On Thursday, June 11, a dive-in movie was held at Incirlik Air Base in Turkey. The American military base enjoyed a movie under the stars with friends and families. Turkey’s warm weather made an excellent opportunity to see an outdoor movie while kids and families swam in the base pool. “Grease” was the film of choice and was hosted by the 39th Force Support Squadron. The dive-in movie gave soldiers and their families an opportunity to relax and have some fun. Kids and parents alike enjoyed the outdoor film, and movie-goers expressed a hope for movies in the future.

The fourth film festival of the southeastern city of Mardin, SineMardin, kicked off Saturday night at a ceremony held at the historical Erdoba Mansion. The ceremony hosted guests from Sweden, Syria and the US. “Even though we are tired when the festival ends each year, we can’t turn our back on Mardin,” says program director Zihni Tümer. The festival features both local and international films, and will feature outdoor cinema screenings as well.

The historic city of Mardin, home to art galleries, museums, open air cinemas and ancient churches, has become a center for cinema this week with the opening of the 4th Mardin Film Festival on Saturday. Festival director M. Helün Firat and program director Zihni Tümer welcomed guests at the ceremony, which was also attended by Mardin Governor Hasan Duruer.

Tümer said he was proud to be holding the fourth film festival in a city that had no movie theaters just two years ago, adding that he hopes to further expand the festival beyond the country’s borders. He is also looking forward to the open air cinema screenings, which will encourage local moviegoers to attend and give the audience an unforgettable experience of movies under the stars.

“This year the festival brings together two close cultures that have never come together before. The Turkish film industry and cinema have never had the chance to meet with Arab cinema although we only have the border as a barrier,” Tümer said.

With the collaboration of the New York-based cultural institution ArteEast, the festival’s focus this year is Arab cinema. “We are planning to start the festival here in Mardin next year and carry it to Damascus,” Tümer added. “There will be an opening here and three days later we are planning to travel with all the guests to Damascus and have another opening ceremony there at the Damascus Film Festival.” According to Firat, holding a film festival in Mardin is not as easy as organizing on in Istanbul or Adana because introducing a cinema culture in the southern city has been much more difficult. “Zihni and I never gave up, from the first day on,” Firat said. “We started organizing this festival here and even though we are tired when the festival ends each year, we can’t turn our back on Mardin.”

As has been the case at each installment of the festival, the opening ceremony was also kicked off with a speech from the city’s governor. Taking the microphone, Duruer noted that Mardin is the cultural capital of northern Mesopotamia. “Mardin, a nominee to UNESCO’s list of world cultural sites, will be purified of all kinds of pollution. We are doing our best to make this historic and charming city a center for cinema,” he said.

After Duruer’s speech, the festival’s open ceremony continued with a band’s cheerful tunes as the five musicians in the group The Nomadic Songs performed for guests. Lead singer Ayca Damgaci is also the scenarist of the first film screened at the festival, “My Marlon and Brando.” After the band, the youths in the Mardin Chorus took the stage to sing songs in Turkish, Kurdish and Syriac. The chorus made it to the finals in the televised competition “Clash of the Choirs.” After the concert, the film “My Marlon and Brando” was screened for an audience of nearly 60 people at the city’s Cumhuriyet Square in a setting that resembled a nostalgic open air cinema. The festival will hold more outdoor movie screenings at the square with the participation of local residents.

On Sunday, the film festival continued with conferences called “Regarding Other’s Pain” and “Focus on Arab Cinema.”

Source: “Diverse cultures, ethnicities meet at Mardin film festival” -Hurriyet Daily News. Read full article at: http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/english/lifestyle/11914003.asp?gid=244.

SineMardin Film Fest to Hit the East

Organized for the fourth time, SineMardin Film Festival, which is organized in the southeastern city of Mardin, will be an international experience for the first time this year. Starting Saturday, the festival will host internationally acclaimed filmmakers and screenwriters from Syria, Lebanon and Palestine throughout the week.

