He is National Geographic’s local expert. When writers, photographers or filmmakers work in Turkey he guides them, interpreting Turkey’s culture, history and language. He has completed a documentary film on Cepni ethnic tribe in the Black Sea mountains. He shared their life for weeks during four summers and recorded their annual migration to the high pastures; Forsaken Paths (36 min.) was completed in January 2006 and since won awards in two international documentary film festivals.
He has been working on his second documentary film based on the undergoing highway construction along the Black Sea coast. Environmental effects of the ill-planned project may have irreversible and deadly results on the culture, people and wildlife in the area. |
