Ahmet Turgut Yazman

Born (15.12.1970) and raised in Istanbul, Turkey. A true believer of the flow of existence and the free spirit, with a strong practice in Sufism, Meditation and Music.He studied art at the Mimar Sinan University Faculty of Film and Television, as a graduate in Screenplay and Directing, which he enhanced with a master in Art History and Museum Science at the Yildiz Technical University in Istanbul. He then honed his skills as an assistant director for feature films, and a TV art program producer and director. Upon graduation he became the assistant director of a large film production company, till he formed his own company Gate Production in 1998, specializing in TV commercials. Since September 2005 he is out of the commercial sector and works only in his own projects. In 2007 he directed a TV show of 13 episodes - with Metin Bobaroglu - about Anatolian mythology, religions and esoteric beliefs. He produced and directed his film "Gobeklitepe - The First Temple Of The World" in 2010 which has been picked up by a number of film festivals around the world including; Cinema Verite (Iran), GZDocs (China), Sitges (Spain), Golden Orange (Turkey), Istanbul (Turkey) and awarded as "Best Educational Documentary" in TAC Festival (USA).