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Portfolio - Turkey's Hidden War 

Emin Özmen 

Turkish by birth but not Kurdish, I grew up in a culture where the Kurdish issue is ever-present. For years, I have tried try to understand this complex issue, which to date remains sensitive. Kurds have suffered many woes since World War One and the redefinition of their borders. So, since 2014, I have dedicated a lot of my work to the Kurdish community in Southeast In the Southeast part of Turkey, mainly Kurdish, the fragile cease-fire achieved in 2013 between the AKP and fighters Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) has been shattered. Again, Kurdish civilians find themselves hostages of a 30-year-old... 

Emin Ozmen 2014

TURKEY. Suruc. October 2014. Turkish Armed Forces dispatch a... 

Emin Ozmen 2014

TURKEY. Suruc. September 2014. Syrian Kurds wait near the Turkish-Syrian... 

Emin Ozmen 2014

TURKEY. Suruc. October 2014. Kurds watch from a hill as a battle... 

Emin Ozmen 2014

TURKEY. Suruc. October 2014. Turkish Armed Forces dispatch a... 

Emin Ozmen 2014

TURKEY. Suruc. September 2014. Syrian Kurds wait near the Turkish-Syrian... 

Emin Ozmen 2014

TURKEY. Suruc. September 2014. Smoke rises after an area was... 

Emin Ozmen 2014

TURKEY. Suruc. September 2014.
Turkish riot police use tear... 

Emin Ozmen 2015

TURKEY. Istanbul. October 2015. People gather after the twin... 

Emin Ozmen 2015

TURKEY. Suruc. March 2015. Thousands of people from across Kurdistan... 

Emin Ozmen 2015

TURKEY. Nusaybin. December 2015. A barricade built by members... 

Emin Ozmen 2015

TURKEY. Diyarbakir. November 2015. Turkish police fire tear gas... 

Emin Ozmen 2015

TURKEY. Nusaybin. December 2015. A member of Revolutionary Patriot... 

Emin Ozmen 2015

TURKEY. December 2015. Portraits of Derik's Kurdistan Workers... 

Emin Ozmen 2015

TURKEY. Nusaybin. December 2015. Walking past a make-shift barricade,... 

Emin Ozmen 2015

TURKEY. Derik. December 2015. Zahide Onen, 23, stands in her... 

Emin Ozmen 2015

TURKEY. Mardin. December 2015. A man walks near barricades in... 

Emin Ozmen 2015

TURKEY. Nusaybin. December 2015. A member of Civilian Protection... 

Emin Ozmen 2015

TURKEY. Istanbul. November 2015. People gathered in Gazi "Cem... 

Emin Ozmen 2015

TURKEY. Istanbul. October 2015. At a funeral, relatives mourn... 

Emin Ozmen 2015

TURKEY. Suruc. January 2015. Kurds line up near the border to... 

Emin Ozmen 2016

TURKEY. Cizre. March 2016. A boy stands near a destroyed building.... 

Emin Ozmen 2016

TURKEY. Nusaybin. January 2016. Kurdish rebel, member of the... 

Emin Ozmen 2016

TURKEY. Diyarbakir. March 2016. Children climb a platform adorned... 

Emin Ozmen 2016

TURKEY. Sirnak. October 2016. A family stands in a tent in Cefhane... 

Emin Ozmen 2016

TURKEY. Nusaybin. January 2016. Members of Kurdish rebel group... 

Emin Ozmen 2016

TURKEY. Silopi. January 2016. A family stands near their home,... 

Emin Ozmen 2016

TURKEY. Silopi. January 2016. A woman stands near her home, destroyed... 

Emin Ozmen 2016

TURKEY. Sirnak. January 2016. People pray after the funeral ceremony... 

Emin Ozmen 2016

TURKEY. Sirnak. January 2016. A funeral for a victim of the clashes... 

Emin Ozmen 2016

TURKEY. Sirnak. January 2016. Families mourn during the funeral... 

Emin Ozmen 2016

TURKEY. Sirnak. October 2016. The parents of Kader Kulter, 13,... 

Emin Ozmen 2016

TURKEY. Sirnak. October 2016. A family during dinner time in... 

Emin Ozmen 2016

TURKEY. Cizre. March 2016. The clashes between the Turkish Government... 

Emin Ozmen 2016

TURKEY. Cizre. March 2016. Men stand in a dust storm near their... 

Emin Ozmen 2016

TURKEY. Diyarbakir. September 2016. A boy stands with flowers... 

Emin Ozmen 2016

TURKEY. Sirnak. October 2016. A general view of the Toptapa camp... 

Emin Ozmen 2016

TURKEY. Cizre. March 2016. Children walk near their home, damaged... 

Emin Ozmen 2016

TURKEY. Cizre. March 2016. Men investigate a basement where 28... 

Emin Ozmen 2016

TURKEY. Diyarbakir. March 2016. Kurds chant slogans as they flash... 

Emin Ozmen 2016

TURKEY. Diyarbakir. March 2016. Kurds chant slogans as they flash... 

Emin Ozmen 2016

TURKEY. Cizre. March 2016. The family of Kasim, 17, mourn his... 

Emin Ozmen 2016

TURKEY. Cizre. March 2016. The family of Kasim, 17, mourn his... 

Emin Ozmen 2016

TURKEY. Cizre. March 2016. After 78 days of the government imposed... 

Emin Ozmen 2016

TURKEY. Cizre. 2016. Men sit in the ruins of their city, Cizre.... 

Emin Ozmen 2016

TURKEY. Diyarbakir. February 2016. Rojerin Cukur’s mother poses... 

Emin Ozmen 2016

TURKEY. Cizre. March 2016. Destruction in Cizre, southeastern... 

Emin Ozmen 2016

TURKEY. Cizre. March 2016. A family carries their belongings... 

Emin Ozmen 2016

TURKEY. Cizre. March 2016. A mother, totally devastated and in... 

Emin Ozmen 2016

TURKEY. Sirnak. January 2016. A barricade built by members of... 

Emin Ozmen 2016

TURKEY. Sirnak. January 2016. Local representatives keep the... 

Emin Ozmen 2017

TURKEY. Diyarbakir. March 2016. A young Kurdish girl sits near... 
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