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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