• Director(s):

    KOHNE (Gunnar)

  • Producer(s):

    ARTE GEIE

  • Territories:

    Worldwide.

  • Production year:

    2013

  • Language(s):

    German, French

  • Rights:

    TV, DVD, NON-THEATRICAL, INTERNET, VOD

With Greco-Turkish wars, Cypriot crises and disputes over the Aegean Sea, bones of contention have long been part of relations between Ankara and Athens, although today, tensions between the two countries have eased significantly.

In the midst of an economic boom, Istanbul is attracting its neighbours who lack perspectives in their own country. Turkey, which is counting on a growth rate of 3% in 2013, is attracting foreigners and in particular Greeks, with an increasing number of them crossing the Aegean Sea. Jasonas Bellos is one of these Greeks. He moved to Istanbul with his family following the bankruptcy of Olympic Airways. Today he works for Turkish Airlines, which, enjoying unprecedented success in Europe, recruited 60 new Greek pilots last year. This recent phenomenon of immigration into Turkey is indicative of a deep change in mentalities: an assistance bureau for Greek emigration candidates has even been opened in Istanbul.