Researcher – Documentary Photographer. Since 2000, Kemal Vural Tarlan has been conducting visual sociology and anthropology research among Roma communities living in the Middle East. His studies, articles and photos were featured in numerous international symposia, congresses, exhibitions and other events. He has written penned articles on the rights of refugees from the Middle East and worked as an activist. In 2013 and 2014, he worked on ‘’Syria in Transit’’, an exhibition of photography, videos, sounds and objects on Syrian refugees from the Turkish border to the UK. The exhibition went on a tour of London, Berlin, Kiel, Madrid, Istanbul and Gaziantep. He holds an international press card and is a member of the European Sociological Association.