Istanbul Unveiled is a 61-minute travel documentary film produced in English about

Istanbul Istanbul is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, constituting the country's economic, cultural, and historical heart. With Demographics of Istanbul, a population over , it is home to 18% of the Demographics ...

and

Turkish culture The culture of Turkey () or the Turkish culture () includes both the national culture and local cultures. Currently, Turkey has various local cultures. Things such as music, folk dance, or kebap variety may be used to identify a local area. Tur ...

in 2013. Scriptwriter

Şerif Yenen Şerif Yenen (born 17 May 1963) is a Turkish travel specialist, tour guide, travel writer, film-maker, international keynote speaker and lecturer. He wrote '' Turkish Odyssey'' in English, the “first guidebook of Turkey ever written by a Turk” ...

co-produced the film with Saadet Özen and co-directed it with Levent Ayasli. Hosted by American actress Jessica Berkmen, the footage took more than 2 years. The musical pieces composed by

Mercan Dede Mercan Dede (born Arkın Ilıcalı, 1966), also known as DJ Arkin Allen, is a Turkish-Canadian composer, ney and bendir player, DJ, and producer. He is a world music artist, playing a fusion of traditional acoustic Turkish and other oriental ...

Baba Zula Baba Zula (also stylized as BaBa ZuLa) is a Turkish people, Turkish alternative musical group, founded in Istanbul in 1996.Erich Kocin''Psychedelische Klänge aus Istanbul in Wien'' Die Presse, 1 July 2007. Retrieved 2012-01-05. With a wide variet ...

and Burhan Öçal have been used. The documentary contains interviews with many people including Asena, Demet Sabancı, Dilek Hanif, Nadir Güllü, Nick Merdenyan,

Tülin Şahin Tülin Şahin (born 13 December 1979) is a Danish-Turkish top model, television presenter, author, and actress. Life and career Şahin was born in Odense, Denmark, and spent her childhood there. She was discovered in a shopping mall and went to ...

and Vedat Başaran.

Awards and nominations

* Best Feature Documentary, World Music & Independent Film Festival, Washington D.C. * Best Documentary, International Tourism Film Festival “On the East Coast of Europe”, Bulgaria * Best Documentary, FilmAT - Film, Art & Tourism Festival, Poland * Best Promotional Travel Movie, Tourism International Film Festival, Romania * Special Award, Zagreb Tourfilm Festival, Croatia * Nominee for the Grand Prix 2014, CIFFT, Austria * Second Best Documentary, Sunset International Film Festival, Los Angeles

Cast

* Jayda Berkmen as herself-Host rest of cast listed alphabetically * Asena as herself * Vedat Başaran as himself * Nadir Güllü as himself * Dilek Hanif as herself * Nick Merdenyan as himself * Demet Sabancı as herself *

as herself

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Notes

{{Reflist, 2 2013 films Turkish documentary films 2013 documentary films 2010s English-language films Documentary films about Turkey English-language documentary films