Cretan Turks in Halicarnassus

Cretan-Turks are the Islamised Greeks of Crete. After their exile from the island before and after the decision of the population exchange treaty of Lausanne, the Muslims of Crete were scattered along the coast of Asia Minor. Today, in Halicarnassus (Bodrum), first, second and third generation Cretan-Turks nostalgic for the homeland of their ancestors call themselves “Cretans” and keep alive the Cretan dialect, lifestyle, cooking, etc. The elders remember a harmonious coexistence with their Christian compatriots, their flight from Crete, and difficulties in adapting to life in Turkey. Poverty does not allow more people to make the much-desired journey to their Cretan motherland, often organized by local associations.
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Script: Costas Dandinakis
Cinematography: Dominique Taupin
Editing: Maria Gerakaki
Sound: Yorgos Hamilakis, Christophe Da Costa
Production: Artiflex LTD, Center for the Performing Arts
Producers: Costas Dandinakis
Format: DigiBeta Color
Production Country: Greece
Production Year: 2011
Duration: 40
Contact: Center for the Performing Arts Costas Dandinakis Greece costasdandinakis@gmail.com

Costas Dandinakis

Filmography

Selected
1990 The Sculptor Argyro (short)
2001 Greeks in Corsica (short fiction)
2007 After All is Said and... Written!
2008 Marrakech (The Calligrapher Abderrahim Ait-El-had)
2008 Victoria Theodorou: The Waves that Taught me to be Unsubdued
2009 Georges Manousakis: Nostalgic of Eternity
2009 Lorca Inside me
2010 Canal d’ amour/Channel of Love
2011 Cretan Turks in Halicarnassus