Director and author Cem Kar visited Turkey’s 9th President, Süleyman Demirel, in Ankara yesterday. Speaking at the reception, Demirel congratulated Cem Kar on the Unknown Prisoners documentary and book.
Cem Kar, director and author of the Unknown Prisoners documentary film and book, visited Turkey’s 9th President, Süleyman Demirel, in Ankara yesterday together with the Kıbrıs Türk Kültür Derneği. Sharing details about the Unknown Prisoners project, Cem Kar said, “For this documentary film and book, which tell the story of journalists and Turks who helped Turkish Cypriots struggling to be recognized, everyone who experienced the incident was contacted, and this little-known event came to light through the project.”
THANKS FROM DEMİREL: After Cem Kar’s introductory remarks, the 9th President, Süleyman Demirel, thanked him for his work and said, “It is gratifying that you have undertaken such a project as a young journalist.” The Unknown Prisoners documentary film and book, which recount an unknown event that took place immediately after Turkey’s first operation in Cyprus on July 20, 1974, were presented to the public in İzmir on October 11 and in Ankara on October 13.