Castaway With Purpose

A documentary film by Around-n-Over

"Life is a gift -- live it!"

Erden Eruç

Thank you to everyone who has contributed to our documentary so far.

5+ Backers

Gökhan Dönmez, İlsu Dirgin, Demet Cabbar, Aybike Yurtsever, Kerim Kitaplı, Mustafa Umut Saraç, Faruk Güç, Jon Turk, Aytaç Özgören, John Farrell, Sina Hakman, Zafer Aslan, Bilgesu Güngör, Lina, Ian Kipp Hagemann. 

25+ Backers

Kerri Comsa, Süheyl Sökmen, Natasha Ralston, Arkadaş Özakın, Lisa Ross, Kelly Pratt, Fatih Kocabaş, Alper Kaya, Ulaş Ersin, Kris Kessey, Carol Wyatt, Demir Erman, Niels Gade, Fırat Tuna, Donald Gregory, Ben Dobbs, Burak Kutlu, Hande Toffoli, Erin Raney, Andrea Granahan, Ayshe Talay-Ongan, Hasan Akay, Zeynep Eda Batuhan Buğra, Beth Miller-Tipton, Deniz Birgi Alper.

35+ Backers

Matthew Dina, Brad Mendelson, Paul Kavanagh, Kim Moen, Shana Pennington-Baird, Derek Bickel, James Morrison, Jeremy Cranford, Steven Turner, Eileen Kroll, Richard & Deb McDowell, Anna Schofer, Dominique B., Tom Crowley, Kevin Mullarky, James Sullivan.

40+ Backers

Joel Dugdale, Steve Reynolds, Erika Wagner, Kevin Mullarky.

45+ Backers

Erika Neubauer, Ahmet Rauf Sallı, Yaşar Orhon, Peter Byrne, Emre Tok, Andy Littlefair, Emre A. Yavuz, Aykut Türem.

50+ Backers

Dee Read, Penny Johnson, Güneş Akdoğan, Hakan Gönenli, Kerem Pakdemir, Samuel D. Pollard, Steve Nagode, Peter Matsumoto, Pete Alderson, Ercan Yılmaz, Jared McClain, James Tidy, Barış Atayman, Tayfun Hakan, Murat Yılmaz, Stacy Weber, Faik Çimen, Karl Rexer, Paul Killebrew, Frank Handler, Chris Mohn, Erdinç Gökalp, Andy Skelton, Volkan Yücesoy, Sinan Uluvar, Iris Lee Knell, Aydın Erdoğan, Aydemir Nehrozoğlu, Maureen London, Thuy Senser, Dost Can Deniz, Seçkin İkiz, Judy Ogden, Korkud Demirel, Müslim Bozyiğit, Florian Gottschling, Necla Sarıkaya, Wendy & Bill Gage, Courtney Jones House, Doug McElroy, Emily Mabus, Caner Odabaşoğlu, Karen Swent, Ken Schrader, Celal Asan, Y. Murat Özgüç, Onur Güden, Ryan Mullarky, Burçak Gürün Muraben, Vivek Mandava, Bülent Pulak, Tom Lynch, Todd Parrish, S.M. Göker, Murat Ülman, Hilda van der Veen, Özgür Yazlalı, Adam Norman, Murat Eğrikavuk, Mehmet Ali Alpar, Thatcher Bailey, Cüneyt Altınışık, Zerrin Altınışık, İhsan Gören, Patricia Fiske, Joe Sauvage, Zuhal Topaloğlu, S. Timuçin, Taha Akkuş, Esra Bayoğlu Flener.

80+ Backers

Metin Egeli, Sue Alford, Talat Odman, Bryan Davis, Joanne Mahler, Cengiz Kayır, Rick & Nora Bowers, Makbule Doğan, Ahmet Davran, Emin Pamucak, Michelle Duggan, Ferdane Bekmezci, Scott Petersen, Edwin Sobey, Yaprak Erdem, Michael King, Alaattin Gülerarslan, Alicia Docter, Anne Urbanek, Joe & Jenn, Ronnie Henderson, Cengiz Acartürk, Hakan Abacıoğlu, Cinthia Fischer, Phyllis Wishnie, Filiz Durmuş, Dimitri Kieffer, Asım & Sherry Bolca, Ellen Hecht, Tim McGuire.  

125+ Backers

Mark Wishnie, Michael Norman, Fatih Ertekin, Scott Semyan, Ömer Çimen, Gökçe Doğanay Sezgin, Benjamin Allen, Susan Hoff, Ferit Toska, Charles Maurer, Mehmet Özalp Birol, Engin Selçuk, Rasim Aziz Uras, Deborah Nicholls, Rebecca Kenison, Matt Kear, Wendy Powell, Gib Regelsperger, Tamara Plush, Ledah Schrader, Kamil Buğra Rodoper, Rebecca Peacock, Daniel Allen, Vildan Manzo, Jerry Schudda, Ina McGuinness, Craig Mullarky, Mehmet Sevil, Ed Marquand, Udo Ewertz, Nancy Karason, John Methot, Jason Lewis, Allyson Groth, Darren O'Donnell, Jeremy Wilson, Lani Wolfe, Alicia Hottle-Sippy, Aplimax, Steven Blom, Ertuğrul Fatih Sever, Bengi Eruç.

200+ Backers

Robert Easter, Miguel Gomez, Laura Tegtmeyer, Joshua Cagney, John Gökçen, Nuri Dağdeviren, Ümit Cafer Özakın, Barbara Stewart, Tamara DiCaprio, Julie Sharif, Ozan Halim Çokdeger, Mari Dewberry, Gideon Sasson, Thomas Hornbein, Sam Newman, Robert Strong, Schrader Environmental Systems, Don Bekins.

350+ Backers

Paul McKinley, Bill Hinsley, Rachel Hopkins, Dan Aylward, Ron Zuber, Anthony Solan, Michele Westmorland, Tom & Kathy Wilkes, Doug & Gail Hilderbrand, Matt Comsa, Ahmet Bom, Tony Santoro, Capt. Lynn Danaher, Graeme Welsh, Jessica Kuich, Fatih Muslu.

500+ Backers

Ali Teoman Arsay, Amatör Denizcilik Federasyonu, Murat Arığ, Ashley Tidy, Osman Ertugay, Derviş Can Vural, Dr. Mustafa Ataç, Hank Evecek, Ken Gray, Armağan Dağal, Victoria Mabus, Baran Arın, John Denissen, Nancy Board, Erden Eruç.

1,000+ Backers 

Soner Terek, William E. Hinsley Jr., Koray Arıkan, Mustafa Şevki Ataç, Eylem Uysal, Al Menzl, Cemal Eruç, Debra Kunigonis, Melih Berk, Attila Köksal, Hakan Polatoğlu, Ozan Akkaya, M.N.P., John M. Cadia.

2,500+ Backers

Mary Herche, Fahrettin Gülener, Enka Vakfı & Enka Spor Kulübü.

10,000 Backer

And last but not least, our primary donor, Levent Selamoğlu.

Many, many thanks to each and every one of you. 

The Castaway team