ANKARA
The voting to determine the "Photo and video of the month: March" will begin on Monday.
AA's photos and videos taken in different corners of the world and Turkey are presented for the voting of its followers via AA's Turkish, English and Arabic websites.
Each month, the Anadolu Agency (AA) puts its photographs and videos (which were taken during the specific month) to the vote of its audience.
Each month AA's followers vote to elect the "Photo and Video of the Month".
Taken by AA photojournalists and camera operators, 10 selected photos under the categories of "News" and "Life", and 6 video news which were all taken in March 2013 will be open for the public voting until Wednesday, April 3.
-Nominees in two categories for Photo of the Month-
Under the "News" category, the Photo of the Month nominees are as follows:
Taner Aydin's "Clash Masjid Al-Aqsa"
Erhan Sevenler's "Watch Behind Walls"
Mehmet Kaman's "Embrace Longed For"
Sabri Yildirim's "Striving Treacherous Waters"
Musa Samur's "Struggle On Mat"
Under the "Life" category;
Vugar Ibadov's "Fire Fighting Aircraft"
Salah Malkawi's "Syrian Revolution's Anniversary"
Onur Coban's "Nowruz In Diyarbakir"
Eyad Al Baba's "Gaza Tunnel Bride"
Ali Ihsan Ozturk's "Unending Snow Struggle"
-Video of the month-
March's "Video news of the month" nominees are as follows:
Ibrahim Yozoglu's "Successful Rokset"
AA team of reporters "Moment of helicopter getting shot down"
Necdet Pamuk/Servet Ulku's "Training of Gendarmery Special Operations teams"
Tolga Ciplak's "Public servants freed"
Mustafa Berber's "Tear drops of the King"
Fatih Basaran/Engin Corlu's "Champion pentathletes"