Mehmet Tanrısever
Mehmet Tanrısever (born 1953 in Konya, Turkey) is a Turkish people, Turkish filmmaker and businessman, who is best known as the founder of Feza Film, which produced his films ''Abdullah from Minye'' (1989), ''The Exile (1992 film), The Exile'' (1992) and ''Free Man (film), Free Man'' (2011). Originally an industrialist by profession, Mehmet Tanrısever became a producer in 1989 with the establishment of Feza Film, stating that, "I first started filmmaking because I wanted to express an idea". When ''Abdullah from Minye'' (1989), the first film he produced, broke box-office records, he was compelled to make the move into directing. ''The Exile (1992 film), The Exile'' (1992), his debut as director, won 'Second Best Film' at the 45th International Salerno Film Festival and the 11th Tashkent International Film Festival, where he also won the Silver Phoenix and 'Best Debut Director' awards. Following this, he took a break from filmmaking, stating that, "My industrial life was kind ...
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Konya
Konya () is a major city in central Turkey, on the southwestern edge of the Central Anatolian Plateau, and is the capital of Konya Province. During antiquity and into Seljuk times it was known as Iconium (), although the Seljuks also called it Darü'l-Mülk, meaning "seat of government". In 19th-century accounts of the city in English its name is usually spelt Konia or Koniah. As of 2021, the population of the Metropolitan Province was 2,277,017, making it the sixth most populous city in Turkey, and second most populous of the Central Anatolia Region, after Ankara . Of this, 1,390,051 lived in the three urban districts of Meram, Selçuklu and Karatay. Konya is served by TCDD high-speed train ( YHT) services from Istanbul and Ankara. The local airport ( Konya Havalimanı, KYA) is served by flights from Istanbul. Etymology of Iconium Konya was known in classical antiquity and during the medieval period as (''Ikónion'') in Greek (with regular Medieval Greek apheresis ...
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