Melek Leaves
Movie| Title | Die Kümmeltürkin geht |
| User score | 0 |
| Release date | Feb 1, 1985 |
| Genre | Documentary |
| Director | Jeanine Meerapfel |
| Production country | Germany |
| Production companies | Journal-Film Klaus Volkenborn KG |
| Run time | 88 min. |
In 1970, Melek Tez came to Berlin as a young worker from Turkey. A confident woman, she first countered racist resentments and remarks with irony and wit. Jokingly, she even referred to herself as a "Kümmeltürkin", a derogatory German term for Turkish migrants. Yet after fourteen humiliating years, her fighting spirit has given way to resignation: Melek Tez is returning to Turkey. Blending documentary, interviews and re-enacted scenes, director Jeanine Meerapfel chronicles Melek Tez' life experience.
