Portfolio

Filmmaking and video practice

• 2021 · Communing in a Crisis. Collaborative ten-part video series with Julia Lazarus, based on interviews in Turkey and Germany from June 2020 to June 2021; supported by Kulturakademie Tarabya and Goethe-Institut. Watch the series →
• Set-Up. Documentary about musician Bilge Haymatlos and starting life anew. Best Documentary, Early Bird International Student Film Festival, 2014. Watch the film →
• 2013 · I Occupied: The Gezi Park Protests. A personal video diary of the Gezi protests and video witnessing during a media blackout. Watch the film →
• 2012 · One Too Many. Video installation, 4:55; 64 simultaneous moving images of Istanbul. Sound design by Can Aydemir. Watch the installation →
• 2011 · Telephone Problems. Video, 4:04, exploring memory and women’s shared storytelling. Watch the film →
• 2011 · A Happy Turk in Croatia. Documentary, 10:32. Watch the film →
• 2011 · The Short Anatomy of a Murder. Short film supported by the TÜRSAK Foundation’s Cinema of the Future programme.

Journalism

This Week in Turkey · Medyascope TV · August 2019–July 2021. Anchor of the English-language weekly news bulletin, combining an overview of developments in Turkey with expert interviews.

Queen’s TV · 2007–2008. News producer, Kingston, Canada.

Production collaborations

• 2019 · Turkish Foreign Policy in the Balkans. News documentary project advisor, Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia.
• 2019 · Northern Lights. Additional editing for Julia Lazarus’s documentary, funded by Goethe-Institut.
• 2019 · Çok Da Fifi: Female Stand-Up in Turkey. Production coordinator and co-editor for a +90 YouTube news piece.
• 2018 · 8 – Macedonian Chalgia Music. Istanbul local producer, documentary funded by the Macedonian Film Agency.
• 2016 · Cities Sealed to Eternity: Mardin and Matera. Production manager and translator, Matera/Istanbul; funded by Turkey’s Ministry of Culture and Tourism.