Zonguldak Miners at Bahçeşehir University

The problems of miners from Zonguldak are being put under the spotlight at Bahçeşehir University with a series of events featuring guests from Zonguldak.

The program titled"Zonguldak Miners at Bahçeşehir," to be held on Thursday, 23 December, includes the opening of a mixed exhibition of photographs and cartoons by artists from Zonguldak, a screening of the documentary "100,000 Kişiydiler" ("They Were 100,000") by Zonguldak documentary filmmaker Metin Kaya on the 1991 miners' march, and a talk with guests from Zonguldak. The event, starting on Thursday at 17:00 at the Fazıl Say Stage on the Bahçeşehir University Beşiktaş Campus, is organized by the Bahçeşehir University Faculty of Communication.

The event aims to help raise awareness of this social problem, a bleeding wound that is largely ignored by the public and has almost come to be taken for granted.

Venue: Bahçeşehir University Beşiktaş Campus - Fazıl Say Hall
Date: Thursday, 23 December 2010
Time: 17:00 – 19:00

The detailed program of the event is below:

17:00: Fazıl Say Stage foyer

Opening of the mixed exhibition featuring works by photographer Alaattin Kara, himself a mine worker, and various cartoonists from Zonguldak

17:30: Fazıl Say Stage

Pantomime performance - Güneşe Hasret (Longing for the Sun) – performance: Kadir Tuncer (10 min)
Short film screening - Yapı Dili (The Language of Structure) – director: Eren Bozbaş (5 min)
Documentary screening – 100,000 Kişiydiler – director: Metin Kaya (70 min)
Talk: Metin Kaya (documentary filmmaker), Alaattin Kara (mine worker and photographer), Atilla Öksüz (President of the Zonguldak Karaelmas Journalists Association)