Melek Leaves
Die Kümmeltürkin geht
Melek Leaves On Soap2Day. In 1970, Melek Tez came to Berlin as a young worker from Turkey. A confident woman, she first countered racist resentments and remarks with irony and wit. Jokingly, she even referred to herself as a "Kümmeltürkin", a derogatory German term for Turkish migrants. Yet after fourteen humiliating years, her fighting spirit has given way to resignation: Melek Tez is returning to Turkey. Blending documentary, interviews and re-enacted scenes, director Jeanine Meerapfel chronicles Melek Tez' life experience.
- Genre: Documentary
- Country: Germany
- Director: Jeanine Meerapfel
- Cast: Melek Tez, Gülcin Tez, Jeanine Meerapfel,