In his earliest play, Nuran David Calis weaves together three worlds and three locations. First, the hidden room of the young Hakan, a former hospital doctor who gradually turns into an Islamist. Second, the exile experience of his parents, who fled to Germany from Turkey in 1980, following the military coup. Third, the highly charged, tense atmosphere in Turkey in September 1980, shortly before the army seized power. „Kuffar. The Atheists“ focuses on the topic which is in the centre of today’s global discussion. It describes situations, motives and, probably, also suggests some solutions.
