Golden Orange to screen film on Kars monument’s dismantlement

A documentary on the dismantlement of a Kars-based monument symbolizing Turkish-Armenian friendship will be screened at the Golden Orange annual film festival in Turkey.

Speaking to Turkish press, the director of the film Mujdat Gezen said the film - titled “First and Last” - ends with a scene that shows the decapitation of the monument of Humanity and Peace.

Gezen also spoke critical of the Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan who had called the monument “monstrosity” and ordered to pull it down.

“What does it mean ‘I don’t like the monument’? That’s a display of fascism ... And I don’t like the prime minister, but do I call him a ‘monster’?” said Gezen.

The dismantlement of the statue – a 30-meter (100-foot) unfinished concrete statue – started last month and is still underway.