Selim Rumi Civralı

Selim Rumi Civralı

Biography

Turkish filmmaker and writer.

A graduate of Istanbul University's Department of Radio, Television and Cinema, he earned his Master’s degree in Political Science from Yıldız Technical University in 2019.

His thesis examined the rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union in sport and propaganda through the lens of Carl von Clausewitz’s culminating point theory.

His work mainly focuses on military history, experimental archaeology, and the politics of sport.

Books: Athletic Politics: Sport and Ideology (2020), Moscow ’80: The Culminating Point of the Cold War (2021).

Education

  • BA Radio, Television & Cinema / Istanbul University
  • MA Political Science / Yildiz Technical University
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