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'Son Buluma' is a Turkish documentary film produced in 2007 and directed by Nesli lgeen. The film depicts the memoires and the daily life of the three last veterans of the Turkish War of Independence, mer Kyk, Veysel Turan and Yakup Satar.
The last witnesses of the war of independence (19191923) tell their memories. "Nianc Er mer" from orum pays first a visit to his commander, Mustafa Kemal Atatrk, at Antkabir in Ankara. He then travels to meet his comrades, "Shhiyeci Onba Veysel" in Konya and "Svari Yakup" in Eskiehir. At the time of the film shooting in 2006, mer Kyk was 106 years of age, Veysel Turan 105 and Yakup Satar 108. In the film, they remember the wartime and say farewell to each other.[http://www.sonbulusma.com/ 'Son Buluma' Official website]
Not long after the material for the documentary was filmed, all three veterans died, mer Kyk on January 13, 2006, Veysel Turan on March 25, 2007, and Yakup Satar on April 2, 2008. No one of them was able to watch the premiere held on November 14, 2008, in orum, the hometown of mer Kyk. The screenwriter and director of the documentary film, Nesli lgeen, was not aware of another veteran of the independence war, retired Colonel Mustafa ekip Birgl, who died as the last veteran on November 11, 2008, in Istanbul at the age of 105.
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