The Conscript

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The Conscript (2026)

Directed by Arda Sarıgün

“dreams collapse, dreams are rebuilt.”

Documentary · 1h 06m

“The Conscript” traces the remnants of 176 years of coal mining in Zonguldak, home to Turkey’s first coal basin. From the laws of compulsory labour to the Great Miners’ March of 1991, from abandoned workers’ towns to miners still working underground today, the film follows the burden of labour carried from one generation to the next. Moving from the pit to the dinner table, from mining disasters to solidarity, it looks at the miners not only through their work and its dangers, but through their jokes, exhaustion, fears and dreams. The past continues to inhabit the city, its bodies and its collective memory. Despite all that has been lost, “The Conscript” searches for the enduring capacity to imagine another life.

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Cast

Beyti Engin Narrator
A
Akın Ertürk Self
A
Ali Arda Akpınar Self
H
Hasan Tatoğlu Self
S
Sinan Çetinbakış Self
S
Salim Çalık Self
E
Ekrem Murat Zaman Self
A
Abdulrahman Canlı Self
K
Kamuran Ayyıldız Self
M
Mustafa Ersöz Self
İ
İbrahim Yıldırım Self
Y
Yakup Ali Kıvrak Self

Crew

Director
Arda Sarıgün
Writer
Arda Sarıgün
Director of Photography
Arda Sarıgün, Ersin Gök, Mehmet Erkmen
Editor
Arda Sarıgün
Producer
Arda Sarıgün, Mehmet Erkmen

Details

Original title
Mükellef
Release date
2026-10-27
Runtime
1h 06m
Genres
Documentary
Original language
TR