Back	At the Ottoman Bank Museum Theater: A Legend of the Toros Mountains; Karatepe-Aslantaş The Museum's movie theater will be showing the documentary, A Legend of the Toros Mountains; Karatepe-Aslantaş, on Thursday, November 24, at 7:00 p.m. The film recounts the discovery of the site of a late Hittite fortress city, built by King Asativatas, and discovered in 1946, near Adana, at Karatepe (Black Hill). The bilingual inscriptions in Phoenician and Luwian carved into statues and the stone walls of the fort at the Karatepe site - known today as Aslantaş (Lion Stone) - provided the key to decipher the Hittite Luwian hieroglyphs. A discussion session titled, "A Pillar of Turkish Archeology: Halet Çambel," conducted by Prof. Ufuk Esin, member of the Turkish Academy of Sciences and Prof. Mehmet Özdoğan, from the Department of Archeology at Istanbul University, will follow the screening. The film retraces the great efforts and sacrifices of the research team at Karatepe-Aslanbaş and documents the groundbreaking work in stone monument restoration led by Prof. Halet Çambel, and the foundation of the first open-air museum in Turkey. The Museum's film program is prepared in collaboration with the Documentary Filmmakers Association (BSB) and offers a film on a different theme every month complemented by a discussion. Screenings are held at the Museum's movie theater on Thursdays at 7.00 p.m. and are free of charge. A Legend of the Toros Mountains; Karatepe- Aslantaş Director: Aylin Eren / Turkey Released in: 2003 / Running time: 45 min. Prof. Ufuk Esin Graduated in 1956 from the Department of Archeology and Prehistory in the Faculty of Literature at Istanbul University. He subsequently became research assistant in1960, associate professor, in 1966, and, full professor in 1976, in the Department of Prehistory at the same university. He was chair of the Department of Prehistory from 1984 to 2000 and chair of the Department of Archeology and Art History from 1998 to 2000. Esin has been a member of the Turkish Academy of Sciences since 1993, and since 2001, has organized and carried out the Turkish Cultural Inventory Project included in the Turkish Culture Sector initiative. Prof. Mehmet Özdoğan Graduated from the Department of Prehistory at Istanbul University in 1969. After obtaining his Ph.D. in 1979 he became assistant professor in 1982, associate professor in 1985, and was promoted to full professor in 1994. Özdoğan, who is currently chair of the Department of Prehistory at Istanbul University, is member of a number of scientific organizations and of the editorial board of various publications.   Documentary Filmmakers Association The 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, Eskişehir 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