Yapım Tarihi - 2025
Süre - 00:15:00
Format - Belgesel, Renkli, Türkçe
Yönetmen / Director - Ezel Manay
Senarist / Writer - Ezel Manay
Yapımcı / Producer - Ezel Manay
Görüntü Yönetmeni / Cinematography - Ezel Manay
Kurgucu / Editor - Ezel Manay
Assistant Director - Enise Çiçek Tongur
Creative Director - Muhammed Hasanoğlu
Project Advisor - Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hacer Aker
Stage Manager Assistant - Aziz Akdoğan, İbrahim Yangın
Camera Assistant - Saim Atcı, Berkay Orhan
Bum Operator - Nuh Yusuf Ünal
Poster Designer - İrem Kurt
Bts - Y. Emre Sevinç, Merve Kahraman
Translator - Enise Çiçek Tongur
Meczup Ramazan, engelli Suriyeli bir mülteci olan Ramazan’ın Konya Bedesten
Çarşısı’ndaki yaşamını ve ona ev sahipliği yapan esnafların çelişkili
tutumlarını anlatır. Ramazan, sağlık sorunları nedeniyle doyumsuz ve sürekli
yemek yiyen bir çocuktur. Çarşı esnafı kimi zaman ona sahip çıkar, yemek
ısmarlar, şefkat gösterir; kimi zaman ise onu sosyal medya videolarında
kullanarak izlenme elde etmeye çalışır. Bazıları ise varlığından rahatsız olur.
Ramazan zarar vermez, sadık ve saf bir ruha sahiptir. Ailesi ise onun bu
durumunu ticari bir fırsata çevirir. Belgesel, bir gencin kırılgan varlığı
üzerinden toplumun yardım, gösteri ve çıkar arasında kurduğu karmaşık ilişkileri
sorgular.
Majzoob Ramazan tells the story of Ramazan, a disabled Syrian refugee, and his
life in Konya Bedesten Market, as well as the conflicting attitudes of the
shopkeepers who take him in. Ramazan is a child who, due to health issues, is
constantly hungry and eats incessantly. The market merchants sometimes take care
of him, buy him food, and show him kindness; at other times, they use him in
social media videos to gain views. Some are simply annoyed by his presence.
Ramazan does no harm; he has a loyal and pure soul. His family, however, turns
his situation into a commercial opportunity. The documentary questions the
complex relationships society builds between aid, spectacle, and self-interest
through the fragile existence of a young man.
While filming Majzoob Ramazan, I wasn’t just trying to portray a person—I was
trying to reflect the eyes that watch him. Ramadan is an intellectually disabled
Syrian refugee living in Konya’s Bedesten Bazaar. Some shopkeepers embrace him
like family, while others ignore or even exploit him. His silence speaks louder
than words, revealing contradictions in how society defines care, charity, and
visibility.
This film is not about giving answers. It is about asking an uncomfortable
question: Am I telling Ramazan’s story, or am I using his presence to say
something about myself, or about us?
I tried not only to observe Ramazan but also to question the role of the camera,
the storyteller, and the viewer. Majzoob Ramazan became less a portrait of a boy
and more a mirror held up to those around him—including myself.
