Minister of Culture and Tourism Ersoy: The film "On the Victory Roads," which was thought to be lost, has been found.

10.10.2025 19:50

The Minister of Culture and Tourism, Mehmet Nuri Ersoy, announced that footage from the film "On the Roads of Victory," which was shot in the early years of the Republic and thought to be lost for many years, was found during the archival work of the General Directorate of Cinema. Minister Ersoy stated that it has been determined that the director of the film is not Fuat Uzkınay, as previously believed, but the esteemed figure of Turkish cinema, Muhsin Ertuğrul.

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The Minister of Culture and Tourism, Mehmet Nuri Ersoy, announced that images from the film "On the Roads of Victory," which was thought to be lost for many years and filmed in the early years of the Republic, were identified during the archive work of the General Directorate of Cinema.

Minister Ersoy stated in his social media post, "We have reached an important finding that sheds light on Turkish cinema history. As part of the archive work, images from the film 'On the Roads of Victory,' which has been thought to be lost for many years, have been identified."

"DIRECTOR MUHSIN ERTUĞRUL"

Ersoy noted that in the examinations conducted, it was revealed that the director of this historical production was not Fuat Uzkınay as believed, but rather Muhsin Ertuğrul, one of the important directors of Turkish cinema and theater. He added, "The film 'On the Roads of Victory,' filmed in the early years of the Republic and known as the first revival film in Turkish cinema history, brought the epic of the War of Independence to the silver screen, and in the film, the hero of the War of Independence, Fahrettin Altay Pasha, also portrayed himself. We continue to protect our cultural heritage with the responsibility of passing it on to future generations. I thank our General Directorate of Cinema for making this valuable identification."

ONE OF THE FIRST FILMS OF THE REPUBLIC