Zeki Müren Hotline | Interactive Documentary

Please visit zekimurenhotline.com on your smart phones. Headphones are recommended for an intimate experience!

Zeki Müren Hotline is a telephone hotline and an interactive web experience that collects and curates everyday people’s messages to/about Turkey’s beloved queer pop star. Callers participate in a collective meditation on and around Müren, often expressing nostalgia for the deceased icon and Turkey’s bygone days. Since its launch in 2016, hundreds of messages have been left to the hotline. The interactive web experience features a selection from these messages and provides a unique repository for Turkey’s collective memory and cultural history.

*Mobile version: 2022 Webby Award Honoree

*Desktop version: 2017 IDFA DocLab Premiere

Directors: Beyza Boyacioglu & Jeff Soyk

Producer: Beyza Boyacioglu

Web Design: Jeff Soyk

Web Developer: Sinan Mutlu (mobile) & Can Usta (desktop)

Co-producer & Vojo Project Manager: Sasha Costanza-Chock

Vojo Developer and Support: Research Action Design

Identity Design: Hayrettin Gunc

Exhibitions

2018 Read My World, (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)

2017 RIDM, UXDocs (Montreal, Canada)

2017 !f Istanbul, Tomorrow (Istanbul, Turkey)

2017 SVA Gallery (New York, USA)

2016 IDFA, DocLab (Amsterdam, Netherlands) **World Premiere & Nominated for Digital Storytelling Award

2016 Freiburger Film Forum (Freiburg, Germany)