Category: Ankara exhibition murder

Burhan Ozbilici wins the World Press Photo of the Year

Dunja Djudjic

Burhan Ozbilici, the photographer who documented the assassination of Russian Ambassador to Turkey, won the World Press Photo of the Year. On December 19, 2017, he was at an exhibition opening in Ankara, when the incident occurred. As he said back then, he was only doing his job.  As the crowd started panicking, Ozbilici remained […]

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AP photographer continues photographing while a gunman kills Russian ambassador

Dunja Djudjic

Yesterday (Monday), a photo exhibition in Ankara turned into a murder scene. Andrei Karlov, Russian Ambassador to Turkey, was murdered. AP photographer Burhan Ozbilici visited the exhibition opening and documented the entire incident. At a certain point at the ambassador’s speech, Ozbilici moved closer to take photos. Then came the gunshots. Russia’s ambassador was killed. But […]

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