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My Turning Point: Emin Özmen in His Own Words

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Emin Özmen The Gezi Park resistance that began on May 29th, when protester’s tents were burned by police forces, ended with police using tear gas to disperse the crowd that had gathered in Taksim Square. Ista (...)
Emin Özmen Office of the Turkish Prime Minister, Binali Yildirim, in Turkey's Grand National Assembly in Ankara. It was badly damaged during air strikes on the night of the military coup attempt in Ankara. An (...)
Emin Özmen 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 the attack, but the house is half (...)
Emin Özmen A Syrian family has just crossed the border that separates Syria from Turkey. A truck takes them to a refugee camp. Suruc, Turkey. September 2014. © Emin Özmen | Magnum Photos
Emin Özmen Civilians wait near the village of Nemrud, Iraq, to cross the Tigris River, as they flee fighting between the Iraqi Army and Islamic State militants in Mosul. Mosul, Iraq. November 2016. © Emin Özmen | Magnum Photos
Emin Özmen Civilians cross the Tigris River by small boats near the village of Tuebe, southeast of Mosul. Mosul, Iraq. November 2016. © Emin Özmen | Magnum Photos
Emin Özmen A young Kurdish girl sits near her brother during the Newroz celebrations. Diyarbakir, Turkey. March 2016. © Emin Özmen | Magnum Photos
Emin Özmen Refugees crossing the sea from the Turkish coast to Greek island of Kos. This man, a refugee from Pakistan, just helped the other refugees to prepare for their crossing. Bodrum, Turkey. July 2015. © Emin Özmen | Magnum Photos
Emin Özmen People pose on the damaged military tank near Ankara Justice Palace in Sihhiye Square in Ankara; the day after a failed coup attempt by the Turkish military, during which 265 people died - includin (...)
Emin Özmen People gather after the twin bombings in Ankara, during the 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 Refugees play near the Idomeni camps on Greek-Macedonian border. More than 11,000 people live in poor conditions in the Idomeni camps. They are stranded in Greece as a result of the border shutdown (...)
Emin Özmen A man makes a victory sign in his house, under heavy bombing by regime forces in eastern Aleppo. Aleppo, Syria. 2012. © Emin Özmen | Magnum Photos
Emin Özmen Exhausted refugees who have just failed to cross the sea from the Turkish coast to Greek island of Kos. They are returning to the Bodrum city center by bus. The will try to cross again later. Bodru (...)
Emin Özmen Local souvenir seller rests during the day on a coach in Cappadocia, which is a located in the central Anatolian plateau within a volcanic landscape sculpted by erosion into a succession of mountai (...)
Emin Özmen A man sleeps with a Turkish flag on his face, on the field during break time at Justice March. Since last week, Turkey has been suffering one of the most intense heat waves in a century. In this he (...)
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
Emin Özmen Enver, 43, camel rider. "Two years ago, I had 4 tours in a day, now I have to be happy if I can do one tour in a week, there are no tourists here anymore." This region suffers a lot from the lack o (...)
Emin Özmen 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 Levant (ISIL) militants and pr (...)
Emin Özmen A street in Bustan Al- Kasser, a district controlled by the Free Syrian Army (center of Aleppo). A family walks near a makeshift barricade made from the wreckage of buses. These barriers are erecte (...)
Emin Özmen A family flees their home during heavy bombing by regime forces in eastern Aleppo. Aleppo, Syria. 2012. © Emin Özmen | Magnum Photos
Emin Özmen Boys sleep near the museum in Hierapolis, an ancient site in Pamukkale. Pamukkale is the remarkably well-preserved site of the ancient Roman city "Hierapolis." Rich Romans came here for the “water (...)
Emin Özmen 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 other one needs medical attentio (...)
Said Ahmed Hussein, 23, an Afghan prisoner, remains motionless in silence in the al-Shamiya Jibha prison, located east of Aleppo. Aleppo, Syria, May 3, 2015.
Emin Özmen A family tries to escape from their home during an intense bombing raid in Aleppo, lead by Assad's regime. Aleppo, Syria. August 2012. © Emin Özmen | Magnum Photos