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The Bank commercial featuring Mustafa Kemal Atatrk, the founder of Turkey, first aired on Turkish television channels onNovember 2007, coinciding with the 69th commemoration of Atatrks death in 1938. This is reportedly the first commercial featuring Atatrk.

The commercial was directed by Grkan Kurtkaya and was shot in black and white giving it a historic feel with the slogan the roses you have grown are mourning Turkish Yetitirdiin gller bugn matemdeler . The preparations for the commercial lasted three weeks. The actual filming itself lasteddays. A technical team made out of 50 people took part in the filming. For the details of the era, Rdvan Akar was consulted.The role of the boy was acted by Hakan Byktopu and the role of Atatrk was acted by Haluk Bilginer. Prior to the shooting, Haluk Bilginer received a natural makeup lasting hours. Including the test shootings, Bilginer spent a total ofhours in the makeup room. The makeup work was conducted by Vittorio Sodano and his team. For one week, the makeup team worked in Italy for preparations and worked for another week in the set during the shootings. To convert Bilginers face to Atatrk, first a cast was made of his face. Hair and eyebrow pieces that were prepared in Italy were put in their places by Suzan Karde after a 2day worth work on them. The costumes were based on a photo from June 21, 1936 of Atatrk. Designer Nalan Trkolu and her team of six people created ten costumes in one week. ........

Source: Wikipedia