{"id":75057,"date":"2025-03-11T11:06:28","date_gmt":"2025-03-11T09:06:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/?page_id=75057"},"modified":"2026-09-28T12:30:51","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T10:30:51","slug":"ilkay-karakurt","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/ilkay-karakurt\/","title":{"rendered":"Ilkay Karakurt"},"content":{"rendered":"\n \n\n
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Ilkay Karakurt<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n\n\n\n

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Ilkay Karakurt <\/strong>was born in Istanbul in 1990, grew up in Sindelfingen and studied photojournalism and documentary photography in Hannover and Aarhus (DMJX).
His work consists mainly of portrait and documentary photography. He currently lives in Stuttgart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Contact<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Email: hi@ilkay-karakurt.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Website: https:\/\/ilkay-karakurt.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Stories by Ilkay:<\/h2>\n <\/div>\n\n\n\n\r\n
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Parental leave for fathers: Dad’s got this.<\/h2>\r\n\t\t\t

A new study shows that fathers want more flexibility from their employers. Companies that respond will benefit in the long run.<\/p>\r\n\t\t<\/a>\r\n\r\n\t<\/header>\r\n\r\n\t

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\r\n \u2018You have to make your boundaries clear\u2019 <\/h3>\r\n\r\n
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During the week Selma works at a nursery; at weekends she works the door of a club. On respect, safety and standing your ground as a woman in nightlife.<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n

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\r\n Hannover? Go and study somewhere else. <\/h3>\r\n\r\n
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That\u2019s what our author thought, too. Until he moved there. Why the city is worth it once you stop comparing it with Berlin or Munich.<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n

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\r\n Burkinis at the swimming pool: the weight of other people\u2019s stares <\/h3>\r\n\r\n
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Just going for a swim \u2013 and being watched the whole time. Our author tells of prejudice at the poolside.<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n

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\r\n Record of a disappearance: a Belarusian photographer in exile <\/h3>\r\n\r\n
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He documented the protests, was persecuted and had to flee. His pictures tell of violence, of hope \u2013 and of holding on to memory.<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n

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\r\n Staging mortality: two photographers in a coffin <\/h3>\r\n\r\n
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Two photographers lie down in a coffin and photograph each other. What sounds like breaking a taboo is an exploration of commerce and ritual \u2013 and of the question: is this allowed?<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n

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\r\n Life off the grid: a visit to a commune <\/h3>\r\n\r\n
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Breakfast by the wood stove, water from a reed-bed treatment system: how practical is a life that does without comforts?<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n

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