Emin Özmen Portraits of Derik's Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) members who have been killed by Turkish security forces over the last 40 years hang on wall. Turkey. December 2015. © Emin Özmen | Magnum Photos
Emin Özmen Kurds watch from a hill as a battle between Kurdish fighters and the Islamic State rages on in their hometown, Kobani. Suruc, Turkey. October 2014. © Emin Özmen | Magnum Photos
Emin Özmen Smoke rises after an area was hit by a mortar shell from Syria, in the Kurdish town Suruc. Suruc, Turkey. September 2014. © Emin Özmen | Magnum Photos
Moises Saman Kurdish women dressed in traditional Kurdish dresses walk on their way to Newroz celebrations in the majority Kurdish city of Cizre. In early 2016 the Turkish Army fought the PKK inside the city wi (...)
Emin Özmen Turkish riot police use tear gas while Syrian Kurds illegally cross the Turkish-Syrian border. Suruc, Turkey. September 2014 © Emin Özmen | Magnum Photos
Moises Saman Newroz celebrations in the majority Kurdish city of Cizre. In early 2016 the Turkish Army fought the PKK inside the city with tanks and other heavy weapons. Today, most of Cizre remains in ruins. C (...)
Emin Özmen People gather after the twin bombings in Ankara, during a funeral in Istanbul. Two powerful bombs exploded at a peace rally near the main train station in Ankara on October 10, killing 102 people (...)
Emin Özmen TURKEY. Nusaybin. December 2015. A rocket hit a couple’s bedroom during the clashes between the PKK and the Turkish special military forces in Nusaybin Town. Fortunately, they were not home during (...)
Emin Özmen Turkish police fired tear gas and used water cannons on Kurds who were protesting after the election, which appeared to deliver a clear victory to AKP. Diyarbakir, Turkey. November 2015. © Emin Özmen | Magnum Photos
Emin Özmen TURKEY. Istanbul. November 2015. People gathered in Gazi "Cem Evi" during Aziz Guler's funeral in the Gazi district, in Istanbul. Aziz Guler was a Turkish Kurd who died in September after stepping (...)
Emin Özmen A member of Revolutionary Patriot Youth Movement (YDG-H) shows a bullet used during clashes against Turkish special military forces. Nusaybin, Turkey. December 2015. © Emin Özmen | Magnum Photos
Emin Özmen Zahide Onen, 23, stands in her destroyed bedroom. The Onen family home was targeted by the Turkish military. A rocket hit their bedroom early in the morning when the couple and its two children wer (...)
Emin Özmen A member of Civilian Protection Unit (YPS) uses a hole in a wall to cross a street controlled by Turkish special military forces. Nusaybin, Turkey. December 2015. © Emin Özmen | Magnum Photos
Moises Saman A unit of female Kurdish YPG fighters, a Kurdish militia aligned with the PKK, gather in the Firat district of Nusaybin during a Women's Day celebration. Nusaybin, Turkey. March 7, 2016. © Moises Saman | Magnum Photos
Moises Saman Kurdish men carry the body of 14-year-old Yilmaz Gegim, killed by the Turkish Army as he sought shelter in the basement of a building in the Cudi neighborhood of Cizre. Cizre, Turkey. March 5, 2016. © Moises Saman | Magnum Photos
Emin Özmen Kurds line up near the border to support Kurdish fighters who will face the Islamic State militants. Suruc, Turkey. January 2015. © Emin Özmen | Magnum Photos
Moises Saman Kurdish family members mourn during the funeral for 14-year-old Yilmaz Gegim and 21-year-old Ferhat Karadamon, killed by the Turkish Army as they sought shelter in the basement of a building in the (...)
Moises Saman TURKEY. Diyarbakir. February 29, 2016. Shops damaged during fighting between Turkish security forces and Kurdish militants aligned with the PKK in the Sur district of Diyarbakir. © Moises Saman | Magnum Photos
Moises Saman A Kurdish woman surveys the damage to her family's home in Cizre's Noor neighborhood. The woman and her family returned to Cizre after almost three months of curfew, to find their home destroyed. T (...)
Moises Saman Women walk past the rubble of a destroyed apartment building in the Cudi district of the city. Most of the neighborhood was destroyed during Turkish Army operations against PKK-aligned Kurdish mili (...)
Moises Saman Omer Aydin, 27, a Kurdish-Turkish PKK fighter photographed in a safe house in the city of Nusaybin, south-east Turkey. On March 25, almost three weeks after this photograph was taken, Omer was kill (...)
