Nilüfer Demir

Three organizers of the human trafficking ring which led to the death of Syrian toddler Aylan Kurdi, in a case that made headlines worldwide, were sentenced to 125 years in prison each on March 13.

Turkish correspondent Nilüfer Demir, who photographed Aylan Kurdi, a Syrian toddler who washed ashore on the Turkish coast in 2015, laying bare the tragedy of the Syrian civil war, has been named a gold medal winner for the memorial prize of the United Nations Correspondents Association. 

An image of Aylan Kurdi, the 3-year-old refugee who drowned off Turkey's Bodrum coast in September last year, which was captured by Do?an News Agency reporter Nilüfer Demir received the Press Photo of the Year award at Turkey Photojournalist Association Press' Photos of the Year 2016 contest. 

Two suspected human smugglers being tried by a Turkish court over the death of several migrants - including toddler Aylan Kurdi, whose drowning shocked the world last year - have accused the father of the Syrian toddler of being human smuggler and using the boat at time of the incident. 

The heart-wrenching image of Aylan Kurdi, a 3-year old refugee who drowned off Turkey's Bodrum coast on Sept. 2, has been picked as one of TIME magazine's top 100 photos of 2015.

Turkey is a beautiful country. The Akyarlar beach, the one that the tiny body of a Syrian toddler washed up on the other day, is one of the most beautiful places in this country. 

Three-year-old Aylan Kurdi, the Syrian toddler who drowned in the Aegean and washed ashore at a beach in Turkey’s touristic district of Bodrum, has inspired 19 drawings critical of international refugee policies.

Images of three-year-old Aylan Kurdi have done the media rounds. He became the face of the refugee tragedy and showed how easily the dream of a new and better life could turn to tragedy. A picture on its own tells a thousand words, but here are some stories behind THAT photo.

Photo-reporter Nilüfer Demir explained the moment she shot the heart-wrecking picture showing a Syrian toddler's lifeless body washing ashore Turkey's Aegean coast, an image bringing the "European migrant crisis" to the top of the world's agenda urgently for the first time.

Heart-rending pictures of a toddler's lifeless body washed ashore on a Turkish beach sparked horror on Sept. 2 as the cost of Europe's growing refugee crisis hit home.