SineMardin film fest to hit the east Once again, the southern city of Mardin is set to become a hub for cinema with its SineMardin festival, but this time the event will be an international experience. Organized for the fourth time, SineMardin is expanding its territory by collaborating with ArteEast, a New York-based cultural institution that focuses on Arab cinema. The festival has also invited internationally acclaimed filmmakers and screenwriters from Syria, Lebanon and Palestine – including Ossama Muhammad, Noma Orman, Orwa Nyrabia, Anmar Hijazi and writer Khaled Khalifa – as well as young cinema students.

SineMardin, which starts Saturday and continues until June 26, offers viewers a selection of feature films, shorts and documentaries, as well as interviews and conferences focusing on other nations’ cinema sectors and cultures. The festival’s scope is expanding each year as it draws interest from around the world. When the SineMardin Film Festival was first organized, there were no movie theaters in the city. The event’s efforts to develop a cinema culture in the city have led to the opening of the first and only film facility in Mardin last year. This year, the festival will also have open-air cinemas hosting film screenings. “We are trying to bring back the nostalgia of the old times, so we decided to set up two open-air cinemas in the city,” said Zihni Tümer, one of the event organizers. Tümer, who has been managing the festival since its first year, said if everything goes as planned this year, the festival will be expand to Damascus in 2010.

Important names in cinema

Besides films and conferences, the festival hosts important names in cinema, including Nuri Kino, a Swedish director of Turkish origin who has won the Golden Palm award with his documentary “Assyrisska” and also works as a journalist in Sweden.

Syrian cinema pioneer Omar Amiralay, currently living in Paris, is another participant of the festival. Amiralay was awarded with a special prize at the Locarno International Film Festival for his movie “A Plate of Sardines,” about the Golan Heights under Israeli occupation.

The SineMardin festival will screen a variety of films, including award-winning Turkish movies. It also has a special section focusing on Arab cinema, organized with the collaboration of the Mardin Cinema Association and ArteEast. The program includes screenings of feature films, documentaries and short films by Arabic directors. The Arab-cinema program also includes seminars and conferences with the participation of the films’ directors and screenwriters. Organized by the Turkish Cinema Laborers’ Union, or SineSen, and Screenwriters Association, or SENDER, the conference “Regarding Other’s Pain” will take place in the mornings from Sunday to Tuesday and will include discussions on documentary-film production in the Middle East.

Another conference organized by SENDER and the Mardin Cinema Association addresses “The Importance of Screenwriting in the Film Industry.”

Going international for the first time, the festival is hosting films from a nearby, but still very unknown, country. A selection of contemporary Syrian cinema will be screened at Babil Hall under the title “Focus on Arab Cinema.” Beside the screenings of selected films, SineMardin and the Damascus Higher Institute of Drama have collaborated to bring a delegation of young moviemakers to participate in the festival.

The festival will also provide space for people who want to participate in educational activities around film studies. As in previous years, the Mardin Cinema Association will host a Short Film Atelier under the name of the Mardin Film Workshop, an eight-week course.

In total, there will be 12 short films and 15 feature-length films screened at the festival. The event’s opening ceremony is being organized in the historic Erdoba Residence on Saturday and will include a screening of the film “My Marlon and Brando.”

The film festival’s program really kicks off on Sunday, when regular film screenings and the “Regarding Other’s Pain” conference start, and the festival features an American Documentary Showcase and the conversation with Swedish director Nuri Kino.

Source: http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/english/lifestyle/11904201.asp?scr=1

The Golden Orange Film Festival in Antalya, Turkey, is one of the premier film events of the nation. In 2008 it featured outdoor movie screenings of some of its finest selections, including “Un Giorno Perfetto” (A Perfect Day). Though critics give the film mixed reviews, “Un Giorno Perfetto” was the star of the Golden Orange Film Festival’s outdoor film screenings because of its Turkish director. The indie film is a tribute to the growing talent in Turkey’s own film industry. The following is a review of “Un Giorno Perfetto” by Elliott Stein of The Village Voice. You can read the original blog post about Antalya’s outdoor movie event here.

Ozpetek’s latest, A Perfect Day (2008), marks the first time the director has brought to the screen a story not written by him (and Gianni Romoli, his frequent collaborator), but one based on a pre-existing text (a bestselling novel by Melania Mazzucco). The main plot is a grim tale of domestic violence, an impeccably acted, intelligent drama (with a mesmerizing stint by Valerio Mastandrea as a nutcase, wife-stalking cop). But the pic gets stalled by a clump of badly integrated secondary characters and is burdened with an overemphatic musical score. The delicious Yilmaz turns up in a brief cameo near the end. Now, if only Ozpetek would cook up a starring vehicle for this treasure.

