THE TURKISH PASSPORT
SYNOPSIS
The Turkish Passport tells the story of diplomats posted to Turkish Embassies and Consulates in several European countries, who saved numerous Jews during the Second World War.
Whether they pulled them out of camps or took them off trains that were taking them to concentration camps, the diplomats, in the end, ensured that the Jews, who were Turkish citizens, could return to Turkey and thus be saved. Based on the testimonies of eye witnesses, who traveled to Istanbul to find safety, the Turkish Passport also uses written historical documents and archive footage to tell this story of rescue and bring to light the events of the time.
The diplomats didn’t only save the lives of Turkish Jews. They also rescued foreign Jews condemned to a certain death by giving them Turkish Passports. In this dark period of history, their actions lit the candle of hope and allowed these people to travel to Turkey, where they found light.
Through interviews conducted with surviving Jews who had boarded the trains traveling from France to Turkey, and talks with the diplomats and their families who saved their lives, the film demonstrates that “as long as good people are ready to act, evil cannot overcome.”
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THE TEAM
Production
INTERFILM İSTANBUL
Producer
Bahadır Arlıel
Cemal Noyan
Güneş Çelikcan
Director
Burak Arlıel
Project Director
Yael Habif
Production Coordinator
Nikolaus Dimos
Historical Adviser
Naim Güleryüz
Line Producer
George Toader (Iris Film)
Associated Producer
Lawrence Bond
Europe Adviser
Abraham Radkin
Coordinator Turkey
Direnç Kıymaç
Coordinator Israel
Haim Yanarocak
Coordinator USA
Burt Kempner
Sibel Güler
D.O.P Interviews
Burak Yazıcı
D.O.P re-enactments
Şenol Altun
Screenplay
Deniz Yeşilgün
Gökhan Zincir
Musical Adviser
Hasan Saltık
Original Music by
Alpay Göltekin ve Alp Yenier
Soloist
Şevval Sam
Sound design
Osman Tahsin Erol
Editor
Volkan Türkkan
Ali Demir
Art Director
Selçuk Gürışık
Baran Uğurlu
Art Direction
Camelia Tutulan
Costume Designer
Carla Baer
Cast Directors
Sonat Fişek
Fulya Şirin
Gaffer
Kayhan Yılmaz
Marcel Tanase
Key Grip
Çetin Kutval
Cristi Toader
Make up
Özdemir Egemen
Dana Moldoveanu
Production Managers
Claudiu Boboc
Bilge Işıl
First Assistant Director
Damla Ilıcak
Second Assistant Director
Derya Yıldızdoğan
Third Assistant director
Mehmet Fatih Köksoy
Trainee Assistant Director
Alperen Yekeler
Assistant Director
Costache Donici
Daniel Munteanu
Production Assistant
