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  1. Son of the Olive Merchant: In Search of the Armenian Genocide (2012)

    Director
    Mathieu Zeitindjioglou
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 76 mins.), $24.95

    For their honeymoon, Anna and Mathieu travelled to Turkey with their camera to learn about Mathieu’s Armenian heritage and what modern day Turkish people think about the Armenian Genocide that occurred in...

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  2. 'It’s a Young Country’: Turkey and Akbank (2009)

    Director
    Charles K. Mann; Franco Sacchi
    Subject
    Social sciences
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 18 minutes), $165.00 [Institutional rate]

    Commissioned to make a film for a teaching case at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, filmmaker Charles Mann drew upon seven years as a working economist in Turkey to produce a film that captures the...

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  3. Damming the Euphrates (2005)

    Subject
    Archaeology; Environmental science

    In June 2000, the world media gave extensive coverage to the flooding of the Euphrates River behind a dam in southeast Turkey. As the waters rose, Zeugma, an important Roman city containing high quality...

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  4. Sagalassos: The Forgotten City (2004)

    aka: Sagalossos: La Cite Oubliee

    Subject
    Archaeology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0, 52 minutes), 24.20 euros

    Traces excavations at Sagalassos in Turkey between 1990 and 2001 by the Belgian archaeologist Marc Waelkens. The 3,000-year-old city, in turn Greek, Roman and Byzantine, was destroyed by an earthquake in the...

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  5. Church and Mosque: Religious Architecture in Venice and Istanbul (1999 Video)

    Subject
    Architecture
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 30 min., 2000 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Examines the works of architects Palladio and Sinan. Contemporaries living in rival cities, the two are often credited as the fathers of two very different types of architecture - Western and Islamic. Looks...

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  6. Making of a Kilim, The: Spinning, Dyeing and Weaving in Anatolia (1998 Video)

    Producer
    Janet Willougby
    Subject
    Anthropology; Crafts
    Distribution
    DVD

    Shows the making of kilims, which have been woven in Turkey for thousands of years. In the villages of Anatolia the tradition survives, with kilims woven with traditional motifs and patterns by women using...

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  7. Traditional Felt Making in Turkey: Kece, Kepenek, Arakiye, And Sikke (1998 Video)

    Producer
    Janet Willougby
    Subject
    Anthropology; Crafts
    Distribution
    DVD

    A record of the craft of felt-making, one of the oldest textile traditions. In Anatolia felt is still produced for the making of sikkes and kepeneks, saddlecloths and rugs and hangings. It is an extaordinary...

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  8. Undercurrents 8 (1997 Video)

    Subject
    Environmental science; Politics & government
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 67 min., 1998 sale: £27.95 (per issue) institutional 1998 subscription: £72.95 (1 year/3 issues) institutional

    A video magazine of alternative news, published in response to a growing frustration with mainstream news reporting. All the material was shot on domestic camcorders, mostly by activists who are using the...

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  9. Alexander: The God King (1996 Video)

    Director
    Christopher Mann
    Producer
    Christopher Mann
    Subject
    Archaeology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 1997 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Archaeologist Dr Tony Spawforth follows in the footsteps of Alexander the Great, from ancient Thebes in Egypt and the half-flooded catacombs under Alexandria, to the mountains of Turkey, to uncover legends...

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  10. Looking Both Ways: Berlin-Istanbul (1992 Video)

    Director
    Virginia Heath
    Producer
    Tariq Ali
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 40 min.

    A profile of Turkish painter Hanefi Yeter, who lives in Berlin. His art moves freely between the different artistic traditions of east and west, and he is shown at work on three large canvases depicting th...

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