People rush to distribution of blankets by the Free Syrian army. It is painful to spend nights in the cold winter in Aleppo where snow falls, without gas, electricity and fuel. People bring furnitures from houses that have been destroyed, break them with an ax and substitute firewood. Syria, 2013.

A man runs for cover from sniper fire. In areas where tall buildings are densely populated, you can not see where soldiers of government forces are located. The fear that is constantly being targeted by the snipers is wearing off nerves. Syria, 2013.

Two men having a chat on the street are seen through a bullet hole. Syria, 2013. The democratization movement that began in 2011 has developed into war. Foreign countries with their respective political motives intervened and the battle became muddy. The war in Syria has been going on for nearly eight years.

A boy cries out in front of his grand mother’s tomb. He and his dad could not come here for two years because indiscriminate shellings and bombardments await when they goes out. Syria, 2013.

A soldier of the Free Syrian Army teaches a young soldier how to assemble AK47. Syria, 2013.

Boys hold rifles in the Free Syrian Army ruled area in Aleppo City. If their brothers and fathers are participating in the battle, weapons become familiar presence. And if their family, friends, relatives are killed in the battle, young hearts will head toward revenge. Sorrow, anger, hatred are linked to the next generation, a negative loop will never end and continues. Syria, 2013.

The Free Syrian Army soldiers prays in the truck heading for a military operation against the government forces. Many of them were ordinary civilians such as taxi drivers, shopkeepers, farmers, university students, lawyers and so on. Soldiers told me that they didn’t expect that their peaceful demonstration turned into war and end up fighting with a gun. However, to protect their city and people, they say that they are ready to sacrifice their life. Syria, 2013.

A soldier of the Free Syrian Army opens fire against the Syrian Army. Syria, 2013.

A man receives treatment at a field hospital of Iraqi army special forces in west Mosul. It is estimated that the death toll of civilians during the battle for Mosul that continued 9 months is over 10,000. The US military airstrikes and Iraqi military shellings were fierce and there was an occasion when more than 300 civilians were sacrificed in a week due to US military airstrikes and surveys were conducted. For that reason Mosul citizens have remained distrustful of the government. Iraq, 2017.

An enhanced car for an ISIS' suicide attacker captured by the Iraqi Federal Police Forces is seen near Mosul, Iraq, 2017.

ISIS combatants are caught and queued in a court garden after the battle for Mosul is over. About 20,000 ISIS combatants were arrested after the battle, many of them were foreign fighters gathered from 110 countries. Iraq, 2017.

Refugees approach a northern shore of Lesvos island in Greece. People who have escaped from a country where war continues, such as Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan squeeze in an inflatable boat. There are sometimes more than sixty people on the boats that are usually designed for around twenty people. Back then, 10 to 20 boats were coming across the sea every day. Many people see the ocean for the first time, they buy life jackets on the streets of Turkey. Greece, 2015.

A father and his kids who arrived safely on the coast of the Greek side embrace each other. It is said that they need to pay at least $1,200 to a smugller to ride a boat. Since refugees started aiming for Europe crossing the Mediterranean sea by boat in the summer of 2015, at least 8,500 people disappeared to the bottom of this sea. Greece, 2015.

People protest the officers of Frontex who detained a refugee man. Although he did not know anything, he happened to be responsible for maneuvering the boat. He was arrested and there was a possibility that he could be charged with human trafficking assistance. Greece, 2015

A refugee man walks on the beach with his 4-year-old daughter on his shoulder as tourists curiously watch and take a photo of them. According to the father, she broke her leg when escaping from Syria. Greece, 2015.

Refugees take a shower at an emergency refugee camp, which was former driving shool. At that time, there was absolutely not enough assistance from the United Nations to refugees. There was no choice but to survive with small-scale support by volunteers, NGOs and a little hand-held money. Greece, 2015.

Refugees gather at the port of Mytilini to register with local authorities in Lesbos. Greece, 2015.

