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Tufan
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PROJECTS
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A documentary about the Trojan Horse made at the same time as the highly rated Hollywood movie Troy. It gives the viewer a historical and experimental approach to the legend of the Trojan Horse. |
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Children of Gallipoli is about four descendants of 1915 Gallipoli War veterans: 2 New Zealanders and 2 Turks. The goal of the producer is to reflect the interaction among the descendants, especially between the Turks and the New Zealanders. We have already shot the preliminary scenes of the Turks, their families and the stories of their great-grandfathers. The second stage will continue in March 2002 when the New Zealanders visit Turkey.
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Denizin Sesi translates into English as 'Voice of the Sea' and the subject of the program, as the title reveals, is the sea. Turkey is surrounded by the seas and has 8300 kilometers of shore line. The series, which was broadcasted during the winter and spring season of 2001, focused mainly on the history in Turkish waters, as well as sailing, fishing and marine life on the Anatolian coast. It was a hard and demanding series, but needless to say, I had great fun doing it.
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I started this project, part of INA's ongoing survey for shipwrecks, in 2000 and believe it will take until 2005. The goal of the project is to record more than 200 ancient shipwrecks discovered in Turkish waters. A majority of these ships are older than 1000 years and mostly covered by sand. I hope to record, by images and video, all the shipwrecks discovered and produce an extensive visual database.
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This is the story of King Antiochus I and his stunning mausoleum on top of Mount Nemrut. The program was shot in September of 2000 and had initial broadcasting in 2001 spring. The program was produced by Digital Ranch of California for History Channel of Arts and Entertainment. MORE...
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Noah's Ark, and its whereabouts, is probably the planet's biggest controversy. The Search for the Noah's Ark, shot in October of 2000, simply searched for answers to this puzzle. We traveled from one end of Turkey to the other, climbed Mount Ararat, visited deserted villages... Did we find the answers? Turn on the History Channel and decide for yourself! MORE...
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Zeugma, an ancient Roman city, with spectacular villas and stunning mosaics was flooded by the rising waters trapped by the recent dam built nearby. Archeologists and conservators worked frantically around the clock, racing against time and the rising waters to protect this vast historical treasure. Ancient City Found and Lost is the story of Zeugma. Tod and I had great fun doing the project. To best bring the story to the viewers, we even dove to the murky waters of the lake to record the submerged remains of the city. It was very dark and muddy; in short, very eerie! MORE...
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While I was doing the 1998 Underwater Survey, based on a Focus Magazine article, Focus TV decided to do a segment about my work. Focus TV can be compared to National Geographic Television of USA. Johannes also shot some of the underwater but I provided especially footage of previous shipwrecks.
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I had not shot and worked in HD format before, and it was incredible; I could not believe my eyes when I saw the images on the monitor. They were simply stunning. It was a very demanding one month of shooting. I did the underwater parts of the program.
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The shooting of this project took place at Ephesus and Bodrum. The project had a tight schedule and the producer, Laura Aka, did not have time to come over. We communicated with email and phone and I wrapped the shooting in six days and shipped the tapes. A true example of a rush project.
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The 3300-years-old Uluburun Shipwreck is the oldest wreck ever excavated. A documentary produced by Jack Kelley for INA in 1986 was a big success that was broadcasted in National Geographic TV. NG wanted to do a short follow-up on the project and I shot the footage showing the work in the labs of Bodrum Museum of Underwater Archaeology.
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A short documentary about seamen and their lives around Foca, a fishing town on the west coast of Turkey.
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Uluburun Shipwreck Excavation took INA 11 years and more than 20,000 dives to finish. The project is known to be one of the 20th century's ten most important archaeological projects. I wanted to reflect the excavation, the team and their excitement about this fascinating excavation.
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The Mediterranean is a sea fished to the extreme. Today's fishermen, armed with big boats and cunning techniques have devastated the marine life, perhaps irreversibly. This program focused on studying these devastating fishing techniques and commenting on them. It was sad to observe the power of these techniques as I was filming their effect underwater. I am happy to say that with the recent rulings of the Turkish Government , most of these unacceptable practices have been stopped. I wish to say that maybe this program was instrumental in these recent measures.
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This program focused on the ancient Aegean maritime activities. Yurdakul compared the ancient practices and activities to what is happening today.
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The 11th century AD Serce Limani Glass Wreck Excavation is an important INA project directed by George Bass. The project yielded close to one million pieces of glass. Even though the divers and the excavation phase usually get the glory of any underwater project, I believed that the researchers in the labs that work on the raised artifacts are the actual stars. This documentary, which I am very proud of, focused on these researchers and their thankless work.
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