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Gökçeada: Land of Those Who Left, Came and Stayed Film at the Ottoman Bank Museum
 Under the theme, “Social Memory/Documentary Film,” the Museum is showing the Turkish documentary, Gökçeada: Land of Those Who Left, Came and Stayed, this week on Thursday, March 16, at 7:00 p.m. Following the screening, Dr.Bülent Tandoğan, Population Exchange Internet Group moderator, will lead a discussion entitled, Being an Islander… Migration from Island to Island.
Over the years, the island of Imroz (Gökçeada) has played host to a flood of immigrants.The film tells the story of the friendship between Kosta and Mehmet, both come to participate in the shearing of Gökçeada’s typical Imroz sheep, againts the broader backdrop of the island’s history. Showcasing both long-established Greek villages with their customs and traditions, and the more recent villages of the settlers, the film recounts in a colorful style, friendships developed between newcomers and native islanders, stories of the Greeks who left, and the traditional feast of the Blessed Mary, still celebrated throughout the island every year.
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.
Gökçeada: Land of Those Who Left, Came and Stayed
Director: Neşe Ertürk/ TRT Ankara Television
Turkey/ 2004
Running time: 48 min. |
Dr. Bülent Tandoğan was born in Sakarya, in 1960. In 1986, he graduated from the Faculty of Medicine at Hacettepe University. Because his mother is a Crimean Tartar emigrant from Bulgaria, and his wife comes from a family of Turkish exchangees from Greece, Tandoğan has always taken a special interest in migration. He has traveled to Greece, Bulgaria, Crimea and the island of Marmara to meet settlers living there and has tried to share in their experiences. In 2000, he founded the Population Exchange Internet Group to bring together writers and researchers interested in migration and population exchange. This was followed by the Kaybolan Tatlar ve Kapıdağı Internet Groups he created to investigate Anatolia’s forgotten foods and flavors. Tandoğan currently conducts research on Turkish emigrants and on immigrants settled in Turkey.
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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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