From 6 to 12 October “Golden Apricot” Yerevan IFF programmer Artsvi Bakhchinyan have been in Turkey by invitation of Anadoly Kultur Association. This new NGO has a project of organizing screenings of Armenian films in Istanbul as well as in some other city in Turkey. This time it was Diyarbakir. The program officer of Anadolu Kultur, Kubilay Ozmen. who has visited Armenia this year, contacted the Golden Apricot office, asking for providing Armenian films. The festival office suggested three films by Harutyun Khachatryan: "Return to the Promised Land," "Documentalist," "Return of the Poet," as well as Albert Mkrtchyan's "Merry Bus." “Return of the Poet" screened at the Diyarbakir Art Center on October 7. Before the screening Bakhchinyan gave a lecture about the history and current state of Armenian cinema
The next lecture was on October 10 Mithat Alam Film Center of Bogazici University. The audience was more professional, giving interesting questions regarding cinema. After Q&A again “Return of the Poet" was screened.
On October 12 all four Armenian films were screened at Bilgi University.
There are was meeting with people from film field, including filmmakers Selim Aslanyurek, Ceylan, director of Mithat Alam Film Center Yamac Okun, film critic Alin Tasciyan, etc. They talked about possibilities of future cooperation, discussing possible projects that would foster the development of Armenian-Turkish dialogue also through the cinema.