Turkish-German director Fatih Akin said his “The Cut” movie was actually made mostly for Turks.

“I’m Turkish and I made this movie for my people,” he said in an interview with Hurriyet Daily News.

He believes it feels like day by day it’s getting easier to talk about the genocide, and the taboos and strictness of just 10 years ago seem weaker now.

Akin confessed it was   Hasan Cemal’s “1915: Armenian Genocide” book that gave him courage to use the “genocide” word. 

“Before that I had developed strategies to avoid using that word when I was talking about the happenings. Hasan Cemal broke this self-developed fear,” Akin noted.

“The initial purpose of the movie was for my mother, my father, and my friends in Turkey to like it. At the same time for Armenian society, Armenia and the Armenian diaspora to like it. This is actually a pretty impossible aim. I started the journey by asking, “Could this movie act as bridge?” Could it unite those in Turkey who accept the genocide and those who don’t? That was my question”. 

The director plans to screen his film in Turkey this autumn.