Gazi YÜKSEL

He was born in 1963 in Nicosia.

– 1981- He started working as a journalist.

– He worked as a photojournalist for 20 years.

– 1991- He founded the North Cyprus Photo Journalists Association and became its president.

– Between 1987-2013 he has opened 11 personal exhibitions. “News-Sports-Dark Room and Computer Photos”

– Some of these exhibitions were repeated in İstanbul, Ankara, Adana, İzmir and Akşehir.

– He published VCD works on photography-poetry-music with the title of in;

“Two Sides of Nicosia” – 2001, “Yemeni, from cradle to grave” 2003, “Conflict of Peace” – 2004.

– Between 1999 and 2013, he organized 8 International Photography Days of Near East University.

– 2012- He graduated from the Fine Arts and Design Faculty, Plastic Arts – Painting Department of NEU.

– 2016- He opened his first personal exhibition; “Our Walls”

– 2018- He completed his master degree in the department of Fine Arts and Design.

– Since 1991 in Near East University, he gives the cours of Basic Photography, Press Photography, Studio Photography, Advertising photography and İmage Processing.

– He is the Coordinator of NEU Photography and Cameraman Vocational School.

– He has published 7 books about Cyprus photo history and photography.