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Location Scouting
We already know
where your
scene lives.
Our location library is not a database — it is built on years of on-ground production experience across every region of Türkiye. We understand locations in terms of: light and time of day, access and logistics, permit realities and seasonal conditions. This knowledge significantly reduces pre-production time and allows productions to move faster and make better decisions.
Start a Location BriefScript-Based Research
We analyse your script and translate every scene requirement into real, accessible locations in Türkiye, supported by access notes and production insight.
Remote Scouting
Location packages including high-resolution photography, GPS data, logistics notes, and permit assessment — delivered before your team travels.
Location Reports
Production-grade reports including stills, video walkthroughs, infrastructure details, unit base options, permit complexity, and seasonal notes.
Location Scouting Trips
Fully managed recce trips for directors, production designers, and location teams — structured for efficiency and decision-making.
Your script is
our brief.
We review every page and identify both explicit and implicit location requirements. We then deliver a structured response including the items being show next:
Script breakdown responses are typically delivered within 5–7 working days of receiving the script. Complex multi-region briefs may take longer — we'll give you an honest timeline at first contact.
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Full location packages
before you board
the plane.
Remote scouting enables productions to make informed decisions without the need for immediate travel. Each package includes:
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Every detail a
production needs.
Our reports are designed as working documents for production teams, updated and tailored for each specific location.
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Recces that
lead to decisions.
We plan and execute scouting trips with efficiency and precision: Optimised routes, Pre-cleared access, Maximum coverage per day. Your team returns ready to commit.
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Seven regions.
Infinite frames.
We operate across all seven regions of Türkiye, offering a wide range of visual and logistical environments within a single country.
Marmara Region
Istanbul, Bursa, Edirne. Where Europe meets Asia. Byzantine, Ottoman, and contemporary architecture within kilometres. The world's most cinematically dense urban environment.
Aegean Region
Ephesus, Pergamon, Aphrodisias, Bodrum. The best-preserved Greco-Roman ruins in the world. Turquoise coastline. Olive groves and terracotta tiles. Doubles for Greece, Italy, and ancient Mediterranean worlds.
Mediterranean Region
Antalya, Pamukkale, Hierapolis. Turquoise coastline, ancient Roman cities, the white calcium terraces of Pamukkale. From ruins to resort, this region covers enormous aesthetic range.
Central Anatolia
Cappadocia, Ankara, Konya, Hattusha. The Hittite capital. The volcanic formations of Göreme. Cave churches with 1,000-year-old frescoes. The most otherworldly landscape in Europe.
Black Sea Region
Trabzon, Sumela Monastery, Safranbolu. Dense forest, dramatic cliffs, Ottoman-era wooden architecture. The Sumela Monastery clinging to a sheer rock face is one of the world's most extraordinary architectural photographs.
Eastern Anatolia
Mt. Ararat, Lake Van, Nemrut Dağı, Doğubeyazıt. The biblical mountain. Giant stone heads on a 2,000-metre summit. Vast volcanic lake landscapes. Remote, dramatic, unforgettable.
Southeastern Anatolia
Göbekli Tepe, Mardin, Dara Ancient City, Ani Ruins. The world's oldest known temple. A 4,000-year-old city carved from rock. Mardin's ancient stone cityscape. This is the region that makes documentary filmmakers cancel their other shoots and stay longer.
The locations
productions
come for.
A curated selection of locations that have been: scouted, permitted, produced by our team. These locations are proven, repeatable, and production-ready.
Istanbul
Two continents. Three thousand years. Byzantine domes, Ottoman minarets, and a living metropolis of 15 million — all within a single permit jurisdiction.
Cappadocia
Volcanic fairy chimneys, underground cities, and balloon-lit dawns. The most otherworldly filming environment in Europe. No CGI required.
Ephesus
The best-preserved Roman city in the world. Library of Celsus, a 25,000-seat theatre, marble-paved Sacred Way. No set construction required.
Pamukkale
Cotton-white calcium terraces above the ruins of Roman Hierapolis. A visual no CGI can replicate.
Mardin & Midyat
Honey-stone city above the Mesopotamian plain. Aramaic still spoken in monastery courtyards.
Sumela Monastery
Byzantine monastery anchored into a sheer cliff face above a mist-filled valley. Defies description.
Göbekli Tepe
The world's oldest known temple. Built 12,000 years ago — 7,000 years before Stonehenge. Still being excavated.
Troy
Nine layers of civilisation. The city of Homer's Iliad. Active excavation, ancient walls, and the Dardanelles Strait as backdrop.
Nemrut Dağı
Giant stone heads of gods and kings at 2,150 metres since 62 BC. Sunrise and sunset light here is among the most singular in the world.
Ani Ruins
A medieval Armenian city on a cliff edge, abandoned for 700 years. Cathedral ruins, defensive walls, atmospheric desolation that needs no art direction.
Hattusha
The Hittite capital. Bronze Age walls, sphinx gates, rock sanctuaries. Vast in scale, sparse in visitors. An underused production gem.
Safranbolu
An Ottoman town so perfectly preserved that UNESCO protects the entire city. Timber-framed mansions, cobbled bazaars, unchanged caravanserai. Looks like a film set — because nothing has changed.
Pergamon
A dramatic hilltop acropolis. A theatre cut into a cliff face with the steepest seating in the ancient world. A rival to Athens in its day.
Dara Ancient City
A Byzantine fortress city carved entirely from rock. Underground necropolis, ancient cisterns — largely unexcavated. Completely off the international production radar. Extraordinary.
Sardes
The ancient Lydian capital where coinage was invented. Temple of Artemis columns in open fields. Visually distinctive — and uncrowded.
Lake Van
Türkiye's largest lake at 1,640 metres. The island church of Akdamar with 10th-century Armenian reliefs. Turquoise water ringed by snow-capped peaks.
Mount Ararat
The biblical mountain. A snow-capped volcanic cone at 5,137 metres. Military permit zone — we handle the access. Used by NHK, History Channel, Discovery.
Every location listed here has active permit knowledge and production stills available on request.