Filiz Hilmi
Interviewer(s):
Theo Xenophontos
Project:
Film as Mediator: Cultivating a Cypriot Canadian Community Audiovisual Media Archive
INTERVIEW LOCATION:
Woodbridge, ON
LANGUAGE:
English
DATE:
July 24, 2023

Interview Summary:

Filiz Hilmi was born in Toronto, Canada in 1974. Her parents migrated to Canada in 1973 due to the residual effects of the intercommunal violence between Greek and Turkish Cypriots. Filiz provides perceptive insights into how the various generations understand the Cyprus issue differently.

Date and Location
July 24, 2023
Woodbridge, ON
Interviewee(s)
Filiz Hilmi
Interviewer(s)
Theo Xenophontos
Languages
English
Reference ID
FAMREF014
Project
Film as Mediator: Cultivating a Cypriot Canadian Community Audiovisual Media Archive
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Categories
Tags
Decades Referenced
Locations Referenced
Cyprus; Agios Nikolaos (Paphos District); Paphos; Nicosia; Ercan International Airport; Northern Cyprus; Canada; York, Ontario; Rexdale; T.L. Kennedy Secondary School; Mississauga; Bronte Creek; Brampton; Turkey; Istanbul; Greece
Occupation(s)
Parents Occupation(s)
Her father served in the Turkish Cypriot military as a teenager.
Names Referenced
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk; Makarios III; Deren Hasip

[00:00:03] Biographical and familial background

[00:01:27] Her parents living among Greek Cypriots

[00:04:06] Her parents migrating to Canada due to tensions

[00:10:10] Similarities between Turkish and Greek Cypriots

[00:15:46] Assimilation versus maintaining Cypriot heritage

[00:23:05] Similarities between the Cypriot dialects

[00:28:26] 1974 and Turkey's control over the north

[00:34:01] Communication with family in Cyprus

[00:36:35] Involvement with Turkish Cypriot groups in Canada

[00:41:34] Audiovisual documentation

[00:42:53] Secular nature of Turkish Cypriot life

[00:45:33] Importance of social media and cuisine

[00:49:24] Generational differences, re: ethnic conflict

[00:56:29] Connection with Cypriot heritage

[00:59:57] Hopes for the future of Cyprus

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