Tolga Örnek is a Turkish

Turkey

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 film director, writer and producer who, in recognition of his 2005 documentary, Gallipoli

Gallipoli (2005 film)

Gallipoli is a 2005 film by Turkish filmmaker Tolga Örnek. It is a documentary about the 1915 Gallipoli campaign, narrated by both sides, the Turks on one side and the British soldiers and Anzacs on the other side.-Synopsis:Through the use of surviving diaries, letters and photographs from...

, was awarded an honorary medal in the general division of the Order of Australia

Order of Australia

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He studied at the Robert College

Robert College

Robert College of Istanbul , is one of the most selective independent private high schools in Turkey. Robert College is a co-educational, boarding school with a wooded campus on the European side of Istanbul between the two bridges on the Bosphorus, with the Arnavutköy district to the east, and...

, and later at the Istanbul Technical University

Istanbul Technical University

Istanbul Technical University is an international technical university located in Istanbul, Turkey. It is the world's third oldest technical university dedicated to engineering sciences as well as social sciences recently, and is one of the most prominent educational institutions in Turkey...

. Since his "Gallipoli" documentary he's moved into feature films,producing, directing and writing three feature films.

Filmography

• Atatürk (1998)
• Kuruluştan Kurtuluşa Fenerbahçe (1999)
• Topkapı Sarayı (1999)
• Tanrıların Tahtı Nemrut Dağı (2000)
• Çeliğin Kalbi Ereğli (2001)
• Gallipoli
  Gallipoli (2005 film)
  Gallipoli is a 2005 film by Turkish filmmaker Tolga Örnek. It is a documentary about the 1915 Gallipoli campaign, narrated by both sides, the Turks on one side and the British soldiers and Anzacs on the other side.-Synopsis:Through the use of surviving diaries, letters and photographs from...
  
  (Gelibolu) (2005)
• Hittites (2003)
• Devrim Arabaları (2008)
• "Kaybedenler Kulübü" (Losers' Club) (2011)
• "Labyrinth" (2011)

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