Kurtuluş: The Steamship That Carried Peace

The Steamship That Carried Peace (Turkish: Barışı Taşıyan Vapur)[1] is a documentary film about the Turkish steamship SS Kurtuluş, that sank in 1942 in the Marmara Sea while taking food aid to Greece under Nazi occupation and suffering the Great Famine. The film was based on the research by Turkish writer-researcher-film director Erhan Cerrahoğlu and debuted on June 1, 2006 in Istanbul.[2][3]

The Steamship That Carried Peace
Barışı Taşıyan Vapur
Directed byErhan Cerrahoğlu
Written byErhan Cerrahoğlu
Release date
  • June 1, 2006 (2006-06-01) (Istanbul)
Running time
53 min
CountryTurkey
LanguageTurkish

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References

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  1. ^ "1001 Festival Programı" (in Turkish). Belgesel Sinemacılar Birliği. Archived from the original on 2006-11-02. Retrieved 2012-09-26.
  2. ^ "Barışı taşıyan vapur: Kurtuluş". NTV-MSNBC (in Turkish). 2006-04-04. Retrieved 2012-09-26.
  3. ^ "Bunker konferansı İstanbul'da başlıyor" (in Turkish). Deniz Haber. 2012-05-26. Retrieved 2012-09-26.
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