Photographer of the Year 2014: Bulent Kilic

Photographer of the year 2014: Bulent Kilic

Amidst a turbulent year, Bulent Kilic'sphotographs have consistently grabbed the attention of editors and viewers around the world

A militant of the Islamic State (IS) is seen just after an air strike on the Tilsehir hill near the Turkish border on Oct. 23, 2014, at Yumurtalik village, in Sanliurfaprovince, Turkey.

Sanliurfa, Turkey, 23 SeptemberA Syrian Kurdish woman crosses the border between Syria and Turkey

Sanliurfa, Turkey, 20 SeptemberA Syrian Kurd pours water on a child after they crossed the border between Syria and Turkey near the southeastern town of Suruc. Several thousand Syrian Kurds began crossing into Turkey in September, fleeing Islamic State fighters who advanced into their villages

Protesters burn as they stand behind barricades during clashes with police on Feb. 20, 2014 in Kiev, Ukraine.

Kiev, Ukraine, 20 FebruaryProtesters stand behind burning barricades during a face-off against police in Independence Square. Hundreds of armed protesters charged police barricades, despite a truce called just hours earlier by the country’s embattled president

A masked anti-government protestor waits at the entrance of Independence Square in Kiev on February 23

Kiev, Ukraine, 22 FebruaryPeople carry the coffin of a man killed during clashes, as they gather at Independence Square after protesters took control of Kiev’s charred city centre. They also seized Yanukovych’s lavish residence, which had been abandoned, on a day of dramatic twists and turns

Boys eat their lunch on Kiev's Independence Square on February 26, 2014.

Ankara, Turkey, 12 MarchA young girl kneels wounded during clashes between riot police and protesters following the funeral of Berkin Elvan, a 15-year-old boy who died from injuries suffered during anti-government protests in Istanbul

Turkish soldiers stand in line during a ceremony celebrating the 99th anniversary of Anzac Day in Canakkale on April 24.

Istanbul, Turkey, 23 MayArmed militants from the Revolutionary People’s Liberation Party-Front during a demonstration in May, after the funeral of a protester

Istanbul, Turkey, 31 MayA man protects a woman as they face a police officer dispersing protesters near Taksim Square, as the police blocked access during the one-year anniversary of the Gezi Park and Taksim Square demonstrations

Donetsk, Ukraine, 26 JulyMembers of the Ukrainian State Emergency Service search for bodies in a field near the crash site of the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17in the rebel-occupied Donetsk region of Ukraine. The airliner was believed shot down by a missile, en route from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, killing all 298 passengers and crew

A pro-Russian separatist pets a kitten as he mans a checkpoint in the northern outskirts of city of Donetsk, Ukraine, on July 22.

Hrabove, Ukraine, 2 AugustA woman walks with her bicycle past the wreckage of flight MH17

Hrabove, Ukraine, 2 AugustA Ukrainian girl cries as she stands by her luggage after leaving her home near Donetsk. A siege by government troops cut off water, electricity and food supplies in the area

This photo taken on July 26, 2014 shows flowers left by parents of an Australian victim of the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 crash, laid on a piece of the plane, near the village of Hrabove (Grabovo), in the Donetsk region of Ukraine.

A man kisses his rescued son on May 13, 2014 after an explosion in a coal mine in Manisa, Turkey

A protester waves a black flag during clashes with riot police in Kadikoy, on the Anatolian side of Istanbul, on March 11, 2014.

Syrian refugee boys swim in the Bosphorus on August 8 at Kabatas in Istanbul, Turkey

Syrian Kurds carry their belongings as they cross the border between Syria and Turkey in the southeastern town of Suruc in Sanliurfa province on Sept. 23, 2014..

Syrian Kurds wait near the southeastern town of Suruc in the Sanliurfa province after crossing the border between Syria and Turkey on Oct. 2, 2014

Syrian Kurds cross the border between Syria and Turkey in the southeastern town of Suruc in Sanliurfa province on Sept. 23, 2014.

A Kurdish woman runs away from a water cannon near the Syrian border after Turkish authorities temporarily closed the border in the southeastern town of Suruc in Sanliurfa province, on Sept. 22, 2014.

