Journey to the Sun

Güneşe Yolculuk

Mehmet, a young Turkish man newly migrated from Tire, takes a job searching for water leaks below the surface of the streets of Istanbul. Due to a strange set of events, he is mistaken for a Kurd, imprisoned, and brutally beaten. Upon his release, he becomes an outcast marked as a Kurd.

Director

Yeşim Ustaoğlu

Screenplay

Yeşim Ustaoğlu

Music

Vlatko Stefanovski

Status

Released

Release date

16/02/1999

Original language

Turkish