Source: The Village Voice -http://www.villagevoice.com/2008-12-03/film/facing-ferzan-ozpetek-at-moma/.

The stars, the sun and the city were all shining for the outdoor movies at the opening ceremonies of the Golden Orange Film Festival, which electrified Antalya on Saturday.

The Divan Talya Hotel and Convention Center was the venue for the official opening of the 45th Golden Orange Film Festival, the oldest national film festival in Turkey. The “al fresco” element- the outdoor movies- added to the magic of the evening. Turkish guests, foreigners and the people of Antalya gathered on a terrace overlooking the Gulf of Antalya on Saturday. The invitation said “black tie” but, like most society events in Turkey, jeans and T-shirts were as prominent as graceful evening dresses. Dagger-heeled shoes, however, were the regulation.

The climax was the parade of stars in convertibles that set out from the Divan Hotel and inched along the main thoroughfare of the city, past the iconic fluted minaret to Konyaaltı and the open-air theater at Beachpark. Antalyans responded magnificently, lining the streets, jostling, blowing kisses, shaking hands and applauding the stars in the 20 convertibles. Heavenly stars also appeared, and the moon came out for a sneak preview. Opposite Atatürk Park, a colorful “Dancing Waters” display featured fountains swaying in time to music. Breezes wafted mist and droplets over stars and spectators. There were perfect conditions for the outdoor movies.

The open-air performance was hosted by Ceyda Düvenci and Levent Üzümcü and kicked off with a mini concert by Turkish singer Candan Erçetin. An honorary award was presented to Turkish actress/singer Hülya Avşar. Cult film director Yılmaz Atadeniz, Müşfik Kenter, a prominent stage, screen and voice artist, and legendary actress Filiz Akın also received awards.

A gala on Sunday evening opened the fourth Eurasia International Film Festival at the Antalya Culture Center (AKM), an unforgettable evening of awards, suspense and the up-tempo spirit only a film festival can generate. Venerable composer Zbigniew Preisner was honored for the original scores he composed for Krzysztof Kieslowski’s “Three Colors” trilogy. Michael York then accepted an honorary Golden Orange statuette, mentioning in his speech that this was a dream come true for him because he has wanted to come to Antalya all his life! Paul Verhoeven, Dutch-American director and head of the festival’s grand jury, was also honored. In his speech afterwards, he said, “This is my third time in Turkey, and my second in Antalya.” He also revealed that he will be in Antalya again. “We are making the sequel to the ‘Thomas Crown Affair,’ and it will be filmed almost entirely in Turkey. Presently, we are scouting for talent, crews and local extras in Antalya and in İstanbul. This is a country with so much to offer, especially the wonderful location of both cities,” he added. The awards were presented by Antalya Mayor Menderes Türel and Engin Yiğitgil, the president of Turkish Foundation of Cinema and Audiovisual Culture (TÜRSAK), which organized the festival.

The cast of “Un Giorno Perfetto” (A Perfect Day), the opening-night film, put the spotlight on Turkish director Ferzan Özpetek, who received an energetic ovation. Producer Domenico Procacci stated that it was the first time he had worked with Özpetek and that it would not be the last. Also present were actress Isabella Ferrari, who played the recklessly distressed Emma, and Valerio Mastandrea, who played her psychotic husband, Antonio. Ferrari has almost 50 films to her credit and has been directed by Özpetek in other films. “Ferzan Özpetek absolutely inspired me as an actress,” she told a packed audience of 600. Child actor Gabriele Paolino, who played the cheeky Kevin, also worked with Özpetek in a previous film. The film is a chilling family drama, and only the plot could be considered perfect. But for those at the festival and its star-studded opening ceremonies, the whole weekend was perfetto.

