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ABOUTUS
Global Fetchers, team have over 30 years of experience in Production. The love & Passion for Films & Event Production. an understanding to deep dive and understand your requirements, working with your budget and delivering top quality results.
We create value and build loyalty by understanding and exceeding the expectations of our clients. We endeavour to earn our clients trust. Our growth is founded upon earning trust.
We value competence & creativity, and strive for swift execution. Our focus is long term VALUE GENERATION. The desire to be the best that is why we know as GLOBAL FETCHERS – sourcing the best deals and working with various nationalities
WHY TURKEY
UNIQUE GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY
Turkey has an incredibly diverse range of locations that can double for almost anywhere in the world She is often called “the cradle of civilization,” as it has been home to a rich variety of tribes and nations of people since 6500 B.C. Hattis, Hittites, Phrygians, Urartians, Lycians, Lydians, Ionians, Persians, Macedonians, Romans, Byzantines, Seljuks and Ottomans have all held important places in Turkey’s history. Ancient sites and ruins throughout the country attest to each civilization’s unique character.
Turkey is a big country with different climates and it has everything that a film director/producer may want: natural wonders like CAPPADOCIA, PAMUKKALE, beautiful beaches, rocky shores, waterfalls, lakes, rivers, mountains, dry lands, modern architecture, unique cities, towns, villages and streets. For example, The Cappadocia region, where a lot of Hollywood and European films were shot in the past, is like an open-air film studio.
Turkey can be the setting for various settings in different countries.
REASON TO SHOOT IN TURKEY
Popular location to film for the Hollywood film industry and in recent times Bollywood producers and directors are exploring Turkey as an option.
Producers have begun to use many locations in Turkey especially Istanbul as a platform, bringing a number of leading industries like HOLLYWOOD STARS TO TURKEY. KEVIN COSTNER, DANIEL CRAIG, MORGAN FREEMAN AND MATT DILLON JUST TO NAME A FEW
The Latest James Bond film Skyfall, Ben Affleck’s Argo, Taken 2 starring Liam Neeson, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy which stars actors Tom Hardy, Colin Firth and Gary Oldman and Nicolas Cage’s Ghost Rider 2 are some of the films shot most recently in Turkey and there are more projects in line.
A HIGHLY DEVELOPED TOURISM
INFRASTRUCTURE & SUPERSTRUCTURE
As of 2012 with almost 32 million foreign visitor arrivals Turkey ranks 7 place in the world. Turkey’s licenced bed capacity has reached to 1 million (licenced by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism 610.000) and accommodation facilities range from multinational hotel chains to simple and small family run hotels
EASY ACCESS
Located at the crossroads of the continents, Turkey maintains an extensive transportation network that is both efficient and cost-effective.
Airport across Turkey welcome 12.000 international flights per week. Turkish Airlines, one of the world’s leading flagship carriers, frequent numerous major cities in Europe and the world.
Should visiting producers wish to transport film equipment via sea, many ports across the country are open to international freight ships.
As for railways and roads, TCDD (Turkish Republic State Railways) operates a system that extends 10.985 km in length, including a high-speed line that connects Istanbul to Ankara.
The total length of the network of highways and motorways exceeds 10.000 km across the country.
A BUDGET-FRIENDLY COUNTRY
The film business is about managing resources and coping with challenges. Professionals value a location not only for its spectacular offerings but also for the ease it lends to the course of work.
Home to a vibrant film industry with well-established traditions of coproduction, Turkey offer producers an ideal opportunity to diminish the costs of filmmaking.
Providing unbelievably low costs for film logistics, genuinely competitive prices for equipment rental and professional labour, and last but not least, incredibly favourable exchange rates for the world currencies, Turkey is a goldmine of advantages that offers great peace of mind to film professionals in each and every phase of film production.
A BUDGET-FRIENDLY COUNTRY
The film business is about managing resources and coping with challenges. Professionals value a location not only for its spectacular offerings but also for the ease it lends to the course of work.
Home to a vibrant film industry with well-established traditions of coproduction, Turkey offer producers an ideal opportunity to diminish the costs of filmmaking.
Providing unbelievably low costs for film logistics, genuinely competitive prices for equipment rental and professional labour, and last but not least, incredibly favourable exchange rates for the world currencies, Turkey is a goldmine of advantages that offers great peace of mind to film professionals in each and every phase of film production.
A LAND FOR ALL SEASONS
Turkey is a unique country where you can shoot the winter and the summer scenes at the same time throughout the year.
MATERIAL SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT
The necessary technological equipment is available in Turkey and there are a lot of companies renting cameras, light and film set equipment, cranes, Jimmy Jib and Steadycam of the latest technology.
Antalya Studios is one of the most modern studio complexes in Europe as it is soundproof and practical to use and it has luxurious star suites, workshops and sections for costume, make-up and hair.
CASH REBATE & VAT REFUND
The cash rebate scheme is administrated by the Republic of Turkey’s Ministry of Culture and Tourism under the provisions laid out in Law 5224 on the Evaluation, Classification, and Support of Cinema Films.
- FEATURE FILMS
- DOCUMENTRIES
- TV SERIES
- Cash rebates of up to 30% & VAT Refund on all eligible expenses incurred in Turkey.
- The applicant must be a Turkish co-producer or production-service provider.
- The applicant must have signed a co-production agreement or a production-service agreement with a foreign production company.
- Applicants who are producers/co-producers must have produced at least two feature films or one TV series of at least one season screened in theatre’s or broadcast on cable, satellite, terrestrial, or internet channels within the last five years.
- Applicants who are production-service providers must have provided services for at least two feature films or one TV series of at least one season screened in theatre’s or broadcast on cable, satellite, terrestrial, or internet channels within the last five years.