Anadolu Agency's Best Pictures of 2015
15.12.2015

A refugee baby crawls in front of the Turkish police and the gendarme forces on TEM highway in Edirne, Turkey on September 19, 2015. Turkish security forces stops the refugees on the way to the Edirne city center. (Berk Özkan - Anadolu Agency)

Anadolu Agency's Best Pictures of 2015
Fotoğraf: Fırat Yurdakul

Turkish soldiers plant a Turkish flag at the new burial site of Suleyman Shah in the Esmesi region of Aleppo, Syria. Suleyman Shah, the grandfather of Osman I, the founder of the Ottoman Empire, was buried in Turkey's only exclave 30 kilometers from the border. (Fırat Yurdakul - Anadolu Agency)

Anadolu Agency's Best Pictures of 2015
Fotoğraf: Hakan Burak Altunöz

Weightlifter Ayse Cakmak climbs out of bar dropping onto her body during Weightlifting Championship for Stars and group under age 15 in Trabzon, Turkey. (Hakan Burak Altunöz - Anadolu Agency)

Anadolu Agency's Best Pictures of 2015
Fotoğraf: Issam Rimawi

Palestinians react as an Israeli soldier attempts to arrest a Palestinian kid during the clashes following a protest against expropriation of Palestinian land by Israel and the Wall of Shame, the separation barrier between Israel and the West Bank, on August 28, 2015 in Nabi Saleh village, near the West Bank city of Ramallah. (Issam Rimawi - Anadolu Agency)

Anadolu Agency's Best Pictures of 2015
Fotoğraf: Orhan Akkanat

A pink flamingo is pictured catching flight at the Duden Lake in central Turkish city of Konya's Kulu district, on May 5, 2015. (Orhan Akkanat - Anadolu Agency)

Anadolu Agency's Best Pictures of 2015
Fotoğraf: Özge Elif Kızıl

Volunteers help a refugee man and baby as refugees hoping to cross into Europe, arrive on the shore of Greece‘s Lesbos Island after crossing the Aegean sea from Turkey on November 29, 2015. (Özge Elif Kızıl - Anadolu Agency)

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Fotoğraf: Ali İhsan Öztürk

Turkish soldiers help a Syrian woman to cross into Turkey from the borderline in Akcakale district of Sanliurfa on June 10, 2015. (Ali İhsan Öztürk - Anadolu Agency)

Anadolu Agency's Best Pictures of 2015
Fotoğraf: Mustafa Yalçın

The Eiffel Tower is illuminated in the colors of the French flag to honor victims of Paris attacks on November 17, 2015 in Paris, France. At least 132 people were killed and some 350 injured in the terror attacks on 13 November, which targeted a concert venue, a sports stadium, and several restaurants and bars in Paris. (Mustafa Yalçın - Anadolu Agency)

Anadolu Agency's Best Pictures of 2015
Fotoğraf: Fatih Aktaş

Russian warplane violating Turkish airspace is downed in Kizildag region of Turkey's Hatay province, close to the Syrian border, on November 24, 2015. A jet brought down after violating Turkish airspace was given 10 warnings over a five-minute period. (Fatih Aktaş - Anadolu Agency)

Anadolu Agency's Best Pictures of 2015
Fotoğraf: Muammar Awad

An Israeli police officer assaults a Palestinian woman and pulls her headscarf out as a group of Palestinians protesting the entry of Israel settlers into the al-Aqsa Mosque Compound, near al Silsila Gate in Jerusalem, on September 13, 2015. (Muammar Awad - Anadolu Agency)

Anadolu Agency's Best Pictures of 2015
Fotoğraf: Murat Yolcu

Oguz Yildirim, the owner of a limited edition miniature automobile produced in Germany, drives his car in Isparta, Turkey on April 8, 2015. Yildirim has put up the vehicle, which is single person, runs on petrol and can reach speeds of 45 kilometers an hour, for sale for 12 thousand Euros. ( Murat Yolcu - Anadolu Agency)

Anadolu Agency's Best Pictures of 2015
Fotoğraf: Murat Öner Taş

A view from the "Salt Lake" in Aksaray, Turkey on July 16, 2015. Dunaliella salinas, a type of halophile micro-algae especially found in sea/lake salt fields, colorize a part of the lake this season of the year. (Murat Öner Taş - Anadolu Agency)

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Fotoğraf: Suryanto

Cacatua sulphurea that were successfully secured from illegal wildlife trading are seen into empty bottles in Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia on May 04, 2015. A total of 24 Cacatua sulphurea inserted into empty mineral bottles were rescued when they were illegally traded in the Port of Tanjung Perak Surabaya, Java Timur, Indonesia. (Suryanto - Anadolu Agency)

Anadolu Agency's Best Pictures of 2015
Fotoğraf: İslam Yakut

Adem Kilicci (L) of Turkey fights with Artem Cheboratev of Russia in the Welter 69kg class of International Boxing Association (AIBA) in Istanbul, Turkey on January 24, 2015. (İslam Yakut - Anadolu Agency)

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Fotoğraf: Samir Yordamoviç

A shoe is thrown at Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic as he arrives at Potocari Memorial Center for the burial of 136 newly-identified Bosnian Muslims as part of commemoration ceremony marking the 20th anniversary of Srebrenica genocide on July 11, 2015 in Srebrenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The ceremony marks the 20th anniversary of the murders of some 8,000 Bosnian men and boys by Serb paramilitaries during war in the former Yugoslavia. (Samir Yordamoviç - Anadolu Agency)

