Forever Thirty-Three

Forever Thirty-Three (2024)

Documentary

Forever Thirty-Three refers to the first original encyclopedia written and completed about the 1500-year journey of Islamic culture and civilization in the Islamic geography. The story follows two fictional characters: Niyaz and Ekmel. Niyaz is a young academic who graduated from the faculty of theology, and Ekmel is a teacher in his sixties at a university. The two characters’ paths cross in the Encyclopedia of Islam by the Turkiye Diyanet Foundation. The remarkable story of one of the most significant cultural movements in Turkiye’s history has been brought to life with a collective memory spanning 33 years...

Director: Murat Pay

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	Hüseyin Soysalan as Ekmel
	Birhan Tut as Niyaz
	Kübra Tüzgün as Sacide
	Mehmet Beyazıt Uzgaş as Tailor Yakup
	Barçın Çalış as Erol
	Mert Asker as Baki
	İsmail Düvenci as Ömer Hodja / The Old Author
	İlhan Görmek as Tomb Keeper
	Mustafa Karaoğlu as Mullah Kasım
	Muttalip Müjdeci as Article Author
	Alper Banko as Inspector
	Reyhan Nur Çalıkoğlu as Female Researcher
	Koray Kuru as Salih
	İnci Cevher Uzgaş as Salih's Wife
	Abdullah Kurt as Subscriber #1
	Zeki Ocak as Subscriber #2 (Mr. Yavuz)
	Doğukan Töngel as Young Selim
	Ahmet Akif Baştürk as Child Selim
	Bulut Güneş as Postman
	Emre Coşkun as Tailor's Apprentice
	Hamit Zengin as Foundation Employee
	Veysel Tekneci as Stationer
	Hüseyin Özkaya as Butcher
	Serhat Aslaner as Presenter
	Samet Aydemir as Cook
	İrfan Saraca as Tea Vendor
	Yakup Kabaoğlu as Tailor (El)

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