Esra Gültekin is a Kurdish documentary photographer and journalist from Turkey. She had been working as a photojournalist previously based in Diyarbakır, the largest Kurdish city in eastern Turkey, for JINHA in 2013, the all-women news agency before it was shut down by the Turkish authorities.
In 2017, she graduated with a master's degree in Cultural Studies from Istanbul Bilgi University, having written her thesis on the sexual harassment of women in digital media. Her photography has been published in international media outlets including The Guardian, BBC, Die Welt, Taz, Euronews, and various other publications.
Currently, she lives in Germany, where she continues to build her life, actively pursue her photography projects and writing.
