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Under the title Beyond What Drifts Us Apart, the Mahalla Festival 2023 took place in Malta. The 10-minute video reflects the work in progress of the implementation of the artist's projects into local communities and the experiences of the artists.

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Art behind Bars

2. Juli 2022

Thomas Büsch

The Turkish cultural scene and justice. In the so-called Gezi trial, Osman Kavala was sentenced to life imprisonment and with him seven other artists were sentenced to 18 years in prison. „Tracks“ meets musicians like Fungistanbul and 2/5 BZ as well as the artist Zehra Doğan. arte, Tracks, July 2022

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Istanbul – Atatürk’s legacy

9. November 2020

Thomas Büsch

Istanbul’s landmark, the world-famous Hagia Sophia, has been a mosque again this summer. For years the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been gradually correcting the secular reforms of the state founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk. Erdogan’s ideologically motivated reshaping of Istanbul calls critics on the scene. ORF – Kulturmontag, 9.11.2020

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A museum for the Musa Dağh

29. September 2020

Thomas Büsch

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In Vakıflı, the last Armenian village in Turkey, there has been a special museum since early summer. It is carefully attempted to establish a culture of remembrance. At the same time, the people try to maintain their Armenian traditions and document them in the museum.

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Religion in the Buffer Zone

2. März 2020

Thomas Büsch

The island of Cyprus has been divided since 1974. Salpy Eskidjian Weiderud is the initiator of an interfaith dialogue that aims to overhaul the almost fifty-year political division of the Mediterranean island on a religious level.

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The Last Days of Hasankeyf

16. Januar 2020

Thomas Büsch

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A huge water reservoir is created in the South of Turkey. The photographer Mehmet Kaçmaz documented the last days of the settlement in Hasankeyf.

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Monsieur Doumani

24. September 2019

Thomas Büsch

The island of Cyprus has been divided for 45 years. Local musicians, however, are crossing the south-easternmost border of the EU. Monsieur Doumani is an internationally acclaimed Greek-Cypriot musician trio on the island of Cyprus. Thirty years after the dissolution of the Iron Curtain in Europe, the band musically defies the division of the island. […]

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Court Case Osman Kavala

20. Juni 2019

Thomas Büsch

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On the occasion of the re-elction in Istanbul and the beginning of the court case on June 24 - 25 against Osman Kavala and 15 others, the program explores the independent exhibition center DEPO and its current exhibition Shared Sacred Sites.

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Mosul, My Home

29. April 2019

Thomas Büsch

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Art and Culture in Conflict Areas ORF – Kulturmontag, 29.4.2019 7 min The artist Adalet R. Garmiany and his art initiative ArtRole is working on a new project: a documentary about Mosul after ISIS. One of the largest ArtRole’s project in recent years. ‘Mosul My Home’ Is a project addressing the hope and dreams of people […]

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