"A wonderful work...This film is a great success...it lays out history in a very clear way - I thought I already knew about the events but I learned a great deal.  The technique of not using voice-over is very effective and succeeds as the clear result of a huge amount of work.  I've already raved about the film to others..."  Stephen Kinzer, New York Times

"Extraordinary...Very well balanced politically...historically and artistically deep...excellent clips...It is remarkable how the story is kept chronological with very good interviewee remarks and a constancy of them...digs further than most documentaries...extremely clear and very well put-together...the director shows a remarkable talent for this medium!" - Kyle Jones, Financial Times

"An excellent film...very interesting and informative...the approach you have taken is the right one and the effect of the film is increased by the lack of any obvious bias." - Anne Burley, Amnesty International

"What you had discovered I had not known...it is both fascinating and revealing.  The US, as is now well-known, trained and armed some of the most fanatic Islamic fundamentalist elements in the world in its effort to impose maximal costs on the Russians... It also illustrates that, paradoxically, there can be greater freedom in dictatorships and fascist countries.  In Franco's Spain, left and dissident books could be published that could hardly be published here…when the torture chamber is functioning, very prominently, in downtown Madrid, or when the Gulag is not far away, you really don't have to care too much about what people's attitudes and beliefs. It's when a society wins greater freedom that the task of thought control becomes more important and the techniques considerably more sophisticated...The picture that you paint rings true." - Noam Chomsky

"What a fine contribution you have made to understanding Turkey's Republican history, capturing all its tragic and comic moments...if I ever get to do a new edition of TURKEY UNVEILED, I'll be quoting like mad from it.  I thought you managed to tease wonderful stories and insights from the people you saw, and your choice of people was well done too." - Hugh Pope, Wall Street Journal

"A very well-done documentary on a difficult and sensitive subject!  I am sure that you will be criticized by some in Turkey, but I personally felt that you have succeeded in staying professional and objective." - Bilsel Alisbah, Fmr. Vice President of the World Bank; Chief Economic Advisor to the Turkish Prime Minister 1994-1997

"I was particularly impressed by the filmmakers' ability to capture the complexities of the political events that took place in Turkey over three decades...I believe the technique of using only the statements of the people who were interviewed works quite well...One gets to learn a good deal about how different people perceived the same events through different lenses." - Sabri Sayari, Executive Dir., Institute of Turkish Studies; Fmr. Senior Staff Member, National Academy of Science's National Research Council; Fmr. Resident Consultant, RAND Corporation

"Fascinating moviemaking! Congratulations! As a political scientist I am impressed with the sort of balancing act you have successfully accomplished. I hope you keep on working on the near history of Turkey, particularly on the rise of Islamists to the power..." - Arslan Dorman, Lecturer, Political Science, Concordia University

"A truly great work." - Dr. Sahin Alpay, Columnist and editor for the Turkish Daily Newspaper Milliyet; Professor, Princeton University

"COUP is a brave, important film...I really admire it...It does a great job weaving together a very complex history...I hope that we can work together to present this film."  - Richard Pena, Director, Film Society of Lincoln Center

"Not only informative, but also enormously enjoyable...every European television station will want to show this one...it's dead-bang absolutely perfect not only for art-house theaters, but for the European television market as well." - Melik Kaylan, journalist

"A remarkable 'oral history' of Turkey and a great contribution to near history...I was stunned...there are several extraordinary stories...provides an enlightening study of the 'double bind' of the uprising Islamic movement in Turkey..." - Bircan Unver, producer, On the 20th Century

"Magnificent... an incredibly interesting and important set of people for the interviews...totally fascinating, and a real education.  I was really caught up in seeing what was going to cause the next coup, whether it would be "bloodless", how soon the military leadership would come to no good, and when the next democratic thrust would occur." - Susan Shaman, Institute for Research on Higher Education, University of Pennsylvania

"COUP is an amazing film, an exhilarating experience, and quite simply one of the greatest documentary films ever made." - Linda Mussmann, CinemaLux/Time & Space Limited Gallery, Hudson, NY