| Filming a Documentary film in Turkey Now it is easier to get filming permission for filming a documentary film in Turkey. According to the regulation, it is obligatory to have at least one Mihmandar (Fixer) during the filming who is a citizen of Turkish Republic. General news and Special events, like conferences, sport events, meetings etc. If you are planning to come to Turkey for news or an special event, you need to get a temporary press card to work in Turkey. For getting temporary press card. You need to have a letter from your company saying that you are working for that company and what you will be doing in Turkey. A letter from your country's consulate or embassy in Turkey saying that you are a citizen of that country and a media member. Photocopy of your passport You need to give those letters and passport copies to Prime minister office in Ankara or Istanbul with 3 passport size pictures. Diyarbakir office also gives temporary press cards. Filming in east and southeastern Turkey Kurdish is spoken language in southeastern Turkey and most of the people speak Turkish as well but some people especially older people and ladies don't speak Turkish. If you are planning to film a documentary or a news story in southeastern Turkey, it is better if you have a fixer or translator who speak Kurdish, it also will make people you want to talk to feel more comfortable. |
| About me I have been working as a freelance fixer for foreigner media in Turkey since 1999. I am based in Istanbul and Diyarbakir but can work anywhere in Turkey and in Northern Iraq. I speak Kurdish, English, Turkish, German and Persian. I also can arrange camera crew, equipment and transportation and can help you to get filming permission. If you are planing to film a documentary or a news programme in Turkey and would like to know more about filming in Turkey, please don't hesitate to contact me. I will be happy to write you back. Memet Aksakal Mobile Phone: +90 533 334 77 96 memet@memetaksakal.com |
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| 2008 Latest developments in Diyarbakir about Kurdish problem Date: October 2008 Location: Diyarbakir Company: GPD Dutch news agency, Journalist Jessica Mass ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Mega builders (A documentary about istanbul Marmaray project) Date: August 2008 Location: Istanbul Company: Barna-Alper Productions, Toranto Broadcaster: Discovery channel ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Guns in Turkey and shootings at the weddings Date: July 2008 Location: istanbul Company: BBC Scotland ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rehabilitation project for Gypsy neighbourhood Sulukule in istanbul Date: July 2008 Location: istanbul Company: BBC Scotland ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Photo Journalism in Northern Iraq Date: July 2008 Location: Diyarbakir, Erbil, Sulemani Company: Photoghraper Andrew Nelles ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Welcome to my world (Documentary) Date: July 2008 Location: Istanbul and Zonguldak Company: Looshorse. Broadcaster: Irish TV ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Foreign investment in Turkey Date: April-May 2008 Location: Istanbul, Ankara, Kayseri Company: Bloomberg TV ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Turkish government lifted headscarf ban Date: February 2008 Location: Istanbul Company: BBC Scotland ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2007 Turkey's threat to invade northern Iraq Date: November 2007 Location: Istanbul, Ankara, Diyarbakir, Cizre, Silopi Company: Bloomberg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Photo journalism project in southeastern Turkey and Northern Iraq Date: November 2007 Location: Silopi, Zakho, Erbil (Northern Iraq Company: Russian Journalists ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kurdish conflict Date: October 2007 Location: Istanbul, Diyarbakir Company: Canadian Journalist Christopher Frey ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ancient city of Miletus Date: October 2007 Location: Miletus Company: Scottish Television ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Welsh men in Gallipoli war Date: August-September 2007 Location: Gallipoli (Canakkale) Company: Welsh Television ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Turkish Parliament Election Date: July 2007 Location: Istanbul Company: Bloomberg TV ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Raising Nationalism in Turkey Date: May 2007 Location: Istanbul, Ankara, Trabzon Company: BBC Scotland ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2006 Prisoners hunger strike in Turkey (Documentary) Date: April 2006 Location: Istanbul, Gaziantep Company: Wildfire Films, Dublin ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Turkish journalists trials Date: January 2006 Location: Istanbul Company: BBC Scotland ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Pope's Turkey visit Date: November 2006 Location: Istanbul Company: BBC Scotland ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2005 Milan-Liverpool champions League final game Date: May 2005 Company: ITN Location: Istanbul ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Turkey's possible EU membership Date: December 2005 Location: Istanbul Company: BBC Scotland ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2004 Honour killings and women rights in Turkey Date: December 2004 Location: Istanbul, Ankara Company: BBC Scotland ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ MRSA Virus in Turkey hospitals Date: September 2004 Location: Izmir Company: BBC Scotland ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Putting the Fun into Fundamental, search of the remains of Noah's Ark. (Documentary) Date: August 2004 Company: Stempede, London Location: Istanbul, Erzurum, Dogubeyazit Broadcaster: Channel 4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Buildings safety in Istanbul Date: February 2004 Location: Istanbul Company: BBC Scotland ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2003 Attacks on British Consulate and HSBC bank in Istanbul Date: November 2003 Location: Istanbul Company: BBC ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Turkey-UK national teams football game Date: October 2003 Location: Istanbul Company: BBC ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Possible US troops deployment in Turkey Date: February-March 2003 Location: Istanbul Ankara Company: BBC Scotland ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2001 King Midas' Feast, a documentary film about King Midas and the food of the time. Date: 2001 Company: Yap films Leeds Location: Ankara, Polatli Broadcaster: Channel 4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Funeral of a Kurdish refugee has been killed in Glasgow and Kurdish refugees Date: August-Steptember 2001 Company: Location: Istanbul, Gaziantep, Diyarbakir Company: BBC Scotland ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ GLADIATRIX, ( A documentary about women warriors) Date: January 2001 Company: Yap films Leeds Location: Terme, Giresun Broadcaster: Channel 4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Refugees trail, Maggie O'Kane and film maker Fiona Lloyd-Davis followed the refugee trail. Date: May 2001 Company: Guardian Newspaper, (Winner of a European Online Journalism award for the best investigative reporting using video and audio in 2001) Location: Dogubeyazit in Eastern Turkey, Turkey-Iran Border, Istanbul ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2000 Besiktas-Leeds United football game Date: September 2000 Location: Istanbul Company: BBC ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Struma, a 90 minutes documentary film by Simcha Jacobovici about a sunken refugees ship in Black sea Date: August 2000 Company: Yap films Toronto Location: Istanbul, Black sea Broadcaster: Chanel 4, HBO, History channel ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Galatasatay-Leeds United football game Date: April 2000 Location: Istanbul Company: BBC ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1999 Earthquake in Turkey Date: August 1999 Location: Istanbul, Adapazari, Yalova, Golcuk, Izmit, Cinarcik Company: Channel 4 |