A family of refugees who are exhausted, sleep on the street. The refugees must continue to live in the camps or on the streets until they obtain Greece 's temporary residence permit. They can not stay at the hotel or even use a taxi. Because it could be charged with human trafficking offenses. Hotels and drivers had to refuse refugees. Greece, 2015.

Refugees see off their friends on a ferry to Athens. The ferry was always full of refugees and they always had to wait for 1 to 2 weeks to get the tickets. They do not yet know how much hardship is waiting until they reach their final destination in Europe. Their long journey has just begun. Greece, 2015.

Basil, a 10-year-old boy from Daraa, stepped on a landmine while he was playing with his friends. He lost both of his legs and left hand, as well as damaged his right eye and the rupture of both of his eardrums. His mother had to stay behind in Syria to take care of her orphaned grandchildren after Basil’s brother and father were also killed. Jordan, 2016.

An Afghan boy is seen with his friends near Bagram airfield in Afghanistan, 2006. He was correcting metal pieces for money to buy sandals as he stepped on a landmine. Back in 2006, there are still about 300 people who got injured by landmines and Unexploded ordnances in Afghanistan. Eventhough war is over, there are people suffering and dying because of what war left.

A Syrian refugee, Faiz, gets depressed so much while he undergoes rehab in Amman. He got injured in the war in Syria and has been condemned to a wheelchair since then. Among those who have become disabled bodies at a young age, there are many people who are desperate and hopeless for the future. They would need more mental support than physical support. Jordan, 2016.

Leyra(47), a mother of four kids, are seen with her children in a temporary tent in a refugee camp near West Mosul in Iraq. Her husband belongs to ISIS and they don’t even know if he is still alive or not. When Iraqi army started approaching the old city of Mosul, her husband let them escape but he decided to stay and keep fighting against the army. They told me that when it is known that there was a person who was participating in ISIS in the family, some families are threatened, got set fire to their houses and they have to leave the town. Jordan, 2017.

First lieutenant Scott Milley(23) was killed during the patrol in Afghanistan. His casket is sent off with a salutation at a ceremony held at the high school he graduated in Massachusetts. Scott was a hockey star player in high school and graduated in 2005 and just graduated from the University of New Hampshire in the previous year when he got killed in the battle. USA, 2010.

Families and friends of soldiers who got killed in Iraq and Afghanistan protest against the government in front of the White House in Washington, D.C.. There are also families whose family members who committed suicide with PTSD (traumatic stress) after returning to the United States after successfully completing their duties. Many returning soldiers are becoming drug abusers because of PTSD and homeless, being struck by flashbacks. Sometimes they commit homicide. Some of them simply can not return to the society. After returning home, many former soldiers are sufferring because they can not find their place. USA, 2010.

The audience listen to Donald Trump's speech made at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC the day before the president inauguration ceremony. President Trump is positive towards promoting the privatization of war, such as trying to replace the US troops stationed in Afghanistan with Blackwater. After the war in Iraq in 2003, the US military and industrial complex business expanded with war on terror and privatization of the increasingly accelerating war. USA, 2017.

People protest against President Trump 's immigration policy in New York. President Trump has adopted a policy to face immigrants and refugees with a strict attitude. In response to these circumstances, some Muslim immigrants began crossing the border to escape to Canada. USA, 2017.

People listen to Imam’s preaching at the largest mosque in New England, Boston. Muslim immigrants who came to the United States from all over the world, their kids, Americans who converted from Christianity gathers. The most growing religion in America is now Islam. USA, 2011.

Girls show smiles at the school outside Kabul, watching plays by children. There are still more than 10 million landmines and unexploded ordnance left, and the warfare with the Taliban has not ended and war has continued for nearly 40 years. Education for the children who are the future of the country is the most important thing for breaking down the negative chain of hatred and anger, and for rebuilding devastated land and people's mind. Afghanistan, 2006.