Turkish Treasure

Sometimes the component parts of a program are as valuable as the program in its entirety. At least, that's what Istanbul-based Sera Film Services is hoping. The Turkish distribution company recently established an archive based on footage from one documentary series - Haberci (Reporter), a long-running current affairs show produced by war photographer and reporter Coskun Aral. Says Bugda Savasir, Sera's managing director, 'We wanted to take this valuable program [beyond] Turkey's borders and decided that the best way would be to present it as footage, to give flexibility to producers.'