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Güneş, Ay, Yıldız [The Sun, Moon and Star] Film
at the Otoman Bank Museum
 Under the theme “Of Countries and the World,” the Ottoman Bank Museum is showing the Turkish documentary Güneş, Ay, Yıldız [The Sun, Moon and Star] directed by Şehbal Şenyurt, on Thursday, June 1, 2006, at 7:00 p.m. Following the screening, Prof. Ayşe Selçuk Esenbel from the Department of History at Boğaziçi University will lead a discussion entitled, “The Birth of Ottoman-Japanese Relations in the 19th Century.”
In the late 19th century, while a new world order was taking shape, the Ottoman Empire sent envoys to Japan as part of its Far Eastern policy. The film focuses on the emergent Ottoman-Japanese friendship following Ertuğrul Fırkateyni’s visit to Japan and on the attempts of two Japanese idealists, Shotaro Noda and Torajiro Yamad, to advance relations between the two countries.
The Museum's film program is prepared in collaboration with the Documentary Filmmakers Association (BSB) and offers a film, complemented by a discussion, on a different theme every week Screenings are held free of charge but reservations must be made.
Güneş, Ay, Yıldız [The Sun, Moon and Star]
Director: Şehbal Şenyurt Turkey / 2004 / Running time: 94 min.
Discussion: Prof. Ayşe Selçuk Esenbel: “The Birth of Ottoman-Japanese Relations in the 19th Century.” |
Prof. Ayşe Selçuk Esenbel was born in 1946. After graduating from the American College for Girls, she obtained her BA from International Christian and George Washington Universities. She then earned a Master’s degree from the Department of Japanese Language and Literature at Georgetown University and a Ph.D. in Japanese history from Columbia University where she served as a student assistant in the East Asian Institute. From 1982 to 1985, she was assistant professor in the Department of History at Bogaziçi University and in the Department of Eastern Languages (Japanese Language and Literature) at Ankara University. Esenbel was promoted to associate professor in 1988 and made full professor in 1997 and has been teaching in the Department of History at Boğaziçi University since 1994. She has also lectured as a visiting professor in various universities in Japan, published studies on Japanese culture and Turco-Japanese relations, and given numerous conferences on the subject.
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Documentary Filmmakers Association (BSB) started out as a civil platform and began its structuring process following the National Conference held in March 1997. Today it continues its activities as an association with professional status, certified by the Ministry of Culture. Starting with Istanbul, Ankara, Eskisehir and Izmir, BSB is in contact with documentary filmmakers throughout Turkey. Convinced that civil culture is crucial in designing better social futures and filling the blanks of collective social memory, the Documentary Filmmakers Association considers these functions complementary to the creative aspect of documentary filmmaking. BSB creates and promotes screening spaces other than television, organizes and participates in film festivals all over Turkey and offers film screenings with discussions, especially in universities. |
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