The 45th Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival- Turkey’s premier outdoor movie event- failed on organization and security on its first day by leaving the city’s locals locked out of the opening ceremony. While the famous faces of the silver screen – cinema critics, artists and directors – walked the red carpet and saluted to cameras and people waiting to see them as they exited their limousines, the locals who were invited were left waiting at the back door of the Konyaaltı Open air theater, where the opening ceremony was held Friday night.

The shuttles took press members and guests who were invited to the ceremony and brought them to the back door, which has traditionally been open for them to enter the outdoor movie venue without having to weave through the crowds on the red carpet. This year a closed, guarded door greeted locals in lieu of a welcoming committee.

“We cannot let you in from this door,” said the security guard, whereas the locals objected, shouting that the entrance was the one used for entering the theater for the opening of the outdoor film festival for many years. Some locals left in disappointment, while others waited until they were let in – 40 minutes after the start of the ceremony.

“I have attended all the opening ceremonies of the festival for the past 10 years and I have never experienced anything this rude,” said Sıdal Işık, one of the guests who stayed out. “I hate telling this kind of things, but I am the wife of one of the founding members of this festival, Melih Işık. I attend the festival every year and we are always invited to the opening ceremonies of the Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival,” said Işık, standing next to a close friend with disappointment written all over her face.

She was not the only one who was outraged. An elderly woman with an injured leg was told by a security guide to walk to the main gate, where the red carpet leads the guests inside the open air theater. A guest from Cyprus, Murat Obenler, was surprised that such a thing could happen at one of the biggest festivals in Turkey. Having been invited for the first time, Obenler said, “This is an unbelievably rude attitude toward the guests.” Obenler, who is organizing film festivals back in Cyprus, emphasized that no organizer listened to what they were saying. “The door was shut to our face, and from the other side of the fences we heard the security guards saying, ‘We cannot let you in; you have to walk to the main gate.’”

İsmail İzgi, who is responsible for security, told the Turkish Daily News they were instructed not to let anybody in the back door this year. Saying there was no one responsible for warning the guests or the shuttle drivers not to come to the gate, İzgi acknowledged there was a lack of communication.

Most of the guests left the venue saying they would never attend to the festival again, and others were let in by İzgi later. He apologized after the ceremony started.

Int’l Eurasia Outdoor Film Festival kicks off

The opening of the Golden Orange Film Festival was followed by the opening ceremony of the fourth International Eurasia Film Festival. The ceremony was held in the beautiful outdoor film venue: Festival Palace Atatürk Culture Center, or AKM. After the ceremony the Turkey premiere of celebrated director Ferzan Özpetek’s latest film “A Perfect Day” took place. Presented by actress and beauty queen Azra Akın, the ceremony started with a performance delivered by renowned musicians Barbaros Erköse and İlhan Erşahin. The president of the festival and the TURSAK Foundation, Engin Yiğitgil, presented the festival’s honorary award to composer Zbigniew Preisner, famous for the original scores he composed for Krzysztof Kieslowski’s “Three Colors” trilogy and “Dekalog.” The presentation of the awards continued with actor Michael York, who is celebrating the 44th year of his performing career. The president of the fourth International Eurasia Film Festival Grand Jury, storyteller and master director Paul Verhoeven, presented the honorary award of the festival along with Antalya’s mayor, Menderes Türel, and Engin Yiğitgil. Saluting the audience in his speech, Verhoeven said he had been working on a film set in Turkey and had perused locations in Antalya and Istanbul. Before the launching of the festival’s opening film, film director Özpetek, star of the film “Isabella Ferrari” and producer “Domenico Procacci,” greeted the audience.

Summer is about to end. These days are the last chances to enjoy open-air cinema excitement. Istinye Sadi Gülçelik Sports Complex’s Enka Eşref Denizhan open-air theater, which opened the season in the beginning of August, offers this chance until Sept. 15. So bring your blanket and catch a cool flick on a giant outdoor movie screen.

Open air cinemas have been among the essential pleasures of summer nights for years. Seeing the sun go down while sipping a Coke and watching one of the latest movies or a good oldie is a fabulous way to pass the time. It is summer in Istanbul go out and enjoy it while it lasts.

The Turkish Daily News has visited one of the city’s open air theaters and forecasts a great night out. So bring your blanket and catch a cool flick on a giant outdoor movie screen.

