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  • Watch Online / Diyar (2014)



    Desc: Diyar: Directed by Devrim Akkaya. With Devrim Akkaya, Hidir Akkaya, Fatey Akkaya, Gulay Akkaya Ozdogan. Devrim is a yoga instructor based in Istanbul. She takes part in a form of therapy that investigates the effects of family traumas, especially of migration, child death, murder and rejected individuals on future generations. Here, she discovers that one of the reasons for her feelings of loneliness, lack of belonging, resistance to starting her own family is inherited from her great grandfather who was adopted by her family during the 1915 Armenian Genocide. The Armenian identity has never been sufficiently investigated by her relatives. When she shares this with her family, she learns that the grave of her great grandfather Yusuf is in the cemetery of the nameless in an unknown spot. To fill her personal void Devrim set up a quest to find him.