Vedat Erdemci

Year: 2019

Nationality: Turkey

Killed by: Military Officials

Location: Ras al-Ain, Syria

Press organization: Hawar News Agency (ANHA),Ronahi TV

What's Vedat Erdemci's story?

Vedat Erdemci, a Kurdish Turkish documentary filmmaker and freelance video journalist, was killed in a Turkish airstrike on the northeastern Syrian city of Ras al-Ain on October 11 while he was filming airstrikes near his home, according to news reports, Erdemci’s friend Hivda Gever, who spoke to CPJ via phone, and the Free Media Union a local journalists syndicate supportive of the People’s Protection Units militant group.

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