Imperial Outposts: The Secret History of the US Military Presence in Turkey


Project Design, Archival Research, Camera, Editing, Sound Design by Aras Ozgun
73 mins., HDV/DV/Archival Footage
New York, Istanbul, Ankara, Washington, 2007-2009

A feature length documentary by Aras Ozgun and Amy Holmes on the history, and social and political implications of American Military Network in Turkey and elsewhere. The documentary includes interviews with US and Turkish scholars, politicians and political activists on the subject. It was funded by Transnational Institute in Amsterdam, Holland, recorded in Turkey and US in 2007-2008, and edited in New York and Washington, DC in 2009.