People kiss during a gay parade on Istiklal Street, the main shopping area in Istanbul, on June 22 during the Trans Pride Parade is part of the Trans Pride Week 2014, which is organised by Istanbul's LGBTT.

Syrian Kurds go back to Syria at the Mursitpinar crossing gate in the southeastern town of Suruc in Sanliurfa province, on Sept. 24, 2014.

Members of the Syrian Kurdish Altay family try to spot their relative, Zamani Suruc, who is fighting Islamic State (IS) jihadists in the Syrian border town of Kobani on Oct. 20, 2014.

A Syrian Kurdish woman wipes her eyes during a dust storm on a hill where she and others stand watching clashes between jihadists of the Islamic State (IS) and Kurdish fighters, at Swedi village in Sanliurfa province, Turkey, on Sept. 24, 2014.

Syrian Kurds sit in a truck after crossing the Syrian-Turkish border in the southeastern town of Suruc in Sanliurfa province on Sept. 23, 2014.

Mursitpinar, Turkey, 28 SeptemberTurkish soldiers try to control their crossing gate as Syrian Kurdish people try to pass. Tens of thousands of Syrian Kurds flooded into Turkey fleeing an onslaught by Islamic State

Sanliurfa, Turkey, 29 OctoberHeavily armed Kurdish peshmerga fighter convoys are greeted at Viransehir as they travel to join militias defending the Syrian border town of Kobane from Islamic State

Bulent KilicKilic, centre, in the town of Suruc, Turkey

Kurdish people mourn in a cemetery during the funeral of three Kurdish fighters Xahim Daban, Idris Ahmet and Mehmet Mustafa who died in clashes with the Islamic State (IS) in Suruc in the province of Sanliurfa on Oct. 21, 2014.

Men carry a coffin at a cemetery in Suruc, in the province of Sanliurfa, on Oct. 23, 2014, during the funeral of three Kurdish fighters who died in clashes with the Islamic State (IS) in neighbouring Syria.

People watch as smoke rises from the town of Kobane, also known as Ain al-Arab, on October 26 at the Turkish border near the southeastern village of Mursitpinar, Sanliurfa province.

An injured miner comes out, carried by rescuers after an explosion in Manisa, Turkey, on May 13, 2014.

Boots of miners are pictured in an outside building at a mine in Manisa on May 14, 2014.

Duygu Colak, reacts as she sits in front of her husband Ugur's grave during a funeral ceremony in the western town of Soma in the Manisa province on May 15, 2014.

Supporters of Turkey's Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan hold a giant Turkish flag during an election rally in Istanbul March 23, 2014.

The coffin of Berkin Elvan is carried on March 11, 2014, in Istanbul, Turkey. Berkin Elvan, who had been in a coma since June 2013 after being struck in the head by a gas canister during a police crackdown on protesters, died on March 11.

Kurdish boys play in a field on Oct. 25, 2014, near the Syria border in the southeastern village of Yumurtalik, Sanliurfa province, Turkey.

A scarecrow like mock anti-government protestor is pictured on a barricade between protestors and government forces on Feb. 21, 2014 in Kiev, Ukraine.

Protesters build a barricade early in the morning on Feb. 21, 2014 at the Independent square in Kiev, Ukraine.

People hold a large crucifix during a procession on Independence square in Kiev, Ukraine, on Feb. 25, 2014.

An alleged sniper (C) and member of the pro-government forces is beaten by anti-government protestors in Kiev, Ukraine, on Feb. 22, 2014.

Women hold pictures of protesters who were killed in clashes with police during demonstrations in Kiev, Ukraine, on Feb. 26, 2014.

Women walk in front of the Dinamo Kiev's stadium on Feb. 25, 2014, in Kiev.

A Turkish couple shares a romantic sunset on a ferry on the Bosphorus, in Istanbul, Turkey, on Oct. 17, 2014.

Crosses and flowers left by people near a makeshift memorial in homage to anti-government protesters killed in the clashes with riot police on Independence Square in Kiev, Ukraine, on Feb. 24, 2014.