Mehmet Aksoy: The life and death of British anti-Isis volunteer hailed as a Kurdish hero Jihadis killed her son in Raqqa five weeks ago but the revolutionary spirit he embodied will live on in his ...

Mehmet Aksoy, 32, who grew up in England, is believed to have joined a Kurdish military force, The People's Defence Units, working as a press officer.

British filmmaker Mehmet Aksoy was killed by the Islamic State while working with Kurdish forces in Syria, his friends and Kurdish activists confirmed. The 32-year-old from London was working as a ...

Mehmet Aksoy was gunned down while embedded with Kurdish forces in Syria, the BBC reported Credit: BBC Close pal Aladdin Sinayic said: "Mehmet never fought, the plan was never to fight.

Mehmet Aksoy, 32, who studied filmmaking at Goldsmiths, University of London, travelled to Kurdistan via Germany last June and joined the Kurds as a press officer. He was not there to fight, but ...

A military ceremony has been held in Syria for a British filmmaker who was killed by so-called Islamic State. Mehmet Aksoy, 32, from London, was shot by IS fighters when they ambushed a base ...