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Peace Mothers

Hüsamettin Bahçe

For many years there has been a low intensity war in a part of Turkey. During those years state of emergency has been declared, thousands of villages have been discharged and more than 40.000 people, both Turkish and Kurdish, have died. This conflict coming until today caused pain and death of both Turkish and Kurdish children.

Halki Seminary

Kerem Uzel

Orthodox Theological Seminary of Halki was established in 1844 in Heybeliada. It was closed as a result of a 1971 Constitutional Court decision that provided that private universities and higher education institutions in Turkey must be formed directly by the government. The Halki Seminary refused to be under state control and the authorities proceeded to its closure.

Kurdish Nomads, Koçers

Hüsamettin Bahçe

Kocer is a community living without their own house and land and they are occupied with small cattle raising. According to the season and vegetation, Kocers live in tent, migrate from prairies to uplands or vice versa with the aim of finding a good one.

Water Stories Part I, Hasankeyf

Tolga Sezgin

The town of Hasankeyf is situated along the Tigris River in Turkey 65 km. upstream from the Syria and Iraq borders. Packed with archaeology and a mixed population of Kurds and Arabs the towns human roots extend back 10.000 years uninterrupted.

Water Stories Part II, Halfeti

Serra Akcan | Tolga Sezgin

As a part of the Southeastern Anatolia Project, GAP, several dams were constructed in the area and surrounding regions as part of a larger agricultural and economic initiative by the Turkish Government. Halfeti, a small farming district who hosted many anatolian civilisations, on the east bank of the river Euphrates, was among those settlements.

Water Stories Part IV, Hydroelectric Threat

Saner Şen

Republic of Turkey Energy Market Regulatory Authority (EPDK) that was established on 2001 declared a new law about Renewable Energy on 2003. According to this law all river type hydroelectric power plants (HES) and the dams under 20 Mega Watt installed capacity, recognized as renewable electric source. Government and private energy companies are molding public opinion with disinformation about defining renewable energy.

Ezidi Community in Northern Iraq

Hüsamettin Bahçe

Though the number of people belonging to Ezidi belief is not certainly known, it is estimated that they are approximately 1 million persons. They are mostly populated in Northern Iraq at Dohuk and Shengal.

Syriacs Of Tur Abdin

Hüsamettin Bahçe

Tur Abdin is a hilly region of southeast of Turkey incorporating the eastern half of Mardin Province, and Sirnak Province west of the Tigris, on the border with Syria. The name 'Tur Abdin comes from the Syriac language meaning mountain of the servants of God.

Last Armenians of Diyarbakır

Serra Akcan

According to population census made 140 years ago, there were approximately 8000 Armenians living in Diyarbakir. Today there is only three of them remained. Sarkis Eken, Bayzar Alata and Viktorya Akbaba...

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