İlhan Görmek

The set of the series Dalgalanır Karadeniz (The Black Sea Waves) comes to a halt when director Enver notices that the wall paint is incomplete. What is said during the five minutes it takes to finish the paint job, and what remains unsaid?

Trapped between grueling working conditions and the medical expenses of his ailing brother, Ömer is being crushed under the weight of systemic oppression and identity politics. While striving to give voice to his friend Deniz’s silenced story, he encounters someone new. For Ömer, this meeting will mark the beginning of an unforeseen end.

Forever Thirty-Three refers to the first original encyclopedia written and completed about the 1500-year journey of Islamic culture and civilization in the Islamic geography. The story follows two fictional characters: Niyaz and Ekmel. Niyaz is a young academic who graduated from the faculty of theology, and Ekmel is a teacher in his sixties at a university. The two characters’ paths cross in the Encyclopedia of Islam by the Turkiye Diyanet Foundation. The remarkable story of one of the most significant cultural movements in Turkiye’s history has been brought to life with a collective memory spanning 33 years...