Anadolu Agency's Best Pictures of 2015
Fotoğraf: Fırat Yurdakul

A Turkish tank seen after Turkish flag is raised on February 22, 2015 in the Esme region of Aleppo where the Tomb of Suleyman Shah will be placed. The Turkish Army launched a military operation into Syria to evacuate soldiers guarding Tomb of Suleyman Shah, exclave of Turkey situated in Karakozak village, northeast of Aleppo, Syria. Suleyman Shah was the grandfather of the founder of the Ottoman Empire. His tomb is a Turkish exclave located 30 kilometers south of the Turkey-Syria border. (Fırat Yurdakul - Anadolu Agency)

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Fotoğraf: Abdullah Çelik

Guards of honor carry the body of soldier Veli Ates, who was martyred after the explosion of a mine laid by terrorist organization PKK, in Bingol, Turkey on August 14, 2015. (Abdullah Çelik - Anadolu Agency)

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Fotoğraf: Sutanta Aditya

A police member walks amid the wrecked pieces of the Indonesian military plane after the Indonesian military plane crashed in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia on July 1, 2015. An Indonesian air force cargo plane crashed shortly after take-off Tuesday into a busy residential area of North Sumatra's provincial capital, leaving at least 113 people were killed according to the head of Indonesia's Air Force staff has said. (Sutanta Aditya - Anadolu Agency)

Anadolu Agency's Best Pictures of 2015
Fotoğraf: Rauf Maltaş

A member of Turkish special operation team is seen as an operation against drug dealers is carried out in Sanliurfa, south eastern province of Turkey on March 10, 2015. (Rauf Maltaş - Anadolu Agency)

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Fotoğraf: Thomas Campean

Refugees arrive at a makeshift camp for asylum seekers near the border line between Serbia and Hungary in Roszke, southern Hungary, on September 10, 2015. More than 200,000 asylum-seekers have arrived in Greece, around 150,000 in Hungary, according to European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker. (Thomas Campean - Anadolu Agency)

Anadolu Agency's Best Pictures of 2015
Fotoğraf: Berk Özkan

A refugee baby crawls in front of the Turkish police and the gendarme forces on TEM highway in Edirne, Turkey on September 19, 2015. Turkish security forces stops the refugees on the way to the Edirne city center. (Berk Özkan - Anadolu Agency)

Anadolu Agency's Best Pictures of 2015
Fotoğraf: Sebastian Widmann

Simon Ammann of Switzerland crashes during his last jump at the final stage of the Four Hills ski jumping Tournament (Vierschanzentournee) in Bischofshofen, Austria on January 06, 2015. Ammann was taken to a nearby hospital after the crash. (Sebastian Widmann - Anadolu Agency)

Anadolu Agency's Best Pictures of 2015
Fotoğraf: Semih Yüksel

Covered in Snow: A man walks along a snowy path in Devrekani district of Kastamonu, Turkey. (Semih Yüksel - Anadolu Agency)

Anadolu Agency's Best Pictures of 2015
Fotoğraf: Cem Özdel

Golden State Warriors players celebrate with Larry O'Brien Championship Trophy after winning the Game Six of the 2015 NBA Finals against the Cleveland Cavaliers at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio, USA, on June 16, 2015. (Cem Özdel - Anadolu Agency)

Anadolu Agency's Best Pictures of 2015
Fotoğraf: Ahmet Dumanlı

Funeral ceremony of Turkish prosecutor Mehmet Selim Kiraz, who was shot and critically wounded in an eight-hour hostage situation at an Istanbul courthouse Tuesday and died at hospital, is held at Istanbul courthouse on April 01, 2015. (Ahmet Dumanlı - Anadolu Agency)

Anadolu Agency's Best Pictures of 2015
Fotoğraf: Junaidi Hanafiah

A group of rescued Rohingya and Bangladeshi migrants are seen after their arrival at the new temporary shelters in the fishing town of Kuala Langsa in Aceh province, Indonesia on May 15, 2015. (Junaidi Hanafiah - Anadolu Agency)

Anadolu Agency's Best Pictures of 2015
Fotoğraf: Ayhan Mehmet

A refugee girl wrapped in a thermal blanket is seen on the shore of Lesbos Island of Greece on September 5, 2015. (Ayhan Mehmet - Anadolu Agency)

Anadolu Agency's Best Pictures of 2015
Fotoğraf: Samir Tatin

A man carries a dead Syrian child after the airstrikes conducted by Syrian army at marketplace in Hamuriye neighborhood of Damascus, Syria on December 09, 2015. (Samir Tatin - Anadolu Agency)

Anadolu Agency's Best Pictures of 2015
Fotoğraf: Mustafa Yalçın

A migrants camped out in Calais, attempts to climb a security fence near refugee camp of Calais, France on August 3, 2015. More than 2 thousands migrants waiting at Calais forests, hoping to get to Britain, camp out in Calais, on August 3, 2015. (Mustafa Yalçın - Anadolu Agency)

Anadolu Agency's Best Pictures of 2015
Fotoğraf: Ali Atmaca

A Turkish coast guard pulls a refugee baby into the ship as he tries to rescue refugees who were illegally trying to reach Greece's Lesbos island through the Aegean Sea, in Canakkale province of Turkey on October 27, 2015. Refugees who begin a journey with a hope to have high living standards away from conflicts, use Greece's Lesbos Island as a transit point on their way to Europe. (Ali Atmaca - Anadolu Agency)

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