Fatih Yapa
Nejat Akdoğan
Emrah Yapıcıer
Halil Pektaş
Cihan Abdullahoğlu
George Grama
Relu Toeder
George Mandrut
Location Managers
Burak Yıldırım
Eduadr Dafinoiu
Camera Department
Süleyman Deniz Arslan
Salih Dikmen
Alican Zeren
Umut Kebabci
Levend Çağıl
Hakan Bulut
Akın Baygın
Adi Paduretu
Iura Bustıuc
Cornel Popescu
Mircea Maieru
Marian Darie
Video Assist
Şazi Bayraktar
Razvan Stanciu
Iulian Ionita
Electrical Department
Sedat Kılıç
Yunus Kayıran
Erkan Duran
Dan Barsan
Stefan Barsan
Bogdan Barbu
Sorlea Daniel
Art Department
Vahit Yazıcı
Burak Apaydın
Dorukhan Erdoğdu
Ramon Garjanu
Master Props
Aslıhan Türel Caymaz
Florin Toma
Props
Dan Toma
Costume Department
Zelal Cantürk
Safa Demirkan
Hatice Şeker
Florentina Fueriu
Sound Department
Melodika
Recep Demir
Furkan Atlı
Neagu Sorin
Hair & Make-up Department
Mehmet Yunus Köse
Feride Arı
Ceren Güzeldere
Grip Department
Murat Küçükferah
Veysi Balta
Alparslan Can
Umut Öztorun
Selahattin Koç
Erkan Yazgan
Don Moraru
Ionita Viorel Florin
Still Photographer
Cengiz Akduman
Storyboard Artist
Mehmet Lütfi Karaaslan
Backstage
Mihriban Demircan
Dog Trainer
Caftaliu Cosmin
Transportation
Kadir Avar
Yiğit Nakliyat
Dostum Nakliyat
Paul Alexe
Alex Tica
Viorel Dobra
Nicu Gagiu
Costel Grigore
Jianu Virgil
SFX Buftea
George Tudoran
Law Office
Av.Aydın Orhan
Finance Department
Yeşim Yeğen
Gönül Karaca
Office
Esin Biberci
Emine Çakır
Harun Tamar
Interwieved by
Meta Akkus
CAST
ALTAN GÖRDÜM BEHİÇ ERKİN
EYLEM DEMİR NECDET KENT
COSMA CONSTANTIN FİKRET ÖZDOĞANCI
GAVRIL PATRU SELAHATTİN ÜLKÜMEN
CLAUDIU GHEORGHE TURKISH DIPLOMAT
SONER AKÇAY TURKISH DIPLOMAT
DOĞUKAN POLAT LAZARE RUSSO
ZAHARIA GABRIEL ALBERT SAUL
BOTIS MARILENA ALBERT SAUL’S MOTHER
CURCA LLIE ALEXANDRU ALBERT SAUL’S FRIEND
ÇAĞLA ÇAKAR MIREILLE FRANSMAN
SENEM KALENDER MIREILLE FRANSMAN’S MOTHER
RENAN GÖKSAL BELLA LUSTYK
KARYA FİLİZ MARCELLE ARDITTI
İLAYDA KILIÇ CLAIRE ARDITTI
BATUR BELİRDİ NESIM ARDITTI
CATALIN RONCESCU IZI KASTARYANO
CEYDA ÇINAR BELLA LUSTYK’S MOTHER
MRRIUS TOMECU BELLA LUSTYK’S FATHER
NİHAN DEMİRGÖREN ARDITTI’S MOTHER
OLGA GAVRIL IZI KASTARYANO’S MOTHER
POPESCY ROBERT ALEX IZI KASTARYANO’S FATHER
HİCRAN DEMİR YOUNG MOTHER
SEMRA DİNÇER FRENCH WOMAN
MAXIM DONICI LITTLE BOY IN THE TRAIN
ANDEEA OTILLA BUTIAC LITTLE GIRL
VLANCU MARIUS SHOP OWNER
EYLEM SERVER ÜNÜVAR TURKISH OFFICER
KORHAN OKAY TURKISH OFFICER
MITEL FLORIN GERMAN GENERAL
CLODEANU MIHAI GERMAN GENERAL
MITEA PUIU GERMAN GENERAL
GRIGORE GHEORHE GESTAPO
TAHSİN NUROĞLU
