Twentyfour Seven Forges Alliance with DEPOfilm, Tapping Istanbul as Key EMEA Production Hub

In Turkey, Twentyfour Seven partners with Founder and CEO Ender Sevim of DEPOfilm, one of Istanbul’s most respected production entrepreneurs. For any production and production services company, Istanbul represents a non-negotiable center of creative business, with coveted access to all of EMEA. Istanbul’s cultural hub spans the variety required to pull off “anytime, anywhere”-style shoots required in today’s breakneck advertising landscape, with a diverse population; even more diverse varieties of locations, climates, and biomes; and highly competitive technical and creative talent. The giants flock to the third-largest exporter of scripted content in the world after the U.S., according to The Economist, and to reach its ever-growing young adult population. Notes Merve Yalçınkaya, Executive Producer, “Istanbul offers unique opportunities for production and creative work. The city’s authentic diversity makes casting especially strong, and its location provides access to a wide range of filming environments, not just within Istanbul, but also across neighboring regions in Europe and the Middle East. Our technical crews are highly skilled and competitive, and the creative talent here continues to impress.”

DEPOfilm--the preeminent Istanbul production company known for 20 years of success spanning advertising, long forms, non-scripted content, and more--will leverage its longstanding client relationships for Twentyfour Seven. “I always say, ‘good people meet good people,’ and Twentyfour Seven are good people,” says Ender. “As a global company, we always seek to partner with the best-fitting global partners, and Twentyfour Seven is one of the best players in the market.” The office will first facilitate more global work out of Twentyfour Seven from DEPOfilm in Turkey, before expanding its own clients to other cities under the Twentyfour Seven banner. Adds Merve, “Global brands have existed in Turkey for many years. On top of that, huge entertainment companies are only growing their footholds in Turkey, as the third-largest content exporter in the world. That should tell everyone how big the advertising and entertainment industries are becoming in the country.”