Istanbul, İstanbul, Turkey
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Request QuoteI'm a freelance visual journalist based in Istanbul. My photographs and writing have appeared in Quartz, Mashable, PRI's The World, Time Out Istanbul, Voices of New York, New York Observer and the Commercial Observer, among other publications. I graduated with my Master's in Journalism from the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism in New York City, and my Bachelor's in Creative Writing from Adelphi University.
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I wrote about and photographed a strange and sad week in Turkey that was rife with protests, from the shooting down of the Russian fighter jet to the arrests of two journalists and the murder of a human rights lawyer.
Produced for Quartz
I wrote about why refugees chose to stay in the refugee camp on the Greek border with Macedonia (FYROM) rather than go to other camps in Greece with at least marginally better conditions.
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I wrote about the ongoing volunteer efforts from local in Greeks in the refugee camp on the border with Macedonia (FYROM). My photographs of the situation there ran with this piece.
I profiled and photographed a Greek electrical engineer who built a Wi-Fi infrastructure for refugees stranded in the refugee camp in Idomeni, Greece on the border with Macedonia (FYROM).
In 2014, Berkin Elvan became a symbol of unrest against the Turkish government when he died after a 279-day coma that came after police fired a tear gas canister that struck his head. Close to the anniversary of his death in 2015, thousands marched in Istanbul to honor his memory.
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