April 1, 2013

Hospital to be opened by volunteer Turkish doctors in Ethiopia

A hospital is set to be established jointly by the Marmara Health Federation (MASFED) and Turkish charity Kimse Yok Mu (Is Anybody There) in the African country of Ethiopia, where the average life expectancy in only 40 years.

‘Selam' -- We come in peace

The debut feature of director Levent Demirtepe, “Selam,” as the producers of the film have announced, is indeed the first Turkish film to be shot on three different continents. The thing that stands out the most about the film is that it is made as a labor of love and with some very good intentions. I'll give it that; however, despite its large production capacities and its most important message of peace and understanding, I do have a problem with the film's reductionisms and its simplification of characters who live in conflict areas, for once again we come to the muddy waters of the harsh differentiation between black and white, love and hate.