Murad Sezer (born 1969 in Germany) is a Turkish photographer. He moved to Istanbul as a child. He has a journalism B.A. from the Istanbul University and he built a career as a sports photographer in the Turkish media 10 years before he joined Associated Press in 1996. He was part of Associated Press team that have won the Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography in 2005 with his photo of US Marines praying over a Marine killed while fighting insurgent strongholds in Fallujah (other people from the team were Bilal Hussein, Karim Kadim, Brennan Linsley, Jim MacMillan, Samir Mizban, Khalid Mohammed, John B. Moore, Muhammad Muheisen, Anja Niedringhaus and Mohammed Uraibi). In April 2009 he joined Reuters News as chief photographer for Turkey.
When crowds of police arrived at the residence of the Istanbul mayor, Ekrem İmamoğlu, to arrest him in a dawn raid last week, his response was calm and deliberate ... “A small group is trying to usurp the will of the people,” he said ... Murad Sezer/Reuters.
Protesters gather outside the IstanbulMetropolitan Municipality building on March 19, 2025 [Murad Sezer/Reuters] Why are there protests in Turkiye? ... Sezer/Reuters] What has he been charged with?.
The mayor of Istanbul, Ekrem Imamoglu, has been arrested as part of a graft investigation on Sunday, after a fourth night of mass protests sparked heavy clashes with riot police ... “I invite our nation... to the ballot box ... Murad Sezer/Reuters ... .
An Istanbul court has formally arrested the city’s mayor, Ekrem İmamoğlu, on corruption charges, sending him to pre-trial detention on the day he is expected to receive his party’s nomination to run for president ... He added ... Murad Sezer/Reuters ... Share ... .
list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Second night of protests in Turkiye after Istanbul mayor detained ... Supporters of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu gather outside the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality building to protest on March 19, 2025 [Murad Sezer/Reuters].