{"id":4559,"date":"2017-07-05T10:30:47","date_gmt":"2017-07-05T14:30:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=4559"},"modified":"2017-07-05T10:38:05","modified_gmt":"2017-07-05T14:38:05","slug":"a-turkish-piri-reis-documentary-is-coming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2017\/07\/a-turkish-piri-reis-documentary-is-coming\/","title":{"rendered":"A Turkish Piri Reis Documentary Is Coming"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"A Turkish filmmaker is working on a documentary about the life of Ottoman admiral and mapmaker Piri Reis, whose 1513 portolan chart<\/a>, a fragment of which was rediscovered in 1929, claimed to draw upon ancient and contemporary sources, including Columbus. According to the Do\u011fan News Agency story<\/a>, the 75-minute film “will feature dramatic reconstructions starring actor Mehmet G\u00fcnsur as Piri Reis, Riccardo Scamarcio as Christopher Columbus and actress Deniz \u00d6zdo\u011fan. Can Atill will reportedly compose the music for the film.” If you can read Turkish, the website of the filmmaker, G\u00fclsah \u00c7eliker, is here<\/a>; the movie’s website is here<\/a>. The documentary is supposed to be finished by the end of the year. [WMS<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A Turkish filmmaker is working on a documentary about the life of Ottoman admiral and mapmaker Piri Reis, whose 1513 portolan chart, a fragment of which was rediscovered in 1929, claimed to draw upon ancient… More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[],"autoblue_post_url":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,619],"tags":[92,147,860,366,861],"class_list":["post-4559","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-antique-maps","category-movies-and-television","tag-1500s","tag-ottoman-empire","tag-piri-reis","tag-portolan","tag-turkey","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1805447,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2021\/11\/piri-reis-map-back-on-display\/","url_meta":{"origin":4559,"position":0},"title":"Piri Reis Map Back on Display","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"19 November 2021","format":"link","excerpt":"The Piri Reis map is back on display at the Topkap\u0131 Palace in Istanbul. 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