Veysî Altay

Veysi Altay, born in 1975 in Ağrı, has been involved in photography and cinema. He worked for many years as an administrator for Amnesty International and for the Human Rights Association (İHD) and also reported from the war in Rojava during the battles against ISIS in Serêkaniyê/Ras al-Ayn (2013) and... Kobanê (2014). He combines his media and documentary work with Turkish-Kurdish translation and interpreting. He has produced a book of photography, entitled Em Ên Wenda (We, the Disappeared), featuring 100 photos and 100 stories of people who were disappeared by the state.

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