Directory of World Cinema: Turkey
Vol 18
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- DirectorYavuz ÖzkanStarsCan BasakHaluk BozgeyikliAlp BugdayciThe film tells the life of a successful teacher and economist couple. When they meet, they look at passionate love like in the classics and get married. They will have a child. During their initial endless bliss, they receive minor wounds and are thoroughly traumatized. However, the woman cannot keep up with the way and rhythm of her husband's interpretation of her life, but does not interfere with the course. The chasm gets bigger every day. Expenditures of external feeding their deficiencies in their emotional life. The most and upturned societal values, these behavioral dissonances, the changing conflicts they create, sway their entire marriage from one end to the other. They are no longer affected by what they do, but they continue their lives by ignoring them.
- DirectorMuhsin ErtugrulStarsErcüment Behzat LavEmel RizaNasit ÖzcanAbout the national struggle spirit of the years of the Turkish Independence War.
- DirectorEris AkmanNisan AkmanStarsEris AkmanSedef EcerUgur KivilcimGül and Bülent are a couple that couldn't find time for each other because of their work. Gül quits her job but they are still unhappy.
- DirectorMurat SaraçogluStarsDemet AkbagÖzgü NamalSarp ApakTurkey is under the yoke of the military regime. Unbelievable events will develop in the axis of the house of the custodian mother, who takes care of the children of prostitutes.
- DirectorSadi Fikret KaragözogluStarsSadi Fikret KaragözogluSehper KaragözogluVasfi Riza ZobuBican Efendi who is too awkward works as steward at a pavilion and one day although arranging an entertainment is forbidden he decides to arrange a musical night and somehow police finds out about this fun. The movie is composed of successive funny parts with sketches. The movie is considered as the first Turkish comedy movie.
- DirectorAhmet FehimFazli NecipStarsMlle. BlanceHüseyin Kemal GürmenRana DilberyanThe story of Binnaz, one of the famous beauties of the Tulip Age, and the men in love with her.
- DirectorAbdullah OguzStarsTalat BulutÖzgü NamalMurat HanWhen an unmarried teenage girl is believed by her family to have given up her virginity, she is ordered to be killed out of shame. But before her relative is able to complete the task, the two encounter a college professor.
- DirectorTolga ÖrnekStarsTaner BirselAli DüsenkalkarHalit ErgençIn the years of military coup, Turkey was unable to produce its own cars. But Pasha believed that Turkish people can produce their own cars so he ordered 2 cars. Gunduz and engineers with him must produce 2 cars in only 130 days.
- DirectorAtil InaçStarsBülent Emin YararSuavi ErenHaldun BoysanThe movie depicts the period between 1979 and 1983, the most tumultuous years in the recent Turkish history.
- DirectorNuri Bilge CeylanStarsEmin CeylanMuzaffer ÖzdemirFatma CeylanMuzaffer goes to the house where his parents live for the movie he will shoot. He is thinking of starring his relatives in the movie he will shoot. But his father struggles with the forest administration for the oaks he grows. His mother, on the other hand, does not feel well because of the diseases brought by old age.
- DirectorNuri Bilge CeylanStarsMuzaffer ÖzdemirMehmet Emin ToprakZuhal GencerAfter his wife leaves him, a photographer has an existential crisis and tries to cope with his cousin's visit.
- DirectorTunç BasaranStarsOzan BilenNur SürerFüsun DemirelBaris, a 5 year-old little boy, has to stay in a prison with her mother during her detention period. Baris develops a special relationship with Inci, a young woman who also stays in prison. She promises him that the kite will fly someday.
- DirectorMehmet MuhtarStarsAnnie BallCahit IrgatAyfer FerayAzmi is a lawyer from Istanbul. Drakula of Romania has assumed a new title. Azmi travels to Romania for legal matters. He is warned of Drakula but Azmi is a strong believer of goodness.
- DirectorIrfan TözümStarsTarik AkanZeliha BerksoyErol DemirözNur and Erol are a couple who went through a big change after the 70 coup.
- DirectorFatih AkinStarsBaki DavrakGürsoy GemecCengiz DanerA Turkish man travels to Istanbul to find the daughter of his father's former girlfriend.
- DirectorHakan AlgülStarsDemet AkbagAta DemirerÖzge BorakA clarinet player goes on a search for his real father, teaming up with an eccentric nightclub singer.
