11 Apr 2017
Blue
A thorough look at the 90's Turkish rock scene, one legendary stage band and its two members: Kerim Capli and Yavuz Cetin... An inquiry of their existential battles with the society, the industry and their own minds.
Öcalan and the Kurdish Question
Kurdistan, partitioned between Iran, Iraq, Turkey and Syria, could play a major role in a torn Middle East. But who are the Kurds? What influence do they have? Who exactly is Abdullah Öcalan, the leader of the Kurdistan Workers' Party? An enlightening investigation by Luis Miranda.
Top Billed Cast
Abdullah Öcalan Himself (archive footage)
Hugh Pope himself
Cengiz Çandar himself
Gültan Kışanak herself
Ahmet Türk himself
Mahmut Şakar himself
Adem Uzun himself
Aldar Xelîl himself
Antoine Comte himself
Pervin Budan herself
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Turgut Özal
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