PROJECTS
ERGENE:
THIS IS NOT A CREEK!
16.21’ / 2022
The industrial area, which moved from Istanbul to TekirdaÄŸ and developed unplanned along the D-100 highway, has been polluting the air, water and soil of the Ergene Basin since the 1970s. Residents of the region and experts talk about the effects of pollution on public health, environment, and agriculture, which is an important source of income of the region
14.14’ / 2022
The textile industry, which is one of the locomotives of the Turkish economy, has a bleeding wound which has been deepening lately: Illegal employment. The documentary focuses on textile workers working under precarious working conditions.
OUT OF SIGHT:
INFORMAL
Announced as an alternative waterway to the Bosphorus and a gigantic new city project, Canal Istanbul opens the north of Istanbul for construction: it threatens various ecosystems such as sea, coast, dune, forest, agricultural land, pasture, and wetlands. The project, which will transform an area of Istanbul with approximately 8 million inhabitants into an island, is expected to attract 1.2 million new population to the region that it will pass through. So, what will Istanbul leave to the future generations?
9.30’ /2021
CANAL ISTANBUL THE CONSTRUCTION OF A DEMOLITION
A pit in the middle of Izmir. But it wasn’t always a pit. The story of the transformation of urban politics in Turkey after 1980 and the privatization of a public land.
25.28’ / 2022
THE PIT
OF BASMANE
Sebzeciler village, located in the Yusufeli district of Artvin, has been grappling with the destruction caused by the construction of the Artvin and Yusufeli Dams in the region, along with the roads connecting them, since 2013.
14.16’ / 2020
SEBZECÄ°LER
11.42’ /2018
CONSTRUCTION SITE
In Turkey, city stadiums become "Arenas" while local amateur sports clubs' fields vanish for real estate. These clubs, vital for training athletes and community engagement, symbolize local identity but face displacement in urban changes. Yıldıztabya Sports Club in Gaziosmanpaşa shares this plight, mirroring amateur football lovers' struggles.
MASTER ARTIN
13.50’ /2020
Artin Aharon, also known as Gabi Usta (Master Gabi), has been practicing his art as an iron master for about 45 years. He is being evacuated from his workshop in Kuledibi, BeyoÄŸlu, where he spent most of these years. The documentary tells the story of Artin Aharon, one of the living witnesses and evidences of BeyoÄŸlu, which has been transformed and culturally deserted.
BAKSI
5,13’ /2019
Rising in the village of Bayraktar (formerly known as Baksı), this extraordinary museum offers a place for contemporary art and traditional handicrafts under the same roof. This short documentary tells the story of the museum that sprouted in 2000 as the individual dream of Prof. Dr. Hüsamettin Koçan, a Bayburt-born artist and academician.
DÜZCE HOPE
HOMES
7,50’ /2018
The Düzce Hope Homes project, which was designed using participatory design as a result of the 16-year effort of Homeless Earthquake Survivors from Düzce, was entitled to be one of the 10 finalists of the World Housing Awards before the construction was finished. After many years of struggle to claim rights for the access to land, they now continue their struggle for the access to credit.