- DirectorHakan AlgülStarsDemet AkbagAta DemirerÖzge BorakA clarinetist from a village in Turkey's Thracian region tries to reach his fiancé, who works as a nurse in a village near Çanakkale, to give her a ring to win back her heart.
- DirectorÖmer Faruk SorakStarsCem YilmazÖzge ÖzberkOzan GüvenA slick young Turk kidnapped by extraterrestrials shows his great « humanitarian spirit » by outwitting the evil commander-in-chief of the planet of G.O.R.A.
- DirectorAli ÖzgentürkStarsTürkan SorayTalat BulutHarun YesilyurtHazal is married off to her late husband's brother in his early teens. As she develops a motherly affection for the child groom, she falls in love with mason Emin.
- DirectorFatih AkinStarsBirol ÜnelSibel KekilliGüven KiraçWith the intention to break free from the strict familial restrictions, a suicidal young woman sets up a marriage of convenience with a forty-year-old addict, an act that will lead to an outburst of envious love.
- DirectorAtif YilmazStarsMüjde ArAli PoyrazogluHümeyraAsiye is on the verge of entering a bad life. Every decision she makes will reshape the dynamics of her life one step next.
- DirectorÇetin InançStarsDemir KarahanNebahat ÇehreYildirim GencerFantoma gathers all her agents in the world and comes to Istanbul. His goal is to get the microfilms from the Professor, with whom he once worked. Demir Claw, Babalik, Mine and Yilmaz, the biggest assistants of the Istanbul police, intend to catch Fantoma in Istanbul and hand her over to the police.
- DirectorYesim UstaogluStarsNazmi KirikNewroz BazMizgin KapazanMehmet, a young Turkish man newly migrated from the village Tire, takes a job searching for water leaks below the surface of the streets of Istanbul. Due to a strange set of events, he is mistaken for a Kurd, imprisoned, and brutally beaten.
- DirectorNatuk BaytanStarsCüneyt ArkinBahar ErdenizYildirim GencerWhen the king is murdered, his baby son and heir is hidden in the forest where he is abducted and raised by a pride of lions. As an adult he uses his beastly strength and claw-like hands to take revenge against the new king and his armies.
- DirectorYilmaz AtadenizStarsIrfan AtasoyPervin ParMuzaffer TemaKilink visits Istanbul to grab a destructive formula which is in the hands of an once-collaborate scientist, Professor Houloussi. He murders him, kidnaps his daughter, tortures her in some gloomy dungeon, and then kidnaps more people and tortures them but still, the formula remains hidden.
- DirectorYusuf PirhasanStarsBelçim BilginDemet AkbagAsuman DabakMeet Vartanus who has devoted her life to her bedridden father; Goncagul who realizes that her Mafioso lover will never marry her. Gulnur who's resigned herself to daily beatings as long as her husband doesn't touch the kids, Tulay who's shattered every time her mother gets beaten; hairdresser Fusun who tends to see things on the bright side.
- DirectorYesim UstaogluWith summer on its way, the mountain people leave their village with their herds. They pass through winding paths and valleys, and cross deep ravines, on their way to their summer quarters.
- DirectorFerzan ÖzpetekStarsRiccardo ScamarcioNicole GrimaudoAlessandro PreziosiTommaso is the youngest son of the Cantones, a large, traditional southern Italian family operating a pasta-making business since the 1960s. On a trip home from Rome, where he studies literature and lives with his boyfriend, Tommaso decides to tell his parents the truth about himself. But when he is finally ready to come out in front of the entire family, his older brother Antonio ruins his plans.
- DirectorYilmaz ErdoganStarsYilmaz ErdoganTolga ÇevikDemet AkbagA struggling, suicidal young comedian meets a car thief who is willing to teach him a few things about his profession.
- DirectorSeren YüceStarsBartu KüçükçaglayanSettar TanriögenNihal G. KoldasMertkan has a simple life in Istanbul: 'working' as an office-boy in his dad's construction company, hanging out with his male friends in malls and discos, cruising with his dad's 4-wheel drive at night. There is no urgency for him to find a meaning to this emptiness.
- DirectorYavuz ÖzkanStarsCüneyt ArkinTarik AkanHalil ErgünMine workers in Turkey struggling for better working conditions.
- DirectorYavuz TurgulStarsSener SenUgur YücelSermin HürmeriçIngenuous countryman Ali Nazik moves to Istanbul, expecting help to become a famous singer, he finds Muhsin Kanadikirik, a fading music producer.
