Bülent Kılıç (born 1979 [1]) is a Turkish photojournalist currently employed by the Agence France-Press (AFP) as the photo manager for Turkey.
In the early 2000s he was a journalist for the local Turkish press, later specializing as a photographer. [1] He began to work as a freelance journalist for AFP around 2003. [2] [3] In the Ukraine, he covered the Ukrainian revolution [4] the search for survivors of the Malaysia airlines plane crash and the refugees fleeing the clashes between the pro Russian militias and the Ukrainian military. [4] In Turkey he covered the Soma coal mine desaster, [4] the aftermath of the funeral of Berkin Elvan, [4] and the Kurdish Peshmerga passing through Sanliurfa as they were on their way to defend Kobanî in Syria from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. [4] During the annual Pride parade in Istanbul in 2021, he was shortly detained. [5]
According to his own statement, he has been influenced in his work by the photographers Yuri Kozyrev and Robert Capa. [3]
He is married and has one son. [3]
Bülent Kılıç (born 1979 [1]) is a Turkish photojournalist currently employed by the Agence France-Press (AFP) as the photo manager for Turkey.
In the early 2000s he was a journalist for the local Turkish press, later specializing as a photographer. [1] He began to work as a freelance journalist for AFP around 2003. [2] [3] In the Ukraine, he covered the Ukrainian revolution [4] the search for survivors of the Malaysia airlines plane crash and the refugees fleeing the clashes between the pro Russian militias and the Ukrainian military. [4] In Turkey he covered the Soma coal mine desaster, [4] the aftermath of the funeral of Berkin Elvan, [4] and the Kurdish Peshmerga passing through Sanliurfa as they were on their way to defend Kobanî in Syria from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. [4] During the annual Pride parade in Istanbul in 2021, he was shortly detained. [5]
According to his own statement, he has been influenced in his work by the photographers Yuri Kozyrev and Robert Capa. [3]
He is married and has one son. [3]