Bayrak

Köken Ergun

IndieLisboa 2007 •

Turkey, Documentary, 2006, 9′

Shot during the April 23rd Children’s Day, which marks the establishment of the new Turkish Parliament, and the official demise of the Ottoman Empire back in 1920, this split screen film documents a pompous patriotic performance devised by elders to be performed by children. Hosted by the mayor and governor of Istanbul.