Turkey chooses "Kelebegin Ruyasi" as foreign language Oscar candidate

Culture and Tourism Minister Omer Celik announced on his official Twitter account on Tuesday that Turkey will join the 86th Oscar Academy Awards with the film "Kelebegin Ruyasi (Dream of the Butterfly)." Celik announced that the movie "Kelebegin Ruyasi, directed by Yilmaz Erdogan and sponsored by our Ministry, will be our Oscar candidate. Congratulations." Members of the Commission of Artistic Activity chose "Kelebegin Ruyasi" to run in the "Best Foreign Film" category of the 86th Oscar Academy Awards to be held in Hollywood, the US, on March 2, 2014. Depicting the Turkey of 1940s as well as the days of mobilization during the World War II, the movie was released on February 22, 2013 in the theatres in Turkey, Europe and in the Middle East.