15 Oct 1978
Star of Hope
Two part film about David Bek and Mkhitar Sparapet's major Armenian uprising against Safavid Persia in the Syunik region in the 18th century.
From Atatürk to Erdoğan: Building a Nation
Turkey's history has been shaped by two major political figures: Mustafa Kemal (1881-1934), known as Atatürk, the Father of the Turks, founder of the modern state, and the current president Recep Tayyıp Erdoğan, who apparently wants Turkey to regain the political and military pre-eminence it had as an empire under the Ottoman dynasty.
Top Billed Cast
Stefan Godin Self - Narrator (voice)
Mehmet Metiner Self - Journalist
Doğan Akhanli Self - Writer
Christian Makarian Self - Journalist
Ahmet İnsel Self - Writer
Erdoğan Aydin Self - Historian
Georges Prévélakis Self - Geopolitologist
Hamit Bozarslan Self - Historian
Pınar Selek Self - Writer
Thierry Zarcone Self - Historian
Henri Bentégeat Self - Essayist
Necdet Saraç Self - Alevi Speaker
Oya Ersoy Self - Politician
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk Self - Politician (archive footage)
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Self - Politician (archive footage)
V. Mehmed Self (archive footage)
Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany Self (archive footage)
Latife Uşşakî Self - Atatürk's Wife (archive footage)
Keriman Halis Ece Self - Miss Universe 1932 (archive footage)
Afet İnan Self - Atatürk's Daughter (archive footage)
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