The Amentü Ship: From Creed to Calligram to Cinema

Step into the İstanbul Cinema Museum (Atlas Sineması) on İstiklal Caddesi and you’ll find a luminous section devoted to Tonguç Yaşar and Sezer Tansuğ’s short animation Amentü Gemisi Nasıl Yürüdü? (1969). The display includes materials tied to the film’s making, often described by the museum and press as original drawings/illustrations from the production, presented alongside broader Yeşilçam-era artifacts. The museum positions the piece as both a milestone of Turkish animation and a bridge between devotional calligraphy and moving image.