This year’s Enka Summer Event in Istanbul runs until Tuesday at the Istinye Sadi Gülçelik Sports Complex’s Enka Eşref Denizhan open air theater. There are just two days left to experience this open air cinema, so don’t wait.

The first showing Friday is “Zohan” at 9:15 p.m. Then, at midnight, the screen will show “Pathology.”

Saturday’s closing show is a Turkish film called “Kabadayı.” It will also begin at 9:15 p.m.

This event is organized and hosted by Tılsım Yılmaz. It is the first time we did this. We rent this theater for the summer and screen different movies every night.

Turkish people as well as foreigners can see the screenings because movies are screened in their own language with Turkish subtitles, said Yılmaz.

Tickets can be purchased at the entrance or through Biletix and cost YTL 10.

Refreshments and snacks are available just outside the theater area. Just follow the flaming torches on the side to reach the snack bar. There is a nice terrace with colorful pillows spread around. Lie down and relax during the intermission to complete your summer night out.

Directions

Take the metro to the final Levent stop and from there take a taxi or dolmuş to Istinye Park Shopping Center. From there walk up (about a hundred meters) to the left until you arrive at a sports complex. Walk down the hill and you will see the amphitheater on your right.

For all detailed information check:

www.enkasanat.org
www.biletex.com

Address

Istinye Enka Istanbul- Enka Kultur ve Sanat
Enka Vakfı, Sadi Gülçelik Spor,
(0212) 276 22 1415/209

Outdoor movies and inflatable movie screens have been appearing in locations all around the world. Over time we will be adding links to articles about outdoor movies and open air cinema events. These articles are listed according to the country where the inflatable movie screen has been set up or the country where the outdoor movie event takes place.

A

• Abkhazia – Republic of Abkhazia
• Afghanistan – Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
• Akrotiri and Dhekelia – Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia (UK overseas territory)
• Åland – Åland Islands (Autonomous province of Finland)
• Albania – Republic of Albania
• Algeria – People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria
• American Samoa – Territory of American Samoa (US territory)
• Andorra – Principality of Andorra
• Angola – Republic of Angola
• Anguilla (UK overseas territory)
• Antigua and Barbuda
• Argentina – Argentine Republic
• Armenia – Republic of Armenia
• Aruba (Self-governing country in the Kingdom of the Netherlands)
• Ascension Island (Dependency of the UK overseas territory of Saint Helena)
• Australia – Commonwealth of Australia
• Austria – Republic of Austria
• Azerbaijan – Republic of Azerbaijan

B

• Bahamas, The – Commonwealth of The Bahamas
• Bahrain – Kingdom of Bahrain
• Bangladesh – People’s Republic of Bangladesh
• Barbados
• Belarus – Republic of Belarus
• Belgium – Kingdom of Belgium
• Belize
• Benin – Republic of Benin
• Bermuda (UK overseas territory)
• Bhutan – Kingdom of Bhutan
• Bolivia – Republic of Bolivia
• Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Botswana – Republic of Botswana
• Brazil – Federative Republic of Brazil
• Brunei – Negara Brunei Darussalam
• Bulgaria – Republic of Bulgaria
• Burkina Faso
• Burma – Union of Myanmar
• Burundi – Republic of Burundi

C

• Cambodia – Kingdom of Cambodia
• Cameroon – Republic of Cameroon
• Canada
• Cape Verde – Republic of Cape Verde
• Cayman Islands (UK overseas territory)
• Central African Republic
• Chad – Republic of Chad
• Chile – Republic of Chile
• China – People’s Republic of China
• For “China, Republic of”, see Taiwan
• Christmas Island – Territory of Christmas Island (Australian overseas territory)
• Cocos (Keeling) Islands – Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Australian overseas territory)
• Colombia – Republic of Colombia
• Comoros – Union of the Comoros
• Congo – Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Congo – Republic of the Congo
• Cook Islands (Associated state of New Zealand)
• Costa Rica – Republic of Costa Rica
• Côte d’Ivoire – Republic of Côte d’Ivoire
• Croatia – Republic of Croatia
• Cuba – Republic of Cuba
• Cyprus – Republic of Cyprus
• Czech Republic

