They Demolished Our Wall Too

Erscheinungsjahr

2026

Verfügbare Sprachen

German,English

Regie

Nihat Gültekin

Production

Nihat Gültekin

Laufzeit

29 min

This documentary recounts the tragic story of a man through the memories of the 1930 Zilan Valley Massacre. At the age of eight, he has a dream in which he sees the massacre site—a devastated place where villagers and their horses appear before him. In that dream, he vows to protect the site when he grows up. Seventy-five years later, near the end of his life, he builds a stone memorial wall at a place called Ada Xeybê with his own resources, hoping to preserve the memory of the victims. One morning, however, the state demolishes the wall in an attempt to erase the traces of the massacre. The film explores the destruction of collective memory, the suppression of remembrance, and the painful truth that remains behind the fallen wall.