Season 1

An analytical look at the important events and personalities of our recent history through archives. Revealing information hidden in photographs, films and newspapers, The Spirit of History shares this information with …

In this episode of The Spirit of History, we take a look at the Sultanahmet Rallies organized in 1919.

In this episode of The Spirit of History, we follow the life of Abdülmecid Efendi, the last Islamic Caliph of the Ottoman Empire.

In this episode of The Spirit of History, we watch footage of refugees who migrated to Istanbul after the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia.

In this episode of The Spirit of History, we came across a familiar face in New Zealand's film archives from the First World War: Halide Edib Adıvar.

In this episode of The Spirit of History, we examine two short films from the Macedonian film archive. We go on a historical journey with the famous Manaki Brothers filming in Bitola.

In this section, we will take a look at the recordings of Sultan Abdülhamid II's Friday Salute at the Hamidiye Mosque, which were filmed in September 1908 on the 2nd Friday of the Constitutional Monarchy and screened in…

Archival records show Mustafa Kemal Pasha addressing the Americans at Gazi Forest Farm.

With The Spirit of History, we go back to the period when Istanbul was occupied with the Armistice of Mondros signed at the end of the First World War. We witness the conflicts, the alliances that were formed and broken…

In this episode of The Spirit of History, we first go back to February 8, 1919 and witness what happened before and after the occupation of Istanbul.

With The Spirit of History, we are discussing 3 different films recorded during World War I that reflect the functioning of bread factories in the Golden Horn and Nişantaşı.

In this episode of The Spirit of History, we watch the coal train being welcomed in Ankara on November 19, 1936, along with archival footage of the importance of coal in those years.

In this episode of The Spirit of History, we watch archival footage of the sword ceremony of Sultan Vahdettin, which took place on September 1, 1918 and was the last sword procession held in Istanbul.

In this episode, we see how Ramadan is experienced in cities from Van to Izmir, from Istanbul to Sinop, and learn about the place of Ramadan and the feast in our culture from Tanzimat to the present day.

In this episode of The Spirit of History, we watch archive footage of Kaiser Wilhelm II's last visit to Istanbul in 1917.

In this episode of The Spirit of History, we watch archival footage from the construction of the Ankara-Erzurum railway line in 1916-1918.

In this episode of The Spirit of History, we watch a caravan of tourists visiting our country in the 1920s in footage from the Dutch film archive, and learn about the nature of travel and the identity of travelers from …

In this episode of The Spirit of History, we watch the footage of the visit of the Austro-Hungarian Emperor Karl I and his wife Empress Zita to Istanbul on May 19-21, 1918.

In this episode of The Spirit of History, we are watching archival footage that we guess was taken during the last years of World War I. In the footage from different districts of Istanbul, we witness human landscapes, …

In The Spirit of History, we examine archival footage from October 26-29, 1930, obtained from the Ministry of Culture and Tourism General Directorate of Cinema and TRT Archive. During the train journey from Istanbul Hay…

In this episode of The Spirit of History, we watch footage of the visit of Reza Pahlavi, the Shah of Iran, to Turkey in June 1934. An important feature of the footage shot in Ankara and Istanbul is that Mustafa Kemal At…

In this episode of The Spirit of History, we examine two different archival recordings, one an audio newsreel and the other a documentary filmed by a film crew directed by Yulkevic. In the footage, the 10th anniversary …

In this episode of The Spirit of History, we examine the footage from the movie “Ankara is the Heart of Turkey”, which we watched in the previous episode. Prepared by the Soviet film crew, the work also covers the 10th …

The images we will examine in this episode of The Spirit of History are based on Kut al-Amara, which resulted in the Ottoman victory during World War I. Filmed in 1916 and 1917 in Istanbul, Bursa and Eskişehir, the foot…

In this episode of The Spirit of History, archival footage taken by Sigmund Weinberg and Ferit İbrahim Bey in the winter of 1916-17 shows the campaign on the Romanian front and the view of Bucharest afterwards.

In this episode of The Spirit of History, we examine the army's entry into Izmir in 1922 and Mustafa Kemal Atatürk's visit to Izmir in 1923 through actual footage and reenactments in films recorded in and around Izmir.