D

• Denmark – Kingdom of Denmark
• For “Dhekelia”, see Akrotiri and Dhekelia
• Djibouti – Republic of Djibouti
• Dominica – Commonwealth of Dominica
• Dominican Republic

E

• East Timor – Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste
• Ecuador – Republic of Ecuador
• Egypt – Arab Republic of Egypt
• El Salvador – Republic of El Salvador
• Equatorial Guinea – Republic of Equatorial Guinea
• Eritrea – State of Eritrea
• Estonia – Republic of Estonia
• Ethiopia – Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia

F

• Falkland Islands (UK overseas territory)
• Faroe Islands (Self-governing country in the Kingdom of Denmark)
• Fiji – Republic of the Fiji Islands
• Finland – Republic of Finland
• France – French Republic
• French Polynesia (French overseas collectivity)

G

• Gabon – Gabonese Republic
• Gambia, The – Republic of The Gambia
• Georgia
• Germany – Federal Republic of Germany
• Ghana – Republic of Ghana
• Gibraltar (UK overseas territory)
• Greece – Hellenic Republic
• Greenland (Self-governing country in the Kingdom of Denmark)
• Grenada
• Guam – Territory of Guam (US organized territory)
• Guatemala – Republic of Guatemala
• Guernsey – Bailiwick of Guernsey (British Crown dependency)
• Guinea – Republic of Guinea
• Guinea-Bissau – Republic of Guinea-Bissau
• Guyana – Co-operative Republic of Guyana

H

• Haiti – Republic of Haiti
• Honduras – Republic of Honduras
• Hong Kong – Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China (Area of special sovereignty)
• Hungary – Republic of Hungary

I

• Iceland – Republic of Iceland
• India – Republic of India
• Indonesia – Republic of Indonesia
• Iran – Islamic Republic of Iran
• Iraq – Republic of Iraq
• Ireland – Ireland
• Isle of Man (British Crown dependency)
• Israel – State of Israel
• Italy – Italian Republic
• For “Ivory Coast”, see Côte d’Ivoire

J

• Jamaica
• Japan
• Jersey – Bailiwick of Jersey (British Crown dependency)
• Jordan – Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

K

• Kazakhstan – Republic of Kazakhstan
• Kenya – Republic of Kenya
• Kiribati – Republic of Kiribati
• Korea, North – Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
• Korea, South – Republic of Korea
• Kosovo – Republic of Kosovo
• Kuwait – State of Kuwait
• Kyrgyzstan – Kyrgyz Republic

L

• Laos – Lao People’s Democratic Republic
• Latvia – Republic of Latvia
• Lebanon – Republic of Lebanon
• Lesotho – Kingdom of Lesotho
• Liberia – Republic of Liberia
• Libya – Great Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
• Liechtenstein – Principality of Liechtenstein
• Lithuania – Republic of Lithuania
• Luxembourg – Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

M

• Macao – Macao Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China (Area of special sovereignty)
• Macedonia – Republic of Macedonia
• Madagascar – Republic of Madagascar
• Malawi – Republic of Malawi
• Malaysia
• Maldives – Republic of Maldives
• Mali – Republic of Mali
• Malta – Republic of Malta
• Marshall Islands – Republic of the Marshall Islands
• Mauritania – Islamic Republic of Mauritania
• Mauritius – Republic of Mauritius
• Mayotte – Departmental Collectivity of Mayotte (French overseas collectivity)
• Mexico – United Mexican States
• Micronesia – Federated States of Micronesia
• Moldova – Republic of Moldova
• Monaco – Principality of Monaco
• Mongolia
• Montenegro
• Montserrat (UK overseas territory)
• Morocco – Kingdom of Morocco
• Mozambique – Republic of Mozambique
• For “Myanmar”, see Burma

N

• Nagorno-Karabakh – Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (Artsakh)
• Namibia – Republic of Namibia
• Nauru – Republic of Nauru
• Nepal – Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal
• Netherlands – Kingdom of the Netherlands
• Netherlands Antilles (Self-governing country in the Kingdom of the Netherlands)
• New Caledonia – Territory of New Caledonia and Dependencies (French community sui generis)
• New Zealand
• Nicaragua – Republic of Nicaragua
• Niger – Republic of Niger
• Nigeria – Federal Republic of Nigeria
• Niue (Associated state of New Zealand)
• Norfolk Island – Territory of Norfolk Island (Australian overseas territory)
• Northern Cyprus – Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
• Northern Mariana Islands – Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (US commonwealth)
• For “North Korea”, see Korea, North
• Norway – Kingdom of Norway

