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The roots of the Brukan Tribe go back to the 1600s. With a big migrationary move part of the tribe moved to the Caucasus and another to Iran in 1609. Today a great part of the tribe lives in Turkey’s eastern and southeastern Anatolia. The tribe has spread from the provinces of Diyarbakır and Van to Kars, Ağrı and Iğdır, and also, because of education, culture and work, to different European countries. The tribe has become an extended family of about 500.000 members. With the film “Brukan”, the aim is to speak out for all migrants and show to the world the shared pain of all the people who leave behind their cultural history, their homes, jobs, land and memories. Our aim is not to judge history, but to remember the things we have left behind, to revive a historical memory. The cinema film project “Brukan” represents a voice, a breath from history. The “Brukan” project represents a first with its big production, important Turkish and international names, authentic visuality and a new understanding of production. We have started our difficult journey with a small step. With our “Brukan” project we will turn our small steps into a marathon of great aims. We believe that there are honourable cinematists who share our thoughts. We aim to share our journey with those whose vision of cinema has not been eroded, who are enlightened thinkers, who are sharing, forward-looking and aware of technology. Cultural dialogue is a basic element to avoid conflict and to live together peacefully. The rule is this: To accept and respect different cultural values while looking for shared values. However, this rule has not found acceptance everywhere yet. All languages, especially those of art and culture, are for understanding and reconciliation. Culture is a passway, a bridge for people. Culture is a means of getting rid of wars, hate and ethnic conflicts.

The Sun rises in the East'
Our aim with the Brukan film is to remind the world of Mesopotamia, the land where civilisations were born and which harbours deep and strong roots. Religions, races, and species have become isolated into camps in increasingly paranoid sociological groups… and for this reason there is so much hostility, war and massacre… Now, with all our sincerity, we offer our planet which is on threshold of explosion the warm hand of the East. One of our aims is to reach out with Mevlana’s pure hand to our entire planet without discriminating according to religion, language, race or species, the other to let orientalism, the eastern authenticity and its scents emerge through the film. “Be a dreamer, make the impossible come true” has been our working philosophy and we hope to find people who wish to work with us to make this project come true and will contact us.

The Gültekin Film Advertisement Production Organisation was founded in 2000 with the aim of making good films. For the last two years the company has worked on creating production conditions for its first cinema project, ”Brukan”. “Brukan” aims to take a special place in world cinema and has been created as a result of careful and long research into the migration experienced in the 1600s. The project will not only describe the migration that changed Brukan history 400 years ago in the area of Diyarbakir; it also aims to add a new breath, movement and viewpoint to Turkish cinema, culture and art. “Brukan” holds a mirror to a migration legend that extends from the past to now: 400 years ago, the Brukan were a peaceful nomadic people who lived in honour and had no problems with the Ottoman government. However, when one Ottoman commander abused his position, a migration was started which was to last hundreds of years and was to be full of homesickness and countless suffering. The continuous and fast migration plot also includes a love story that matches the story of the tribe. The migration starts in autumn and continues during the difficult conditions of winter. With the death of the tribal leader Şemdin Bey in spring, the journey of the tribe is brought to a vital turning point. www.brukan.com  info@brukan.com