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Özgür Doğan (1 January 1978) is a Kurdish filmdirector. His works include ''
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 openhe ...
'' and ''
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 Fe ...
''.


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 Turkish may refer to: *a Turkic language spoken by the Turks * of or about Turkey ** Turkish language *** Turkish alphabet ** Turkish people, a Turkic ethnic group and nation *** Turkish citizen, a citizen of Turkey *** Turkish communities ...
after that age. He stayed there until he was 10.Türkçe ve Kürtçe'nin trajikomik filmi
/ref> 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, DoÄŸan 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 Ankara University ( tr, Ankara Ãœniversitesi) 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 vo ...
Faculty of Communication. When his brother was in prison, he started to work with
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 film ...
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 Cultural Studies at the same university. 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 ''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 openhe ...
''. The film received several awards from various festivals, including the Best Film Award at the Golden Orange Film Festival.Altın Portakal film festivalinde iki film ödül aldı
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References

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