Synopsis

In Turkey, the national ID-cards are blue for men and pink for women. In 2012, a beaming Rüzgar Erkoçlar received his first testosterone injection, marking an important step in his gender affirmation. Could he have imagined then how arduous that journey would be? 

Blue ID follows Erkoçlar, a formerly famous Turkish actor, in his battle to accept himself and to be accepted in a traditional and conservative country. Turkey is at the top of the European statistics for murders of trans people, and the media searchlight is ever increasing on Erkoçlar after he was outed as trans. 

Blue ID won the audience award at the world's largest documentary festival, IDFA, in 2022.

Original title: Mavi kimlik