Secularism in Turkey

Awards

22nd MESA FilmFest Participant

Selected Chapters of the Academic DVD were shown at the Annual MESA (Middle Eastern Studies of America) Conference in Washington DC on November 20th 2005. More...

2005 Finalist in 26th Telly Awards for Educational Film/Video Category

Honoring outstanding local, regional programs & the finest video and film productions, Telly Awards made the project one of the Finalists in the Education category. More...

Reviews & Comments
"It was a teachers product with an eye on pedagogy and intelligent design by giving the context with the issues". Daniel Traister - Rare Book Library Univ. of Pennsylvania	"This is an excellent documentary and does a good job introducing the viewer to the history of Turkish secularism in comparative and historical context". Asst. Prof. Elizabeth Hurd - Northwestern Univ. Dept. of Political Science

"The DVD production wove your efforts into an extremely interesting, enlightning and enjoyable experience. It is comparable to professional, big-budget documentaries ". Prof. Thomas Cassel - University of Pennsylvania	"I find that background information about different countries political histories is negligibly absent from our media and our classrooms. Documentaries such as this can be extremely helpful in bridging this gap in the classroom, and therefore in the minds of Americans regarding other countries". Megan Doherty - Peace Corps Volunteer

"The “Turkish question” is all over the media in Germany at the moment and it is a crucial issue in German politics Films like yours, that give an audience a lot of background, are very much needed". Rebekka Rust – independent Producer Germany	"This academic project is living proof that one can produce an academic work in a new format other than the written one." Gul Kacmaz, PhD.