ANKARA Long- lost footage from “Zafer Yollarında” (“On the Roads to Victory”), hailed as Turkish cinema’s first reenactment film, has resurfaced through archival research decades after being presumed gone forever. Rediscovered by the General Directorate of Cinema under the Culture and Tourism Ministry, the film was produced by Türkiye ’s first private film company, Kemal Film, between 1923 and 1924, during the nascent years of the Republic of Türkiye. It depicts the cavalry operations of the