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 They embraced life with their hearts and they left their rivals behind


Ahmet Serdar Demir and Dilan Onğulu are only two of the disadvantaged persons in our society. Serdar is spinal cord paralyzed and Dilan has no arm or leg. The goal of the two swimmers who do not give up despite their disabilities is to achieve new successes leaving their rivals behind.


25-year-old Ahmet Serdar Demir became spinal cord paralyzed after the accident in the water when he was 17. Demir, who resumes life with sports after 7 years of physical therapies, has been trying to regain his losses in water. 24 year-old Dilan Onğulu who is born without arms and legs, races for the championship without giving up and saying ‘If Dilan does it, everyone can do it’. The success of many young people like Serdar and Dilan has been the subject of photography exhibitions. The young people who are in the frames of photography artist Neşe Arı, came together in the exhibition ‘Hold on to the Life’ hosted by Istanbul Gelisim University. Photography artist Neşe Arı, saying that each photograph and person has a different story and said: “I watched an athlete coming from scratch one to the present. This was very important to me.”

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