THE SPIRITUAL PATH

 Director: DEVRÎM TEKÎNOGLU

 Time: 55’

 Year of Production: 2023

 Language: KURDÎ

 Subtitle: TIRKÎ-INGILÎZÎ

Synopsis

This documentary project named as Ra (The Spiritual Path) aims to bring up the possibilities that an original belief system related to the nature-human relationship can offer to the modern world at a time when human-centered approaches edgingly legalize the increasing consumption of the nature by taking into account that the changing material and spiritual life forces the Alevism of Dêrsim to transform in some way.

 

Biography

 He was born in the Pulur (Ovacık) district of Dêrsim. In 1993, he studied at the Hittitology Department of Istanbul University. During his studies, he took courses in folklore, photography, and cinematography at private institutions. In 2008, he founded a local newspaper called Dersim Hayat, and in 2010, he established Fam Publishing. In 2013, he became a co-founder of a magazine named Ma, published in Zazaki/Kirmanjki. He released a documentary film titled Bindokuzyüzdoksandört (Nineteen Ninety-Four) in 2017. He compiled and directed a short Zazaki/Kirmanjki animated film called Her Çi Ra Çiyê Beno (Something Comes from Everything), which was published on YouTube. Following his work on the booklet Pulur Guide, he became a co-author and publisher of the book Dêrsim’s Gateway Pêrtag.