Asylum on the Bosphorus
(Bogaziçi’ne Sıgındık)
Director in Person
Directed by Nedim Hazar.
Turkey, 2001, color, 86 min.
Turkish with English subtitles.
Turkey, 2001, color, 86 min.
Turkish with English subtitles.
The film documents the strong influence of German and Jewish academicians and artists in the development of modern Turkey through the stories of two children of German exiles. The present-day situation of the protagonists reflects a sad aspect of refugee-life: once in exile, always in exile. Writer, director and musician Nedim Hazar, of Turkish origin, has been living in Germany since 1980. In his first feature-length documentary film, he worked together with the renowned Czech documentarist Pavel Schnabel, who acted as cameraman and producer.