Documentaries Inherited by the Republic of Turkey from the Ottoman Empire

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On the third day of the Turkish Cinema Summer School, the participants have met Prof. Dr. Peyami Çelikcan, the Vice Chancellor of İstanbul Şehir University and lecturer at the Department of Cinema and TV.

In the lecture entitled “Documentaries in Turkey,” Prof. Dr. Çelikcan talked about the first movies and documentaries inherited by the Republic of Turkey from the Ottoman Empire. In addition to academic information, Çelikcan also provided information on the documentaries he shot before answering questions from students. The lecture ended with the screening of the sequences from the documentary entitled “Keçenin Teri.”