Hasankeyf

The Town That Drove Away : «We witnessed how urbanisation became a façade»

INTERVIEW: Filmmakers Grzegorz Piekarski and Natalia Pietsch explore Turkey’s cultural erasure through the transformation of historic Hasankeyf into underwater tourism.

May 1, 2025

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Hasankeyf

The Town That Drove Away : «We witnessed how urbanisation became a façade»