The ‘Silhouette’ Project aims to relate the past to the future through space, sound, word and music. Therefore, the project aims to trace the past shadows on the walls of the prominent buildings, to hear their whispers and screams. Silhouette looks for the human being who had transferred his inner spirit to these spaces by means of a melody, a word or a sound. The project remembers the past, dreams the future.
Parts
Na’t-ı Mevlânâ (Itrî) - Ahmet Çalışır
Ahmet Çalışır sings ‘Nat-ı Mevlana’ in the Mevlana tomb in Konya-the most important witness of the
Rumi’s journey for searching the God in the human soul-to follow the shadow of Şems-i Tebrizi with the glory
of the Prophet Muhammed.
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Gel Dilber Ağlatma Beni – Muharrem Temiz Cengiz Özkan
In the mystical imagination of XIII. Century philosopher Hacı Bektaş Veli the shadows miss the
faces, the millers miss the light and the rains miss the oceans through the inner voices of Muharrem Temiz
and Cengiz Özkan.
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San Ta Marmara Tis Polis – Derya Türkan
Halki Theological School-the important centre regarding the ancient belief systems of Anatolia,
looks for the past shadows through a folk song from the Greek community of İstanbul by the kemenche of Derya
Türkan.
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Eklemedir Koca Konak – Nidâ Ateş Cenk Güray Ali Fuat Aydın
"The ancient city Nysa remembers the men who had given their voices to her, from Terpandros to Yörük Ali Efe, from the Karian myths to the zeybek stories with a folk song from Aydın through the performance of Nida Ateş, Cenk Güray and Ali Fuat Aydın."
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Ferahfezâ Mevlevî Âyini 4. Selâmı (İsmail Dede Efendi) - Murat Sâlim Tokaç
The Galata Mevlevi Lodge that is among the most important centers of Mevlevi Order in İstanbul-
a city of religious versatility-remembers the ‘cycle’ through İsmail Dede Efendi’s composition on maqam Ferahfeza
by the ney of Murat Salim Tokaç.
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İki Bülbül Geldi Kondu Çimene – Mehmet Evren Hacıoğlu
The bastions of the 2000 years old Ankara castle experiences the ‘unity’-distilled through the
spiritual richness of Ankara-through the tweets of the nightingales by the voice and the bağlama of Mehmet
Evren Hacıoğlu.
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Kalofonikos Eirmos - Panagiotis Neochoritis
The Patriarchate-that had collected the oldest memories of İstanbul- signifies the gorgeousness
of the God who is the main source for all kind of beauties through an old Greek Orthodox Hymn and by the
voice of Panagiotis Neochoritis.
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Şehnaz Longa (Santûrî Ethem Efendi) – Göksel Baktagir
The Rumeli Fortress whispers to her old companion İstanbul about Abdülhak Şinasi Hisar, the sounds
related to the concept Hisar and the loneliness of Santuri Ethem Efendi.
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Director
Deniz Şahin
Director of Photography
Mustafa Karasu (1,3,4,5,6)
Zeka Sağlam (7)
Camera
Ozan Can Satıoğlu
First Asistant of Camera
Gaye Güçlüten (1,2,3,4,5,7)
Ali Haydar Kaya
(8)
Editing
Umut Eren
Tonmaister
Ahmet Özgül
Text
Cenk Güray
Graphic Design
Emrah Kara
Production
Can Sarıkaya
Producer
Deniz Şahin
I wish to express my deepest gratitude for the individuals and the institutions expressed below regarding their great support for the ‘Silhouette’ project;
My masters who have been contributing efforts for my music career:
Cenk Güray & Murat Salim Tokaç,
My friends who had brought the ‘Silhouette’ project into existence with their supports:
Can Sarıkaya & Umut Eren,
The experts whose efforts can be detected in each minute of this documentary:
Ahmet Özgül, Mustafa Karasu, Ozan Can Satıoğlu, Gaye Güçlüten, Aziz Alaca, Zeka Sağlam, Ali Haydar Kaya,
Emrah Kara,
Masters of our music whom I am proud to get acquainted with and appreciate their music:
Ahmet Çalışır, Muharrem Temiz, Cengiz Özkan, Derya Türkan, Nida Ateş, Cenk Güray, Ali Fuat Aydın, Murat
Salim Tokaç, Mehmet Evren Hacıoğlu, Panagiotis Neochoritis, Göksel Baktagir,
The executives who had let us to create our documentary within the historical sites they are in charge
of:
Yalçın Kurt, Seyit Ahmet Arslan, Azime Evrensel, Gamze Kiriş, Patrik I. Bartholomeos, Andreas Sofianopulos,
Elpidoforos Lambrianidis, İbrahim Durna, Hakan Öztaner
Distinguished artists and scholars who had supported our team:
Miyassa Şahin, Ali Şahin, Pınar Coşkun, Stelyo Berber, Süleyman Cabir Çıplak, Aydın Çıracıoğlu, Ali
Fuat Aydın, Ali Yılmaz, Tonguç Akkuş, Aziz Demir, Vasili Kürkçü, Yani Kolcev, Aydın Nysa Kazı Ekibi, Çiğdem
Gençler Güray, Charalampos Neochoritis, Savvas Paraskevaidis, Chrisostomos Vletsis, Pavlos Rentakis, Evristhenis
Tsolakidis,
The Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism who made the Silhoutte project possible through the Genç-Des
initiative which is the support program for the young artists, The General Directorate of Fine Arts of Turkish
Ministry of Culture, The General Directorate of Cultural Heritage and Museums of Turkish Ministry of Culture,
Ankara Film House, The Ecumenical Patriarchate of İstanbul, The Dervish Lodge of Garip Dede, The Clergy School
of Heybeliada, The Municipality of Adalar District, The Mufti Office of Altındağ, Gramofon Café, The Manison
of Muratbey;
Deniz Şahin
He was born in Ankara in 1989. In 2009, he started BS in Mathematics at Ankara University. He started playing fretless guitar in these years. He left Mathematics in 2012 just because “he could not have enough time for music”. He started playing the “tanbur” in 2012 and sat under Murat Salim Tokaç who is one of the most influential tanbur players and tutors. He also met Cenk Güray in 2011 and sat under him on several subjects (and Makam being in the first place) and played in concerts together.
He has participated in numerous concerts and projects with his bağlama, fretless guitar, tanbur and he has also sang. He participated in workshops and gave concerts with young and talented musicians from different countries within the scope of Talent Project in 2011 Forde Folk Music Festival in Norway.
In 2016, he was awarded with the Achievement Award by a distinguished jury in the Young Performers' Competition held in memory of Tanburi Cemil Bey's 100th Death Anniversary in affiliation with the Ministry of Culture and Tourism.
Between 2016 to 2018, he worked as a Tanbur Artist in the Republic of Turkey Ankara State Classical Turkish Music Choir. Deniz Şahin, a graduate of Gazi University Turkish Music Conservatory Instrument Education (Tanbur), gave lectures in the same university during the 2016-2017 education year.
He took his master’s degree in 2019 and still continues his academic career at Ankara Music and Fine Arts University as lecturer. He is still member of a couple of music groups as a performer meanwhile.