Press (2010)
Early 1990's, journalists after the truth...
The story of a Kurdish newspaper whose journalists are under the constant threat of being abducted and killed by the state security forces.
- Date of release
- 2010-10-10
- TMDB
- 5.9 / 10 (14)
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Genres
- Drama, Crime
- Director
- Sedat Yilmaz
Casting
- Firat Aygül — Kerim
- Aram Dildar — Fırat
- Engin Emre Değer — Alişan
- Kadim Yaşar — Halil
- Sezgin Cengiz — Kadir
- Asiye Dinçsoy — Songül
- Bilal Bulut — Lokman
- Mahmut Gökgöz — Dino Dayı
- Ali İl — Halit
- Abdullah Tarhan — Çekçekçi Hamit
- Murat Toprak — Reis'in Adamı 2
- Hakan Karsak
Interesting facts
Press is a 2010 Turkish drama film directed by Sedat Yılmaz that tells the story of six employees at the Diyarbakır office of Turkey's first Kurdish-language daily newspaper. The film was selected for the 47th Antalya "Golden Orange" International Film Festival.
Production
Director Sedat Yılmaz has stated, I am not Kurdish, but, I wanted to tell this story out of solidarity with the Kurdish people and with Gündem newspaper. Gündem is a very important newspaper in the press tradition of Turkey. Maybe the real meaning of its importance will be understood even later.
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