Events

Past Event

Antoine The Fortunate: One Man at the Crossroads of Empires

May 2, 2025
12:00 PM - 1:45 PM
America/New_York
Schermerhorn Hall, 1198 Amsterdam Ave., New York, NY 10027 612

MAY 2- Documentary Film Screening and Discussion

Antoine The Fortunate: One Man at the Crossroads of Empires


Discussants: Film director Prof. Nefin Dinç (James Madison University), and Prof. Edhem Eldem (Columbia University).

 

Sakıp Sabancı Center for Turkish Studies invites you for a screening of the documentary Antoine the Fortunate, followed by a conversation with the film’s director, Prof. Nefin Dinç, and historian Prof. Edhem Eldem.

Antoine the Fortunate tells the story of Antoine Köpe, a citizen of the Austro-Hungarian Empire born in 1897 in Istanbul, then the capital of the Ottoman Empire. Drawing from Köpe’s private memoirs and a remarkable, previously unseen archive, the film captures the survival and resilience of a man and his family during the most turbulent years of the Ottoman Empire and the birth of modern Turkey.

 

Event Details:

️Date: Friday, May 2 

Time: 12:00 PM - 1:45 PM
Location: Schermerhorn Hall, room 612, Columbia University

 

This event is free and open to the public.

Registration is required for campus access. Non-Columbia guests must register by April 30 to receive a campus access code.

Register here: bit.ly/SSCNefinDinc

Contact Information

Sakip Sabanci Center for Turkish Studies
6467458534