Seeds of Heritage
2023
20m
TRT Belgesel
Environment
The journey of a wheat variety, the ancestral seed esteemed as the "Turkish Red".
- Details
Original Title:
Ata Tohumu
Genres:
TRT Belgesel, Environment
Maturity Level:
General Audience
Synopsis:
Turkish academic and biotechnology expert Dr. İbrahim Adnan Saraçoğlu traces the journey of the ancestral wheat seed known as the "Turkish Red" from enigmatic Göbeklitepe to the present day. Saraçoğlu explores its impact on modern medicine, its introduction to America by immigrant Germans, and the insights gained from archaeological excavations and expropriation processes in Türkiye.