GOAL: MOVIE CITY
Our goal by establishing this project is to make our country a world brand, break down the negative view of the people outside the country, bring in more foreign capital to the country and increase the number of movie industry educated and skilled employees.
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MOVIE & MEDIA CITY PROJECT
Our project is designed to end the perception management plan on our country which was designed years ago. We aim to rehabilitate Turkey’s reputation by producing high quality movies based on our own particular stories, starring with Hollywood actors and actresses through our Hollywood quality studios.
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VISION
The purpose of Istywood Project is to transfer the particular stories of Turkey to the outside world through our point of view by producing international films. Until today, you will see that all the foreign movies about Turkey shows the negative effects which humiliates our society. Our main purpose is to break down these negative walls and reveal how beautiful and important our country is. The projects starting point is the movie “Midnight Express” which was made 30 years ago; and its never ending effects on the people of the world about how nasty the Turkish culture is.
32 sound stages
20 acres for each stage
400 acres’ studio space
200 acres for office space
200 acres’ staging area
High technology buildings
MISSION
From this departure point, our goal is to have an advanced version of Wellywood example which was brought in to New Zealand by Peter Jackson. Thus, we will be able to export our sociocultural values to the outside World by the movie industry through an international network marketing. New Zealand with one movie produced by this project: earned 300m USD from movie industry, 1.67b USD on side incomes, an observable decrease at unemployment rates and 30 thousand additional tourists.
On-site film school
International Hotel & Amusement Park
50 acres’ campus
Long-term housing & Retail spaces
150 acres back lot
400MW solar panels
DEVELOPMENT PLAN
The intended area to be assigned is total 1600 acres which will include: 800 acres of studio, 400 acres of campus, 200 acres of housing, 200 acres of office and retail space. Therefore, the land to be assigned for the Project should be flat and able to support construction (geographically, geologically and seismically); located around Canal Istanbul Project or the 3. Airport.