CAN ERSOY HIGH RANK GERMAN SOLDIER
ALEYNA İLERİ
ANTHONY MC KINLEY
AZMİ TÜRETKEN
AZRA AKIN
BERRİN BIÇAK
CEM DÜZGÜN
DEMET BUDUN
ENGİN KUDUĞ
ESİLA UMUT
MEHMET ETKIYAR
MURAT YAMAN
OKAN ERGÜZER
TUNÇ DEMİR
AHMET GÜN
AHMET YENİCİ
ARDA IŞIK
ARZU ŞAHİN
AYAZ TIRPANCI
BERKANT TUNAL
BERKAY ERGENE
BEYZA DAMLA ÖZDEMİR
BİROL HAKAN
CEMİL CİVAN
CENGİZ KOCABAŞ
DERYA ALTIOK
DİLEK IŞIK
DUYGU DERGİN
DUYGU KURUBAŞ
ECE GÜNEŞ
EGE TOLON
EGEMEN DÜZENLİOĞLU
ENES KARLIDAĞ
ENGİN ÖZCAN
ERDEM AVŞAR
ERHAN PEHLİVAN
ERTAN SAĞDIÇ
ETHEM ÇİMEN
FEVZİYE CİVAN
FATİH MEHMET KÖKSOY
FİLİZ TOLON
FULYA ŞİRİN
GİZEM YILDIRIM
GÖKCEN ERPAY
GÜLAY DÜZENLİOĞLU
GÜNEŞ ÇAĞLAR
GÜRAL GÜR
HASAN TANES
HÜSEYİN EZGİ TAŞKIN
İLKNUR POLATOĞLU
İZZET ÇAKMAK
JANSET ÇALIŞ
KAAN KEREM DERGİN
KORHAN YILMAZER
LÜTFİYE ÖZGEN
MEHMET POLATOĞLU
MERT KUTLU
MERVE GAMURLAR
MERTER ÖZDOĞANOĞLU
MUSTAFA EVECAN
NAİM KIRBİÇ
NİLÜFER DERGİN
OKTAY ÖZTOPRAK
NURİYE KAPLAN
ONUR DUMRUK
PAPATYA ÜSTÜN
SAFFET BABACAN
SELAHATTİN DÜZENLİOĞLU
SELAY ARDIÇ
SELDA KILIÇ
SEMİH YARICI
SERHAT KARAKUŞOĞLU
SEZAİ SİVRİER
SİNAN DENİZ
TÜLİN BODUR
ÜMİT ELİBOL
UĞUR DEMİRYEGE
VOLKAN YILDIRIM
YİĞİT DÜZENLİOĞLU
ZAFER ÇAĞLAR
ZAFER KABADAYI
ZEKİ KIZILIŞIK
ADNAN FİDAN
AHMET KABACILIOĞLU
AKİDE ERSOY
ALP GÜRER
ANIL AYGIN
ARDA BOYACI
ARDA SEVGÜL
ARZU TIRPANCI
ATİLLA ŞAHİN
AYNUR SAN
AZİZE KURT
BARIŞ GEZER
BATUHAN KURT
BERKE KÜÇÜKLER
BİRGÜL OK
CEMİLE KOCABAŞ
CENGİZ ÇAKIR
ÇAĞATAY AKSOY
ÇAĞLAR AKSOY
DAMLA ÇANKAYA
DEMET AYDEMİR
DEMET YILMAZ
EMRE YILMAZ
ERGİN ÖZBAY
ESMA YILMAZ
EYLÜL BELET
FATMA YALNIZ
FATMA NUR ÇETİN
FERİHA KARAKUŞ
FİKRET ATILGAN
GAMZE AYGIN
GÖKHAN TAŞKIRAN
GOZDE ÖNDAĞ
GÜLSÜM YILDIRIM
GÜLŞAH BULDAN
GÜNER CEYLAN
GÜRAY ASPİR
HATİCE TANDOĞDU
HAYRİ ÇOLAK
ILGAZ ŞAHİN
İSMAİL BULDAN
İSMAİL BULU
KAAN TATLICA
KADİR SÖNMEZ
KADİRCAN ERSOY
KARYA ŞEKER
KERİM ÖZTÜRK
LEYLA SMİTHZ
MEHMET İNCE
MELİKE SİVRİER
MELİS YILMAZ
MESUT ŞENER
METİN OK
MUAMMER DOĞAN
MUSTAFA ERSOY
NAKİYE BAHÇİVANLAR
NAZAN ÖZGÜMÜŞLER
NAZLI BAYRAKLI
NECLA SİVRİER
NERMİN BÜYÜKASLAN
NERMİN MADEN
NESRİN AKAR
NEVİN BAŞKURT
NEVZAT ALKAN
ONUR ERGUN
NURSEL AKSU
ONUR OK
OZAN TATLICA
SAADET ÖZDEMİR
ÖYKÜ YILMAZ
SEÇİL YALNIZ
SELMA ŞENER
SEMA ERSOY
SEMA ÖZTOPRAK
SEZAİ SİVRİER
SIDIKA GÜNEŞ
SÜLEYMAN GÜMÜŞLER
ŞAHİKA ŞAHİN
ŞAKİR BULDAN
ŞAKİR ÇEVİREN
TUGAY DİNÇER
TURGAY BALTACI
TÜRKAN BULUÇ
UĞUR ERGİN
UĞUR UZ
UĞUR ÜLGER
ÜMRAN ÇALIŞ
YADE SELAY KÜÇÜKLER
YELİZ BELET
YELİZ SEVGÜLÜ
YEŞİM DALBEYİ
YİĞİT DALBEYİ
YURDAGÜL AKSOY
CRISTIAN SUVAGAU
POPESCU ALEX
CATALIN PRICOB
NICOLAE NASTASE
CHIRAN DANIEL
GABRIEL CARBUNARU
VASILE CHIRIAC
ALBU CRISTINA