In this episode of The Spirit of History, we bring to the screens footage recorded in Çanakkale and Istanbul in 1936 and watch the visit of King Edward VIII of England to Turkey.

In this episode of The Spirit of History, we are with you with a selection of films shot on various dates between 1934 and 1944. Filmed by the General Directorate of Press and Publications, the images show the orderly f…

In this episode of The Spirit of History, we watch footage shot between 1916-18, during World War I, and take a look at the working life of women workers in military factories in Istanbul.

In this episode of The Spirit of History, we examine the images taken by Mahir Galib's Mehasin Photography and Cinema Workshop on October 2, 1922; we watch the scene in Ankara before the Great Offensive and Atatürk's re…

In this episode of The Spirit of History, we take a look at archival footage taken in Iskenderun and Antakya on July 22-23, 1939, and watch the ceremonies held after Hatay joined Turkey

In this episode of The Spirit of History, we watch the first examples of national cinema filmed by the Disabled Veterans Committee in locations such as Topkapı Palace and Gülhane Park between 1917 and 1920.

In this episode of The Spirit of History, we watch footage from the Republic Day celebrations in Ankara in 1930, 1933 and 1937.

In this episode of The Spirit of History, we go to 1930s Ankara, to the Exhibition House, which is today the Opera House. The footage from October 30, 1934 shows the opening of the Exhibition House, and the footage from…

In this episode of The Spirit of History, we watch the funeral ceremonies of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk in Ankara and Istanbul on November 19, 1938 and November 21, 1938

In this episode of The Spirit of History, we examine the status of Ottoman aviators and aviation facilities in archival footage shot in Istanbul and Suşehri

In this episode of The Spirit of History, we discuss the 1934 local elections, with footage from Istanbul on September 30 and October 1, 1934 and Ankara on October 10, 1934.

In this episode of The Spirit of History, we watch some important moments of the construction of Anıtkabir in two films shot in Ankara on April 1, 1942 and November 10, 1953, and archival footage presumably taken in the…

In this episode of The Spirit of History, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk's journey to identify problems on the spot, filmed on November 17, 1930 and March 9, 1931 in various cities in Central Anatolia, the Black Sea, Marmara, Me…

In this episode of The Spirit of History, we watch the welcoming ceremony in Ankara for Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, who returned from the Great Offensive, in footage shot on October 2, 1922.

In this episode of The Spirit of History, we watch footage taken by the cameramen of the Central Cinema Department and estimated to be from 1918, and watch Deputy Commander-in-Chief Enver Pasha and Prince Ömer Faruk Eff…

In this episode of The Spirit of History, we examine the visit of US naval vessels to Istanbul in April 1946 and May 1947 with archival footage shot in Washington and Istanbul.

In this episode of The Spirit of History, we see Mustafa Kemal Atatürk being welcomed and paraded during his visit to Konya in footage presumably taken on October 17, 1925 or May 18, 1926.

In this episode of The Spirit of History, we take a look at the parade organized by the students of girls' and boys' teacher schools, kindergartens and imam hatip schools during Atatürk's visit to Konya on October 17, 1…

In this episode of The Spirit of History, we examine footage from a ceremony attended by schools in Sarayburnu, Istanbul, which we believe was recorded between 1939 and 1950.

In this episode of The Spirit of History, we follow life in the Spice Bazaar, which was featured in the programs “From Past to Present” and “Grand Bazaars” broadcast on TRT in 1977 and 1978.

In this episode of The Spirit of History, we examine two films from 1943 and 1947: First, we examine the recording of İsmet İnönü's meeting with Churchill in Adana, on 30-31 January 1943; then, on 21-25 July 1947...

In this episode of Spirit of History, we examine archive footage recorded during the construction of the Istanbul Radio House and the transmitter station in Ümraniye in 1947-1949.

In this episode of the Spirit of History, we will see the population census in Ankara and Istanbul, as well as in some neighborhoods and villages, in two different images, one taken by the General Directorate of Press a…

In this episode of Spirit of History, we examine the development of the Atatürk Forest Farm in images recorded between 1925-1929.

In this episode of The Spirit of History, we examine images taken in Istanbul that we assume are related to the 1936 urban development movement.

In this episode of The Spirit of History, we examine the images taken in the Alpullu, Turhal and Eskişehir sugar factories in 1926, 1934 and 1943.