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Orhan Eskiköy
Orhan Eskiköy (born 1 January 1980) is a Turkish director. He studied at the Faculty of Communication at Ankara University. In the second grade, he took part in a project with Özgür Doğan. In this period, he decided to make documentary films as an amateur. In 2003, together with Özgür Doğan, they decided to make a film about "miscommunication", but when financial problems intervened, they postponed the film. In September 2007, they began the film with their own efforts, and later received support from the Greenhouse Documentary Development Workshop, the Sundance Documentary Fund and the Dutch Jan Vrijman Fund. After nine months of work, they completed the documentary film ''On the Way to School''. The film received several awards from various festivals, including the Best Film Award at the Golden Orange Film Festival. As Sundance aimed to create an environment in which new talents can develop original film projects and work with leading writers and directors, it initiat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Istanbul
Istanbul ( , ; tr, İstanbul ), formerly known as Constantinople ( grc-gre, Κωνσταντινούπολις; la, Constantinopolis), is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, serving as the country's economic, cultural and historic hub. The city straddles the Bosporus strait, lying in both Europe and Asia, and has a population of over 15 million residents, comprising 19% of the population of Turkey. Istanbul is the list of European cities by population within city limits, most populous European city, and the world's List of largest cities, 15th-largest city. The city was founded as Byzantium ( grc-gre, Βυζάντιον, ) in the 7th century BCE by Ancient Greece, Greek settlers from Megara. In 330 CE, the Roman emperor Constantine the Great made it his imperial capital, renaming it first as New Rome ( grc-gre, Νέα Ῥώμη, ; la, Nova Roma) and then as Constantinople () after himself. The city grew in size and influence, eventually becom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turkey
Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with a East Thrace, small portion on the Balkans, Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe. It shares borders with the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia to the northeast; Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Iran to the east; Iraq to the southeast; Syria and the Mediterranean Sea to the south; the Aegean Sea to the west; and Greece and Bulgaria to the northwest. Cyprus is located off the south coast. Turkish people, Turks form the vast majority of the nation's population and Kurds are the largest minority. Ankara is Turkey's capital, while Istanbul is its list of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city and financial centre. One of the world's earliest permanently Settler, settled regions, present-day Turkey was home to important Neol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ankara University
Ankara University ( tr, Ankara Üniversitesi) is a public university in Ankara, the capital city of Turkey. It was the first higher education institution founded in Turkey after the formation of the republic in 1923. The university has 40 vocational programs, 120 undergraduate programs and 110 graduate programs. History Ankara University was founded by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the first president of Turkey. Ankara University faculties are: * Faculty of Political Science (1859). The faculty was founded as a community college in 1859 and has undergone series of changes since the establishment. It was named Mekteb-i Mulkiye-i Sahane under the Ministry of Internal Affairs but in 1918 the name was changed to Mekteb-i Mulkiye under the Ministry of Education. After the founding of the Republic, at the request of Atatürk, the school was moved to Ankara, and named the School of Political Science. On March 23, 1950, the school was placed under Ankara University as the "F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Özgür Doğan
Özgür Doğan (1 January 1978) is a Kurdish filmdirector. His works include ''On the Way to School'' and ''Voice of My Father''. Biography Özgür Doğan was born in a Kurdish village in Varto, Muş. He spoke only in Kurdish until the age of 6, and started to learn Turkish after that age. He stayed there until he was 10. Because they only had a primary school in the village, he and his four siblings alternately studied with their uncles. After finishing middle school in Trabzon, due to the poor financial situation of his uncle there, Doğan went to stay with his other uncle in Konya. After two years of studying there, he went to Ankara to attend high school. In 2001, he graduated from Ankara University Faculty of Communication. When his brother was in prison, he started to work with Orhan Eskiköy on a project called ''Hayaller Birer Kırık Ayna''. In 2001, he became a research assistant at the Middle East Technical University. In 2004, he got his master's degree in Media and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
On The Way To School
''On the Way to School'' ( tr, İki Dil Bir Bavul) is a 2008 Turkish documentary film directed by Orhan Eskiköy and Özgür Doğan. It has attracted 78,000 people in eight weeks, an impressive showing for a documentary. The film is an openhearted account of a young Turkish teacher during a school year in a Kurdish village in southeastern Turkey. Production Film production began in September 2007 and was completed in June 2008. Release General release The film opened in 22 screens across Turkey on at number five in the Turkish box office chart with an opening weekend gross of $60,387. Reception Box office The film debuted number five in the Turkish box office chart and has made a total gross of $399,581. Awards * 3rd International Middle East Film Festival (9-17 Oct, 2009) - Black Pearl Award for best Middle Eastern documentary film (Won) * 46th Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival (10-17 Oct, 2009) - Golden Orange for Best First Film: Özgür Dogan & Orhan Eskikoy ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Antalya Film Festival
The Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival ( tr, Antalya Altın Portakal Film Festivali), known for a few years from 2015 as Antalya International Film Festival, is a film festival, held annually since 1963 in Antalya, and is the second most important film festival in Turkey. Since 2009, the event, which takes place in the autumn months at the Antalya Cultural Center (Antalya Kültür Merkezi, AKM), has been organised solely by the Antalya Foundation for Culture and Arts (Antalya Kültür Sanat Vakfı, AKSAV) and has included an international section within the main body of the festival. History Cultural activities like concerts and theatre plays, which started to take place in the 1950s at the historical Aspendos Amphitheatre, formed the cornerstone of the Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival of today. These events held in the summer months under the honorary patronage of Dr. Avni Tolunay, found ever increasing interest from people and became traditional at the beginning of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sundance Film Festival
The Sundance Film Festival (formerly Utah/US Film Festival, then US Film and Video Festival) is an annual film festival organized by the Sundance Institute. It is the largest independent film festival in the United States, with more than 46,660 attending in 2016. It takes place each January in Park City, Utah; Salt Lake City, Utah; and at the Sundance Resort (a ski resort near Provo, Utah), and acts as a showcase for new work from American and international independent filmmakers. The festival consists of competitive sections for American and international dramatic and documentary films, both feature films and short films, and a group of out-of-competition sections, including NEXT, New Frontier, Spotlight, Midnight, Sundance Kids, From the Collection, Premieres, and Documentary Premieres. History 1978: Utah/US Film Festival Sundance began in Salt Lake City in August 1978 as the Utah/US Film Festival in an effort to attract more filmmakers to Utah. It was founded by Ster ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Voice Of My Father
''Voice of My Father'' ( Turkish: ''Babamın Sesi'', Kurdish: ''Dengê Bavê Min'') is a 2012 drama film directed by Orhan Eskiköy and Zeynel Doğan and written by Eskiköy. Its world premiere took place in the International Rotterdam Film Festival on 29 January 2012. A Germany, France and Turkey co-production filmed in Diyarbakır and Elbistan, Voice of My Father tells the story of a Kurdish-Alevi family affected by the Maraş Massacre. Having won the "Best Film" and "Best Screenplay" awards in The Golden Boll and another "Best Screenplay" in Istanbul Film Festival, the film is based on actual events which, film's co-director and lead actor, Zeynel Doğan's family had gone through and its central story is focused on actual tapes left from his father. Synopsis Basê lives in Elbistan by herself. She wants her eldest son Hasan to return home and establish a new life. She also believes the silent phone calls which she receives frequently are from Hasan. Her younger son Mehme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zeynel Doğan
Zeynel Doğan (; born 10 October 1979) is a Kurdish people, Kurdish actor and film director. Doğan graduated with a degree in Journalism from Anadolu University in 2002. In conjunction with Özgür Doğan and Orhan Eskiköy, he founded the initiative Perişan Film. He also coordinates the Diyarbakır Media Center, which trains local youth in contemporary video practice. Filmography ;Feature films *''Voice of My Father'', as Mehmet, 2012 (also credited as director) Awards ;As director * Altın Koza International Film Festival, The Golden Boll for Best Film (''Voice of My Father'', 2012) * Altın Koza International Film Festival, The Golden Boll for Best Screenplay (''Voice of My Father'', 2012) * International Istanbul Film Festival, Istanbul Film Festival Best Screenplay Award (''Voice of My Father'', 2012) References External linksZeynel Doğan on Imdb [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kurds
ug:كۇردلار Kurds ( ku, کورد ,Kurd, italic=yes, rtl=yes) or Kurdish people are an Iranian peoples, Iranian ethnic group native to the mountainous region of Kurdistan in Western Asia, which spans southeastern Turkey, northwestern Iran, northern Iraq, and northern Syria. There are exclaves of Kurds in Central Anatolia Region, Central Anatolia, Khorasan Province, Khorasan, and the Caucasus, as well as significant Kurdish diaspora communities in the cities of western Turkey (in particular Istanbul) and Western Europe (primarily Kurds in Germany, in Germany). The Kurdish population is estimated to be between 30 and 45 million. Kurds speak the Kurdish languages and the Zaza–Gorani languages, which belong to the Western Iranian languages, Western Iranian branch of the Iranian languages. After World War I and the defeat of the Ottoman Empire, the victorious Allies of World War I, Western allies made provision for a Kurdish state in the 1920 Treaty of Sevres, Treaty ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alevism
Alevism or Anatolian Alevism (; tr, Alevilik, ''Anadolu Aleviliği'' or ''Kızılbaşlık''; ; az, Ələvilik) is a local Islamic tradition, whose adherents follow the mystical Alevi Islamic ( ''bāṭenī'') teachings of Haji Bektash Veli, who is supposed to have taught the teachings of Ali and the Twelve Imams. Differing from Sunnism and other Twelver Shia, Alevis have no binding religious dogmas, and teachings are passed on by a spiritual leader. They acknowledge the six articles of faith of Islam, but may differ regarding their interpretation. Adherents of Alevism are found primarily in Turkey and estimates of the percentage of Turkey's population that are Alevi include between 4% and 15%. Etymology "Alevi" () is generally explained as referring to Ali, the cousin and son-in-law of Muhammad. The name represents a Turkish form of the word '' ‘Alawi'' ( ar, علوي) "of or pertaining to Ali". A minority viewpoint is that of the Ishikists, who assert, "Alevi" was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maraş Massacre
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Maras or Maraş (pronounced Marash) may refer to: Places *Maraş, Turkey, previous name until 1973 of Kahramanmaraş, a city in the Mediterranean Region, Turkey and the administrative center of Kahramanmaraş Province * Maras, Iran (other), places in Iran * Maras, Peru, a town in Peru near Cuzco *Maraş, the Turkish name for the Varosha quarter of Famagusta in Northern Cyprus *Salepi Maraş, a type of salep from the Kahramanmaraş region *Nor Marash, meaning New Marash, an Armenian neighborhood in Bourj Hammoud, Lebanon named after Maraş in Turkey Other uses *Maras (surname) *Māras, a Latvian festival See also * Mara (other) * Marash (other) * Maravilla (other) Maravilla is a name that is Spanish for "wonder". It may refer to: Entertainment * Pais Maravilla, album by Magos Herrera * ''Maravilla'' (film), 1957 Spanish language comedy/musical *'' La Maravilla'', novel by Alfredo Vea, Jr. Persons * Delio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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