TIME Photo A Desperate Scene at the Border Between Syria and Turkey: http://ti.me/1RqxrVN (Photograph by Bulent Kilic—AFP)

TIME Photo A Desperate Scene at the Border Between Syria and Turkey: http://ti.me/1RqxrVN (Photograph by Bulent Kilic—AFP)

TIME Photo A Desperate Scene at the Border Between Syria and Turkey: http://ti.me/1RqxrVN (Photograph by Bulent Kilic—AFP)

TIME "In just ten minutes, there were thousands of them, all moving together. It was incredible.”

TIME Photo Bulent Kilic, TIME's Wire Photographer of 2014, has won the Visa d'Or News at the Visa pour l'Image photo festival. See his work from last year.

TIME Photo “The national and international agencies in Turkey have an important job to do,” he says. “Censorship is our country’s biggest problem.”

TIME Photo Among the many photographers recognized today by World Press Photo, there is Bulent Kilic of Agence France-Presse. He received two awards for his work in Turkey: http://ti.me/16YXlhv (Photograph by Bulent Kilic—Agence France-Presse)

TIME Photo Peek Inside Kobani After Kurds Claim Victory Over ISIS: http://ti.me/1uF7ZQ8 (Photograph by Bulent Kilic—AFP/Getty Images)

TIME Photo AFP photographer Bulent Kilic, TIME's 2014 Wire Photographer of the Year, documents Kurds celebrating after victory is declared over ISIS in Kobani: http://ti.me/15LgH8T (Photo by Bulent Kilic—AFP/Getty Images)

Mother Nature Network A snowy day high atop Galata Tower in Istanbul.... (great image by traveler Bulent Kilic)