O

• Oman – Sultanate of Oman

P

• Pakistan – Islamic Republic of Pakistan
• Palau – Republic of Palau
• Palestine – Palestinian Territories
• Panama – Republic of Panama
• Papua New Guinea – Independent State of Papua New Guinea
• Paraguay – Republic of Paraguay
• For “People’s Republic of China”, see China
• Peru – Republic of Peru
• Philippines – Republic of the Philippines
• Pitcairn Islands – Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie, and Oeno Islands (UK overseas territory)
• Poland – Republic of Poland
• Portugal – Portuguese Republic
• For “Pridnestrovie”, see Transnistria
• Puerto Rico – Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (US commonwealth)

Q

• Qatar – State of Qatar

R

• Romania
• Russia – Russian Federation
• Rwanda – Republic of Rwanda

S

• Saint Barthélemy – Collectivity of Saint Barthélemy (French overseas collectivity)
• Saint Helena (UK overseas territory)
• Saint Kitts and Nevis – Federation of Saint Christopher and Nevis
• Saint Lucia
• Saint Martin – Collectivity of Saint Martin (French overseas collectivity)
• Saint Pierre and Miquelon – Territorial Collectivity of Saint Pierre and Miquelon (French overseas collectivity)
• Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
• Samoa – Independent State of Samoa
• San Marino – Most Serene Republic of San Marino
• São Tomé and Príncipe – Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe
• Saudi Arabia – Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
• Senegal – Republic of Senegal
• Serbia – Republic of Serbia
• Seychelles – Republic of Seychelles
• Sierra Leone – Republic of Sierra Leone
• Singapore – Republic of Singapore
• Slovakia – Slovak Republic
• Slovenia – Republic of Slovenia
• Solomon Islands
• Somalia – Somali Republic
• Somaliland – Republic of Somaliland
• South Africa – Republic of South Africa
• For “South Korea”, see Korea, South
• South Ossetia – Republic of South Ossetia
• Spain – Kingdom of Spain
• Sri Lanka – Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
• Sudan – Republic of the Sudan
• Suriname – Republic of Suriname
• Svalbard (Territory of Norway)
• Swaziland – Kingdom of Swaziland
• Sweden – Kingdom of Sweden
• Switzerland – Swiss Confederation
• Syria – Syrian Arab Republic

T

• Taiwan – Republic of China
• Tajikistan – Republic of Tajikistan
• Tanzania – United Republic of Tanzania
• Thailand – Kingdom of Thailand
• For “Timor-Leste”, see East Timor
• Togo – Togolese Republic
• Tokelau (Overseas territory of New Zealand)
• Tonga – Kingdom of Tonga
• Transnistria – Transnistrian Moldovan Republic
• Trinidad and Tobago – Republic of Trinidad and Tobago
• Tristan da Cunha (Dependency of the UK overseas territory of Saint Helena)
• Tunisia – Tunisian Republic
• Turkey – Republic of Turkey
• Turkmenistan
• Turks and Caicos Islands (UK overseas territory)
• Tuvalu

U

• Uganda – Republic of Uganda
• Ukraine
• United Arab Emirates
• United Kingdom – United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
• United States – United States of America
• Uruguay – Eastern Republic of Uruguay
• Uzbekistan – Republic of Uzbekistan

V

• Vanuatu – Republic of Vanuatu
• Vatican City – State of the Vatican City
• Venezuela – Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
• Vietnam – Socialist Republic of Vietnam
• Virgin Islands, British – British Virgin Islands (UK overseas territory)
• Virgin Islands, United States – United States Virgin Islands (US organized territory)

W

• Wallis and Futuna – Territory of Wallis and Futuna Islands (French overseas collectivity)
• Western Sahara – Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic

Y

• Yemen – Republic of Yemen

Z

• For “Zaire”, see Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Zambia – Republic of Zambia
• Zimbabwe – Republic of Zimbabwe