Episode 1, Part 2 - Memory: "...the Gaps Left Within Us by the Secrets of Others"

Episode 1, Part 2 - Memory: “"What haunts are not the dead, but the gaps left within us by the secrets of others"

Magnificent memories and amazing fears!

In 2017, Kerem Soyyılmaz and his family decided to renovate their grandparents’ house in their village of Karacaköy, located in Çatalca, Istanbul.

That summer, a gravestone was discovered beneath the foundation of the house: “Here lies the servant of God, Chrysoula Rodaki.” They were only able to understand the date — March 1887 — as the inscription was in Greek. Kerem then embarked on a personal journey to uncover the story of the gravestone, hoping to find its rightful owners. What he witnessed along the way eventually became a documentary that intertwines questions of past and identity, but, more importantly, brings forth a story of closure, reconciliation, and friendship. He uncovered many of the “known secrets” of his hometown, along with ghost and treasure stories woven around the gravestone and the village itself.

Of course, who believes in ghosts? They are nothing but fairy tales. And treasure hunts belong only in novels and myths.

But what if some ghosts and treasures do exist? What if the people who swore they saw them — on everything they hold sacred — are telling the truth?

What if the ghosts of the past still surround us, haunting the present with their unresolved demands for justice? What if they reappear in other shapes and forms? What if they are an abandoned church, a demolished hamam, a boat carrying migrants, or a scream from Palestine?

Or the final remnants of a violent tragedy we have never managed to overcome?

Well, we believe we have a word or two to say about that in the Part 2 of our Episode "Memory"!

Because this is Skala / Iskele!

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Narration: Ozan Mirkan Balpetek
Editing - Production: Ozan Mirkan Balpetek, Dirk Tobias Reijne
Dubbing: Kavel, Fotini, Kostis, Tobi, Christina K., and Christina S. t

Theme Song: Onur Şentürk (@zermosi)
Music: Praksis – Düş, Gezgin, Bu Daha Başlangıç! (@praksismuzik)
Logo Design: Roni Batte (@ronikkoo)

List of Appearance:
Tuba Emiroglu
Berrin Akın Akbüber
Michalis Nikolau
Fırat Doğan
Lülüfer Körükmez
Kerem Soyyılmaz
Maria Megalopoulou
Cundalı Tanju
Nicola Sacco
Bartolomeo Vanzetti
Serhat Güvenç
Fatih Aydın
Mert Kaya
Elmas Köçkün
Ürün Perçin Boyacıoğlu
Panos Tzouvelekis
Leonidas Karakatsanis
Haris Sarris