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The film, a joint Irish-Turkish production, tells a story of the Ottoman Empire's aid to Ireland during the famine, which claimed around one million lives.
An Irish-Turkish motion picture, Famine, which portrays the Ottoman Empire’s aid to Ireland during the famine period of 1845 to 1852, will be released in theatres in February 2015.
Famine, staring Hollywood actors, tells a love story between Fatih, an Ottoman sailor, and Mary, an Irish girl, during the famine.
Scriptwriter and executive producer Omer Sarikaya said the film will be shot in both Turkey and Ireland.
Filmmaker Altan Ercan said that 85 percent of the film’s profit would be donated to UN programs, including UNICEF, The World Health Organization and the Food and Agriculture Organization and the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement.
The seven-year-long Irish famine, also known as the Irish potato famine, claimed around one million lives due to one-third of the population being reliant on potatoes and failed crops.
Motion picture depicts Ottoman aid to Ireland | Art & Culture | Worldbulletin News
Ottoman aid
According to legend, in 1845, Ottoman Sultan Abdülmecid declared his intention to send £10,000 to Irish farmers, but Queen Victoria requested that the Sultan send only £1,000, because she herself had sent only £2,000. The Sultan is supposed to have sent the £1,000 along with three ships full of food. According to Abdullah Aymaz in an article inThe Fountain magazine, the British administration tried to block the ships, but the food arrived secretly at Drogheda harbour and was left there by Ottoman sailors. Shipping records relating to the port appear not to have survived. Newspaper reports suggest that ships from Thessaloniki in the Ottoman Empire sailed up the River Boyne in May 1847,although it has also been claimed that the river was dry at the time. A letter in the Ottoman archives of Turkey, written by Irish notables explicitly thanks the Sultan for his help
Great Famine (Ireland) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
An Irish-Turkish motion picture, Famine, which portrays the Ottoman Empire’s aid to Ireland during the famine period of 1845 to 1852, will be released in theatres in February 2015.
Famine, staring Hollywood actors, tells a love story between Fatih, an Ottoman sailor, and Mary, an Irish girl, during the famine.
Scriptwriter and executive producer Omer Sarikaya said the film will be shot in both Turkey and Ireland.
Filmmaker Altan Ercan said that 85 percent of the film’s profit would be donated to UN programs, including UNICEF, The World Health Organization and the Food and Agriculture Organization and the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement.
The seven-year-long Irish famine, also known as the Irish potato famine, claimed around one million lives due to one-third of the population being reliant on potatoes and failed crops.
Motion picture depicts Ottoman aid to Ireland | Art & Culture | Worldbulletin News
Ottoman aid
According to legend, in 1845, Ottoman Sultan Abdülmecid declared his intention to send £10,000 to Irish farmers, but Queen Victoria requested that the Sultan send only £1,000, because she herself had sent only £2,000. The Sultan is supposed to have sent the £1,000 along with three ships full of food. According to Abdullah Aymaz in an article inThe Fountain magazine, the British administration tried to block the ships, but the food arrived secretly at Drogheda harbour and was left there by Ottoman sailors. Shipping records relating to the port appear not to have survived. Newspaper reports suggest that ships from Thessaloniki in the Ottoman Empire sailed up the River Boyne in May 1847,although it has also been claimed that the river was dry at the time. A letter in the Ottoman archives of Turkey, written by Irish notables explicitly thanks the Sultan for his help
Great Famine (Ireland) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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