Elsevier

  • MONTHLY: National Geographic Turkey, Sky Life, French Elle, Gate, Turkish Time, Infomag, Iz (Monthly Portfolio), Divaani, Smithsonian Magazine, Movement, Art Magazin

Online Publications

Repubblica.it "Turchia, il reportage sulla lebbra"
Shoot 4 change "LEPROSY - LEBBRA"
Financial Times "In great footsteps: Lord Byron"
Le Figaro "Erdogan : «Sarkozy doit venir voir la Turquie d'aujourd'hui»"
Fotoritim E-Photo Magazine “Tatarların Dönüşü” ( Return of the Tartars )
FotoRöportaj "301 Kere Vurulduk" (Funeral of Armenian-Turkish Columnist Hrant Dink)
Gazeta Wyborcza "Byle prostytutki kandyduja do tureckiego parlamentu"