Forever Thirty-Three(2023)

The documentary is about the first original encyclopedia written and completed in Islamic Geography. The story follows two fictional characters: Niyaz and Ekmel. Niyaz is a young academic who graduated from the faculty of theology, and Ekmel is a teacher in his sixties at a university. The two characters’ paths cross in the Encyclopedia of Islam by the Turkiye Diyanet Foundation. The remarkable story of one of the most significant cultural movements in the Republic of Turkiye’s history has been brought to life with a collective memory spanning 33 years...