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# Türkiye
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/cinema-nomad/episode/turkiye-0rn07x/
- Published: 2025-04-26T07:00:29.000Z
- Updated: 2025-08-20T10:39:41.000Z
- Description: Film director, Sezen, chooses to stay in Istanbul to tell stories reflecting her culture.
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: Cinema Nomad, Season 1, Episode 101, #ZZZ_Episode_fc391aee-25cb-40d1-bac8-f178e4a1259f, #episode, #ZZZ_Show_f2dbdf59-b219-4bc2-bf3f-49d07ff0f54e, #v1.16

In Istanbul we meet daring individuals forging a path in a country that’s beginning to restrict the rights of women. New censorship laws have passed, which further limits the freedoms for filmmakers. After surviving bombings, a coup, and the Gezi Park protests, our filmmakers choose to stay in their country to tell stories that represent their lives as Turkish women in the twenty-first century.