Along the borders of Turkey 1/4 - The gate to Europe: Greece
Episode 1 - The gate to Europe: GreeceThe border between Greece and Turkey is the most used crossing point for the refugees on their way to Europe. Hundreds of them risk their lives everyday again, even if once they manage to get there, a new type of crisis is waiting for them.
Bram Vermeulen travels Along the borders of Turkey. With the Europe collapsing on one hand and shattering regimes in the Arab world on the other hand, the Turkish influence in these regions will grow. Here the new power relations around the Mediterranean are being drawn. In this exploration conducted by Bram Vermeulen, we learn as much about the Turks as we do about ourselves. The boundaries make the countries and not the other way around. Borders define the country: this is where our domain ends and the domain of others begins. Turkey is a border country. A country that defines itself as cramping from its contrast with its neighbors. Turkey is non-Greek, non-Russian, non-Arabic. Turkey is the twilight zone between the Middle East and Europe.
Bram Vermeulen travels in four episodes Along the borders of Turkey. Here the new power relations around the Mediterranean are being drawn. Big developments with huge consequences for the people living there. Vermeulen enters the twilight zones: Greece, Cyprus, Syria and Iraq, looking for the actual dividing lines between these neighboring countries.
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Presented by: Bram Vermeulen
Regie: Stefanie de Brouwer, Doke romeijn
Camera: Erik van Empel, Jackó van 't Hof
Sound: Bert van den Dungen, Rik Meier
Production: Nellie Kramer
Editor:Obbe verwer
English, French and Spanish subtitles by Ericsson and co-funded by the European Union.