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Portfolio - The Breach - Erdogan’s Turkey 

Emin Özmen 

My country stepped into the breach and there is nothing more uncertain than its future. After the young and revolutionist movement of “Gezi Park occupation” in 2013, all the dynamics changed with president Erdogan’s strict pressure on all kind of opposition. Beside it, in less than two years, Turkey's biggest cities have witnessed a spate of deadly bombings and a bloody coup attempt. The Kurdish conflict reignited in the summer of 2015 and Turkey must contend with a war on its doorstep, and a refugee crisis within its own borders.
Turkey has entered a period of high tension and it is no longer... 

Emin Ozmen 2013

TURKEY. Istanbul. May 2013. A women in shock, lays down on the... 

Emin Ozmen 2013

Turkey. Istanbul. 2013. A young man stands with a gas mask in... 

Emin Ozmen 2013

TURKEY. Istanbul. June 2013. Crouching next to an unconscious... 

Emin Ozmen 2014

TURKEY. Istanbul. May 2014. A protestor is being taken into custody... 

Emin Ozmen 2016

TURKEY. Istanbul. November 2016. Turkish police beat a protester... 

Emin Ozmen 2016

TURKEY. Ankara. July 2016. Office of the Turkish Prime Minister,... 

Emin Ozmen 2016

TURKEY. Ankara. July 2016. People pose on the damaged military... 

Emin Ozmen 2016

TURKEY. Ankara. July 2016. A crowd mourning at the Kocatepe mosque... 

Emin Ozmen 2016

TURKEY. Istanbul. July 2016. Thousands gathered to rally in support... 

Emin Ozmen 2017

TURKEY. Istanbul. April 2017. People pose in front of a poster... 
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