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Mehmet Aksoy was born on 27 February, 1985 in Elbistan, Kahramanmaraş, Turkey, is a British-Kurdish filmmaker and activist (1985–2017). Discover Mehmet Aksoy's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 32 years old?

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Occupation Film Director
Age 32 years old
Zodiac Sign Pisces
Born 27 February 1985
Birthday 27 February
Birthplace Elbistan, Kahramanmaraş, Turkey
Date of death 26 September, 2017
Died Place Raqqa, Syria
Nationality United Kingdom

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Mehmet Aksoy Net Worth

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Timeline

1988

They moved to London from Malatya in 1988, and Aksoy's interest in the Kurdish independence movement began in 2004 when he first visited the Kurdish Community Centre in North London.

Aksoy became politicised as a result of his involvement with the Kurdish community in London and was influenced by the writings of the Black Panther George Jackson as well as Abdullah Ocalan's prison writings on Democratic Confederalism.

Aksoy studied filmmaking at Queen Mary, University of London and later Goldsmiths, University of London.

1990

His uncle, Firaz, had been killed fighting for the PKK militia during its conflict with the Turkish military in the 1990s.

Aksoy went by the nom-de-guerre 'Fîraz Dağ' in honour of his uncle.

After his death, more than 2,000 people turned out at a community centre in north London to pay tribute.

Aksoy is the fifth British citizen to be killed in Northern Syria while fighting ISIS.

2014

His short film Panfilo, made for his MA course, was released in 2014, and won awards in the Italian Short Film Festival and the UK Student Film Awards.

2017

Mehmet Aksoy (February 1985 – 26 September 2017), also known as Fîraz Dağ, was a British-Kurdish filmmaker and activist.

Aksoy was killed while covering the battle to retake Raqqa in Northern Syria from ISIS.

He was embedded with the People's Protection Units when ISIS fighters overran a base where he was staying on 26 September 2017.

Aksoy's family are from the Kurdish Alevi community, and were originally from the Elbistan district of Maraş (East Turkey).

Aksoy did not inform his parents of his plans before travelling to Rojava (West Kurdistan)/ (North Syria) in June 2017.

He did not want to fight with the Kurdish forces in Syria, but instead wanted to tell the stories of Kurdish fighters through his films.

He was the founder and editor-in-chief of the website Kurdish Question.

He was buried on the eastern side of Highgate Cemetery in London on 10 November 2017.