If you start in Istanbul and head east towards Samsun, Ordu or Trabzon, you are on a voyage into the past. As you progress, you can feel the years roll back. Stopping as twilight fades at the village of Bolu to enjoy some delicious köfte under neon lights, bidding farewell to Corum and Merzifon in the depths of night and arriving at the Black Sea coast at the break of dawn. Here, at the place where my grandparents and mother called home, is where we begin our quest -- a quest in which time has stood still. It leads us to the archaic melodies of a people who since time immemorial have related stories of the never-ending permutations of love, hate, God and mountains. The songs and music as we journey from Ordu to Trabzon and then on towards the mountains surrounding Erzurum and Kars are a hidden treasure just waiting to be discovered -- a musical testament to a different present. Armed with cameras and microphones, we traveled the length and breadth of the country, driven by an indefinable longing -- Hasret -- that leads us to the easternmost corner of Turkey, to the expansive and turbulent region that borders Armenia. We stumble upon Kurdish musicians trying to banish the silence as they play the davul and zurna, with Mount Ararat looming large in the distance. Marc Sinan Idea, Concept and Production: Marc Sinan and Markus Rindt Music: Marc Sinan Dresdner Sinfoniker Music Setup and Musical Direction: Andrea Molino Camera: Hans-Peter Eckhardt, Markus Rindt, Filip Zorzor <b>...</b>