Evet-Ja (English)

Evet-Ja
"A look inside the German-Turkish marriages in Germany"

Main Topics of the Documentary

1. Germans and Turks
2. German-Turkish marriages (Intro)
3. Family and society response to German-Turkish marriages
4. The Turkish image in Germany
5. Turkish workers in Germany. A short history. Germany in the 60's. Workforce emigration.
6. Two different cultures. Parallel lives. The formation of parallel worlds.
7. 2nd and 3rd generation Turks in Germany.
8. Education, integration and adaptation problems)
9. Where the German and Turkish governments late or failed to act
10. How the main cultural differences affect the marriages.
11. How the religious differences affect the marriages.
12. How the language differences affect the marriages.
13. German-Turkish couples and their children...
14. Summary and Conclusions.

The shooting of the documentary took place on location in Frankfurt, Darmstadt, Mannheim, Heidelberg and Berlin of Germany. Later into the production two days of shooting took place in Istanbul, Turkey. Interviews were conducted with both German and Turkish couples, sociologists, marriage counsellers and lawyers. We then proceeded with scriptwriting combining the information we gathered through our documentation work with the interviews we conducted.

The documentary is shot digitally in High Definition (HD; 1920x1080 resolution). Upon request the tapes will be converted to other standarts and made ready for airing.

Duration: 40 Minutes
Language: Turkish/German with accompanying subtitles