TV Productions
Major TV productions by Hasmet Topaloglu
e "Sounds and Colors"
A weekly programme featuring human-interest stories from different parts of Turkey. It became a successful show which received both public and press interest. Directed and co-hosted by Hasmet Topaloglu the show ran from 1997 to 1999 on NTV.
"Out of Time"
A bi-weekly TV documentary showing a day in the life of certain people or locations in Istanbul. Among the featured places/people are Ataturk Airport, a hypermarket, the emergency call centre and paparazzis chasin celebrities It ran from 1999 to 2001 on NTV
Major TV documentaries by Somnur Vardar
"An Island on the Mediterranean"
A documentary in two parts on the recent political history of the Cyprus conflict, 1999. Dir. by Somnur Vardar and Dilek Icinsel.
"Turkey's Electoral History"
A documentary in four parts on the history of elections in Turkey, starting from the late Ottoman period and the major political turbulences of the Turkish Republic, 1999.
Dir. by Somnur Vardar and Dilek Icinsel.
"Memories of the Republic"
Testimonies of about 50 people who witnessed the early years of Turkish Republic with the reforms and efforts of modernization, 1998.
Dir.by Somnur Vardar.