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Tolstoy said...

"Continental powers without a murmur submitted to the introduction of a military service, that is, to the slavery, which for the degree of degradation and loss of will cannot be compared with any of the ancient conditions of slavery". - Leo Tolstoy (Patriotism and Government, 1905)

Thursday, June 17, 2010

A Documentary

I just got to know about a documentary movie on the great dilemma of Turkish military and the compulsory military service imposed on gays in Turkey. It is worth watching...

The documentary gives us a precise overview on the trilemma of being rotten, soldier or objector.

Thank you Aydın Oztek for your work...

TRILEMMA: ROTTEN, SOLDIER, OBJECTOR.

A documentary from Turkey examining how gays and the powerful Turkish military view each other in a complex and changing society in which military service is considered a rite of passage for every man

The Turkish army regards gays as sick or diseased and issue medical exemption reports to gays known as “rotten” reports. Gays have to decide whether to try to get such a report, do their military service, or become conscientious objectors. None of these is an easy choice…

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Yönetmen - Senaryo - Kurgu:
Director - Screenplay - Editing:
AYDIN ÖZTEK

Görüntü Yönetmeni:
Director of photography:
ÖVÜNÇ ANĞUN

Proje Danışmanı:
Project consultant:
MEHMET TARHAN

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Martin Luther King said...

“Our only hope today lies in our ability to recapture the revolutionary spirit and go into a sometimes hostile world declaring eternal hostility to poverty, racism, and militarism.” - Martin Luther King