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    Hurriyet Daily News, Turkey
    March 15 2014


    First Turkish-Azeri made movie touches on Karabakh problem

    ANTALYA ` Hürriyet Daily News
    bv Serkan DemirtaÅ?

    A Turkey-Azerbaijan co-produced full-length film, `Caucasus' which
    focuses on the Nagorno-Karabakh problem is released as a sign of
    already-close cooperation on strategic ties between the two countries.
    The film tells the story of Hazar Kafkas, a Karabakh-origin musician
    who fought against occupying Armenian troops in the early 1990s along
    the Azerbaijani army

    Turkey and Azerbaijan are building on their already-close cooperation
    on strategic ties by
    exploring cultural and social dimensions with a new, full-length film,
    `Caucasus,' which focuses on the Nagorno-Karabakh problem.

    The premiere of `Caucasus' took place at London's famous Bafta Venue
    (British Academy of Film and Television Arts) on March 12 with the
    participation of Ã`nal Çeviköz and Fahrettin Kurbanov, Turkey and
    Azerbaijan's respective ambassadors to London; its director and
    leading man, Erhan Güleryüz; lead actress TuÄ?çe Kazaz; Ceyhun Osmanlı,
    an Azeri lawmaker and co-producer of the film; representatives from
    the Hasen (Caspian Strategy Institute), sponsor of the film; as well
    as representatives from the Turkish and Azeri community residing in
    the United Kingdom.

    Both Çeviköz and Kurbanov hailed the initiative and expressed their
    gratitude to the producers, sponsors of the movie and to those who had
    contributed to the project. `As I have worked in Azerbaijan in the
    past, I feel twice as excited for this film. I would like to
    congratulate Güleryüz for carrying out such a nice project.'

    `Strong bonds between Turkey and Azerbaijan'

    Kurbanov also expressed his contentment with the initiative and
    underlined that the film proved the `strong bonds between Turkey and
    Azerbaijan,' repeating the well-known `one people, two states' slogan.

    In his very first film, Güleryüz tells the story of Hazar Kafkas, a
    Karabakh-origin musician who fought against occupying Armenian troops
    in the early 1990s along the Azerbaijani army. After finding out that
    he has only three months to live due to a bullet wound he suffered
    during the Karabakh War, Kafkas returns to his homeland where he falls
    in love with a school teacher (TuÄ?çe Kazaz). Flashbacks of Kafkas show
    the ugly face of the Karabakh War that claimed the lives of thousands
    of people and that caused the displacement of more than a million
    Azeris. The region is still under Armenia's occupation despite
    two-decade-old efforts for a settlement between the two countries.

    `This is my first cinema project and the Caucasus will meet the
    audience here for the first time. That's why I am very excited about
    it and it boosts my excitement that this premier is taking place at
    Bafta, a theater that really matters for global

    cinema,' Güleryüz said. Güleryüz is a well-known musician and the
    founder of the successful band Ayna.

    `I would like to thank to my very precious friends who acted in the
    movie; TuÄ?ce Kazaz, Hasan Kaçan and Koray Mincinozlu and the rest of
    the team. We shot this movie having a great time altogether.' Kazaz
    was also very excited, as this was her first film as well.

    The film's main sponsor is the Istanbul-based Hasen, a think tank
    mainly focused on the
    Caspian region and its surrounding area.

    Haldun YavaÅ?, the secretary-general of Hasen, said the film was the
    first of its kind for
    various aspects. `This is such a project that we participated in for
    the first time. We will keep supporting these kinds of art projects
    that tell the dynamics of the region.'

    The movie will be screened in Berlin on March 31 before coming to
    Turkish theaters shortly thereafter.

    March/15/2014



    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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