Nilüfer Demir

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Nilüfer Demir (* 1986 ) is a Turkish photographer living in Bodrum ( Turkey ).

Demir has been working as a photographer in the region since 2003. She reported on the European refugee crisis in 2015 for the Turkish press agency Doğan Haber Ajansı .

Demir became famous after photographing the three-year-old drowned Syrian boy Alan Kurdi from Ain al-Arab on the beach in Bodrum on September 2, 2015 . His parents tried to reach the Greek island of Kos with him and his brother from Bodrum .

The photo of the drowned boy attracted worldwide attention and became the symbolic photo of the European refugee crisis. The photo was reprinted in a number of European media and a discussion arose as to how justified it was to publish a photo of a dead child. The photo was also shared thousands of times in social networks under the hashtag “#KiyiyaVuranInsanlik” (roughly: “Mankind washed up on the coast”).

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  1. ↑ a b Brandon Griggs: Photographer describes 'scream' of migrant boy's 'silent body'. CNN.com, September 3, 2015, accessed September 5, 2015 .
  2. ^ Andrew Katz: Photographer who found Syrian toddler dead on Turkish beach: 'I was petrified'. In: The Washington Post. September 3, 2015, accessed September 5, 2015 .
  3. ↑ Stefan Plöchinger: What the dead boy from Bodrum teaches us. In: sueddeutsche.de. September 3, 2015, accessed September 5, 2015 .
  4. ↑ Cenk Cigdem: "I wanted to make the boy's silent scream audible". In: RP-online.de. September 3, 2015, accessed September 5, 2015 .
personal data
SURNAME Demir, Nilüfer
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Turkish photographer
DATE OF BIRTH 1986