Edition 5 · 6 April 2019 · Zorlu PSM Ana Sahne
Breaking Point
2019
Fifth year. Three sessions: Be Aware · Demand Change · Towards the Future with Hope, Together.
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Aykut Kadir Kurt
“Do You Want to Be a Hero?”
Become Aware
Buket Ela Demirel
“My Journey to Find Myself”
Demand Change
Didem Kalaycıoğlu Birol
“Someone Is Watching Us”
Demand Change
Erkin Şahinöz
“Is Geography Destiny?”
Become Aware
Güray Ervin
“Stories Behind the Camera”
Demand Change
Merve Ayyüce Kızrak
“AI and People, Hand in Hand”
Toward the Future with Hope, Together
Serhat Ünal
“No Shame: We Need to Talk About This”
Become Aware
Şerif Kaynar
“Tips for Catching Luck Rockets”
Toward the Future with Hope, Together
Tanem Sivar Dirvana
“A Life, Not Property!”
Demand Change
Uluç Kadıoğlu
“To Harvard with Worms”
Toward the Future with Hope, Together
Umay Yılmaz
“My Plan to Save the World”
Toward the Future with Hope, Together
Vittorio (Vito) Zagaia
“Staying Takes Courage!”
Demand Change
Yunus Sezener
“Would You Like to Fall in Love with Yourself?”
Become Aware
Zümra Atalay
“Here and Now”
Become Aware
Chromas
“Music Adds Colour (1)”
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Batuhan Çevik
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Ali Ergin Koşar
Batuhan Erman
Begüm Pektaş
Billur Bozkurt
Buse Eroğlu
Ekin İnanç
Enes Yüksel
Halil İbrahim Öcük
Hasan Mert İnce
İnci Seda Cankurtaran- İrem Koskos
İzel Eskicioğlu- Liza Cancik
Mina Aden Doğan
Mustafa Doğrul- Mustafa Oğuz Karslı
Ogün Okay
Pırıl Sezgin- Polen Eylül Demir
Recep Anıl Aydemir
Sarp Yarkın Dikmen
Seda Yassıoğlu
Sena Karakebelioğlu
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