{"id":96571,"date":"2011-05-18T16:56:32","date_gmt":"2011-05-18T11:56:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.epress.am\/?p=96571"},"modified":"2011-05-18T16:56:32","modified_gmt":"2011-05-18T11:56:32","slug":"neither-armenians-in-armenia-nor-diaspora-can-understand-turkish-armenians-film-producer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/2011\/05\/18\/neither-armenians-in-armenia-nor-diaspora-can-understand-turkish-armenians-film-producer.html","title":{"rendered":"Neither Armenians in Armenia nor Diaspora Can Understand Turkish-Armenians: Film Producer"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Turkish-Armenian coordinator of the \u201cSar\u0131 Gelin\u201d documentary has said he will no longer be involved in future projects to promote reconciliation between the two neighboring countries, reported the H\u00fcrriyet Daily News & Economic Review<\/strong><\/a> on May 15.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am exhausted. I feel so sorry because when I tried to come up with something but it hasn\u2019t lead to any tangible results,\u201d Gencay Tun\u00e7 told the H\u00fcrriyet in an interview.<\/p>\n

Tun\u00e7, who was born in Istanbul and has been living in Seattle in the United States for a year, started the documentary project \u201cSar\u0131 Gelin\u201d in the late 1990s, which he said has been\u00a0the most comprehensive documentary in the Republic\u2019s history deeply analyzing the Turkish-Armenian relationship. Sar\u0131 Gelin is the name of an anonymous folksong. For Turks, it is \u201csar\u0131 gelin,\u201d which means blond bride, while for Armenians, it is \u201csari sirun yar,\u201d meaning the bride from the mountain.<\/p>\n

The documentary included interviews with members of the Armenian diaspora in the United States as well as in Europe and reflected the views of Turkish-Armenians and Armenians in Armenia.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is a very serious production. We tried to find the truth and gave everyone the right to speak,\u201d said Tun\u00e7, the only Turkish-Armenian in the documentary production.<\/p>\n

But he added quickly he was declared \u201cpersona non grata\u201d by the Armenian community in the United States after the project.<\/p>\n

\u201cI also received positive critics. I am telling the truth,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Tun\u00e7, however, was pessimistic over the course of the relationship between Turkey and Armenia and said efforts to reconcile have turned out to be futile.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am so upset about people\u2019s indifference,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cNobody, neither the Armenians in Armenia nor the Armenian diaspora can understand the feelings of us Turkish-Armenians. This is just like being between the devil and the deep blue sea.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tun\u00e7 said as an Armenian being considered as a diaspora was making him uneasy.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think of myself as a diaspora because I am Armenian. I am also a Turkish citizen. That\u2019s the problem. It is a big problem. When you go to Armenia, they won\u2019t accept us as a pure Armenian, because we are Turkish citizens. When we go to Turkey, they don\u2019t like us because we are Armenian. We are in-between you know. It is so difficult,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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