MEYDAN SESİ

YEAR OF PRODUCTION: 2025

COUNTRY: TÜRKİYE

DURATION: 11m 37s

GENRE: DOCUMENTARY

DIRECTOR: AHMET DUVAR

WRITER: AHMET DUVAR

PRODUCER: İCLAL HAVVA KÖPRÜCÜ

OVERVIEW: "Meydan Sesi" (The Sound of the Arena) is a short documentary that narrates the unseen face of the traditional oil wrestling (yağlı güreş) culture through the cazgır (the announcer/master of ceremony), who is the carrier of the word and the ritual.

The calls echoing in an empty wrestling arena make the cultural memory, carried from the past to the present, visible; while the testimony of a chief wrestler (başpehlivan) reveals how the cazgır prepares both the struggle and the soul of the wrestler. The film treats the arena not merely as a wrestling ground, but as a symbolic journey where courage, justice, and tradition are tested. By focusing on the power of the word, it reinterprets cultural heritage with a modern cinematic language.