Turkish film director:

I believe in the future of relations between Armenia and Turkey, Nuri Bilge Ceylan, a well-known Turkish film director, said at a press conference in Yerevan. 

"I think that the relations between the two countries are already improving. I was pleased to see that here people display interest in Turkish movies; I think they in Turkey are also interested in Armenian cinematography. We are alike in many things, and I am sure that the situation will get much better in the future", he said.

To note, on the margins of VIII Golden Apricot International Film Festival, Nuri Bilge Ceylan presented his latest film Once Upon a Time in Anatolia premiered in Competition at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival.

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