Yerli Yurtsuz- Rootless Resident

Release year

2025

Available languages

KU,DE,AR

Director

Rıza Oylum

Production

Seyyah Film

Runtime

61 min

Rootless Resident follows Yervant Demirci, a blacksmith born in the Derik district of Mardin, as he navigates the complex terrain of Armenian-Turkish-Kurdish identity in Turkey and Armenia. Yervant's language journey begins with Kurdish, continues with Turkish as he enters school, and now seeks to reconnect with his Armenian roots by learning his mother tongue. The documentary follows Demirci's efforts to reconnect with his heritage in two countries and three cities, despite the cultural and linguistic barriers that define him as "Kurdish-Armenian" and "Turkish-Armenian".