The Last Villagers of Avsar

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Sociopolitical Documentary hosted by Koray Caliskan, published by Al-Jazeera broadcasted as part of Al-Jazeera World series in 2016 - English narration

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An insight into a rural community in western Turkey which is losing its livelihood, population and hope for the future. Avsar is a small village in south-western Turkey which, like many rural communities around the world, is gradually losing its livelihood, its population and much of its hope for the future. It has depended on cotton farming for centuries, but times have changed. Turkey's agriculture used to be the biggest contributor to the country's economy and in the 1920s, farm labourers formed three-quarters of the workforce, but now they are under a quarter.