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35 year old Kurdish villager, Servet Yalchin, had been working as a hired hand on plantations across Turkey after his village was burnt in 1993. Almost ten years later he has come back to his village of Shaklat, in southeastern Turkey. As he begins to scrape out an existence in the soil that was once his home, he is waiting for aid from the government that burnt his home down nearly a decade ago.
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35 year old Kurdish villager, Servet Yalchin, had been working as a hired hand on plantations across Turkey after his village was burnt in 1993. Almost ten years later he has come back to his village of Shaklat, in southeastern Turkey. As he begins to scrape out an existence in the soil that was once his home, he is waiting for aid from the government that burnt his home down nearly a decade ago.
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Posted on October 10, 2005 at 05:04 AM | Permalink
Review of Return to Shaklat
A well-produced piece about a little-known situation in a small village in Turkey. It would fit well into any program including international or development issues. Good use of sound to set the scene at the beginning and a good variety of voices tell the story in a straightforward manner. I'd prefer to hear a bit more of the actual voices before the voice-overs kick in. But the overall balance of narration and actuality is just right. However, I think a bit more context might be needed to set this up for listeners than the simple description provides.