Osman Kavala, a leading figure in Turkey’s civil society, has been in custody in the largest high-security prison in Europe in Silivri since November 1, 2017. LETTERS FROM SILIVRI draws on letters of the philanthropist and public intellectual written in captivity to document a timeline of his imprisonment. Visually, the film shows the streets of a district in Istanbul called Esenyurt, a place affected heavily by its urban transformations. By separating voice and image, the film intends to create an echo chamber that allows the audience to listen more carefully to Kavalas letters, while at the same time place his words in context to civil society.