Turkish Passport (film)

Turkish Passport
Turkish Passport
Directed by	Burak Arliel
Written by	Deniz Yeşilgün, Gökhan Zincir
Music by	Alpay Göltekin, Alp Yenier
Distributed by	Filmpot
Release date	May 20, 2011;
Running time	91 minutes
Country	Turkey
Languages	Turkish, English & French

Turkish Passport is a 2011 Turkish film directed by Burak Arliel that purports to tell the story of rescue of Jews during the Holocaust by Turkish diplomats. It was promoted as "the only Holocaust film with a happy ending".^[1]

The historical accuracy of the film has been criticized, for presenting unsubstantiated accounts of rescue. Historian Marc David Baer calls it a "propaganda film".^[2] Turkish-born historian Uğur Ümit Üngör states that the film is "based on manipulation, mystification, and misrepresentation".^[3]

^ Baer 2020, p. 202.
^ Baer 2020, p. 208.
^ Uğur Ümit Üngör. "Üngör on Burak Arliel, 'The Turkish Passport' | H-Genocide | H-Net". networks.h-net.org. Retrieved 25 December 2020.

[FOOTNOTEBaer2020202-1] Baer 2020, p. 202.

[FOOTNOTEBaer2020208-2] Baer 2020, p. 208.

[Ungor-3] Uğur Ümit Üngör. "Üngör on Burak Arliel, 'The Turkish Passport' | H-Genocide | H-Net". networks.h-net.org. Retrieved 25 December 2020.

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