Turkey — A Cinematic Aerial Journey

AIRVŪZ STAFF NOTE : Top contributor Fabio Knoll was nominated as a finalist for the first annual Drone Video Awards for this magnificent piece from Turkey. The video opens with some magnificent aerial footage of Istanbul, including the Sultan Ahmed Mosque (aka the Blue Mosque), the Golden Horn, Galata Tower, Rumeli Fortress, the Bosphorus bridges, and other sights from Turkey's largest city. Most of the latter part of the video was filmed around the famous "fairy tale" chimneys of the Cappadocia area in the central part of the country.

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This aerial journey across Turkey unfolds as a dialogue between empire, geography, and imagination. The film opens above Istanbul — a city suspended between continents — where domes, minarets, and waterways reveal centuries of history carved into the urban fabric. From the Sultan Ahmed Mosque (the Blue Mosque) and the Golden Horn to the Galata Tower, Rumeli Fortress, and the Bosphorus bridges, the city emerges as a living crossroads of cultures, architecture, and time.

In Cappadocia, the iconic “fairy tale” chimneys rise from the earth like sculptures shaped by wind and time, forming one of the world’s most surreal and dreamlike terrains. Seen from above, these geological formations reveal a land where nature itself becomes narrative, blurring the line between reality and legend.