Moises Saman TURKEY. Cizre. March 4, 2016. Bullet hole through the window of a building in the Kurdish town of Cizre. © Moises Saman | Magnum Photos
Moises Saman Kurdish residents of Cizre survey the extensive damage in the Cudi district of the city, destroyed during Turkish Army operations against PKK-aligned Kurdish militants. Cizre, Turkey. March 2, 2016. © Moises Saman | Magnum Photos
Moises Saman Kurdish youth protesting the curfew imposed in the Sur district of the city, clash with Turkish police on the streets of Diyarbakir. Diyarbakir, Turkey. March 2, 2016. © Moises Saman | Magnum Photos
Moises Saman TURKEY. Cizre. March 2, 2016. Kurdish residents of Cizre survey the extensive damage in the Cudi district of the city, destroyed during Turkish Army operations against PKK-aligned Kurdish militants. © Moises Saman | Magnum Photos
Moises Saman Kurdish residents of Cizre survey the extensive damage in the Cudi district of the city, destroyed during Turkish Army operations against PKK-aligned Kurdish militants. Cizre, Turkey. March 2, 2016. © Moises Saman | Magnum Photos
Moises Saman Kurdish residents of Cizre gather near the body of a dead man, found amid the rubble of a destroyed building in the Cudi district of Cizre, destroyed during Turkish Army operations against PKK-alig (...)
Emin Özmen TURKEY. Sirnak. January 2016. People pray after the funeral ceremony for the victims of clashes between PKK and Turkish special forces. Turkish security forces imposed curfews in many cities and t (...)
Emin Özmen TURKEY. Nusaybin. January 2016. Kurdish rebel, member of the Civil Protection Unit (YPS), near barricades. © Emin Özmen | Magnum Photos
Emin Özmen TURKEY. Diyarbakir. March 2016. Children climb a platform adorned with flags during Newroz celebrations in Diyarbakir, Turkey. In southeastern Turkey, clashes between Turkish military security forc (...)
Emin Özmen TURKEY. Sirnak. October 2016. A family stands in a tent in Cefhane camp near Sirnak city.
10,000 people live in temporary camps in poor conditions around Sirnak city, and 350,000 people have been (...)
Emin Özmen TURKEY. Nusaybin. January 2016. Members of Kurdish rebel group Civil Protection Units (YPS) warm up and play music near a fire in the YPS headquarters. © Emin Özmen | Magnum Photos
Emin Özmen TURKEY. Sirnak. January 2016. People gathered for the funerals of the 12 people who died in the towns of Cizre and Silopi during the curfews. In January 2016, Turkish security forces imposed curfew (...)
Emin Özmen TURKEY. Diyarbakir. September 2016. A boy stands with flowers in his hands. He just came back to his house where the police took position during curfew. 90% of the Sur district was completely destr (...)
Emin Özmen TURKEY. Sirnak. October 2016. The parents of Kader Kulter, 13, stand over her as she struggles with kidney pain, in the Cefhane camp near Sirnak. She lost one of her kidneys 3 months ago and the ot (...)
Emin Özmen TURKEY. Sirnak. January 2016. A funeral for a victim of the clashes between the PKK and Turkish special forces in Kurdish-dominated southeast
Turkey. © Emin Özmen | Magnum Photos
Turkey. © Emin Özmen | Magnum Photos
Emin Özmen TURKEY. Cizre. March 2016. Men investigate a basement where 28 people
were supposedly killed by Turkish special forces. © Emin Özmen | Magnum Photos
were supposedly killed by Turkish special forces. © Emin Özmen | Magnum Photos
Emin Özmen Kurds chant slogans as they flash victory signs during the Newroz celebrations in Diyarbakir, Turkey. Thousands of Kurds gather for the Newroz spring festival in Diyarbakir in southeast Turkey unde (...)
Emin Özmen TURKEY. Diyarbakir. March 2016. Kurds chant slogans as they flash victory signs during the Newroz celebrations in Diyarbakir, Turkey. Thousands of Kurds gather for the Newroz spring festival in Diy (...)
Emin Özmen TURKEY. Cizre. March 2016. The family of Kasim, 17, mourn his death after he was killed by Turkish special forces during the curfew. Just after they went into the basement where their son was kille (...)
Emin Özmen A young Kurdish girl sits near her brother during the Newroz celebrations. Diyarbakir, Turkey. March 2016. © Emin Özmen | Magnum Photos
Emin Özmen TURKEY. Suruc. October 2014. Turkish Armed Forces dispatch a group of tanks to close of the Turkish - Syrian border, as the clashes near the border intensify between the Islamic State of Iraq and L (...)
Emin Özmen TURKEY. Cizre. March 2016. After 78 days of the government imposed curfew, people return to their homes, many of which have been reduced to ruins by the clashes between the PKK and the Turkish gove (...)