- DirectorÇagan IrmakStarsÇetin TekindorFikret KuskanHümeyraThe family of a left-wing journalist is torn apart after the military coup of Turkey in 1980.
- DirectorNuri Bilge CeylanStarsMuhammet UzunerYilmaz ErdoganTaner BirselA group of men set out in search of a dead body in the Anatolian steppes.
- DirectorAtif YilmazStarsMüjde ArMacit KoperYilmaz ZaferAfter Serap, the theatre actress, acts in an advertisement, she loses her identity and become a housewife with two children. The movie is about dilemma of Serap and Naciye.
- DirectorHulki SanerStarsSadri AlisikErol AmaçCemil SahbazIt is the first film adaptation of Star Trek.
- DirectorTomris GiritliogluStarsMurat YildirimBeren SaatOkan Yalabik"When a nationalistic wealthy landowner's idealist son falls for a non-muslim prostitute, he finds himself in a conflict between his feelings and politics under the shadow of the " Events of September 6th-7th in 1955.
- DirectorYesim UstaogluStarsTsilla CheltonDerya AlaboraOnur ÜnsalWhen an aging matriarch starts showing signs of dementia, her dysfunctional family in Istanbul must navigate a minefield of unresolved issues to care for her.
- DirectorTogan GökbakarStarsSahan GökbakarFatma ToptasTulug ÇizgenA man trying to impress his childhood lover, although it may sound romantic, it is not.
- DirectorTogan GökbakarStarsSahan GökbakarGülsen ÖzbakanEfe BabacanRecep gets a job and tries to find a wife to please his ailing grandmother.
- DirectorYilmaz GüneyStarsYilmaz GüneyNebahat ÇehreHayati HamzaogluSeyyit Han is a man with many foes. One day he falls in love with Mürsit's sister, Keje. Mürsit is fine with them marrying, only on one condition: Seyyit Han has to get rid of his enemies to offer a decent life for Keje. Having set on a journey to do so, one day he victoriously returns to his hometown: the day Keje is marrying another man.
- DirectorFatih AkinStarsAdam BousdoukosMoritz BleibtreuPheline RogganIn Hamburg, German-Greek chef Zinos unknowingly disturbs the peace in his locals-only restaurant by hiring a more talented chef.
- DirectorYilmaz AtadenizStarsSevda FerdagIrfan AtasoyYildirim GencerA Turkish superhero fights spies.
- DirectorKunt TulgarStarsTayfun DemirGüngör BayrakYildirim GencerBorn out of a Christmas ornaments-filled heaven, Turkish Superman fights the mob in order to save the day!
- DirectorMehmet AslanStarsKartal TibetEva BenderSeher SenizThe Vikings wish to kidnap a beautiful girl to sacrifice her to their demigod, but the heroic Tarkan, aided by his dog, Kurt, is there to save the day.
- DirectorSerif GörenYilmaz GüneyStarsErkan YücelKamran UsluerAdem TolayThis is the story of Cevher and his family, who all work in cotton fields in late seventies in Turkey. Cevher has to pay blood money to save his life. He even considers getting his daughter married to a rich and old guy. And on the cotton fields, they have to compete with machines, which are preferred to human workers. Eventually, workers unite and go on strike.
- DirectorBay OkanStarsBay OkanBjörn GeddaTuncel KurtizA group of illegal immigrants are brought to Stockholm in a bus by a smuggler who takes all their money and passports, and then runs away.
- DirectorYilmaz AtadenizStarsMine MutluKunt TulgarErol TasUpon discovering he's adopted and that his biological father was a superhero, a young man decides to take up his father's mask and fight against evil.
- DirectorMetin ErksanStarsCanan PerverCihan ÜnalMeral TaygunThe remake of The Exorcist.
- DirectorSerif GörenStarsHülya KoçyigitTalat BulutYaman OkayThe women who called Elmas is earning her life with picking tomatoes, pepper and frog, she was widowed when her husband killed. Elmas survives with her child. She has to work for Bank and Cooperative debit. Also teenagers in the village are disturb her.
- DirectorAhmet FehimStarsRasit Riza SamakoBehzat ButakMme. KaliteaShot in occupied Istanbul, a French nanny seducing the men of the house.
- DirectorYavuz TurgulStarsSener SenCem YilmazÇetin TekindorThe lives of three homicide detectives are turned upside-down during a murder investigation.
- DirectorMuharrem GulmezSirri Süreyya ÖnderStarsCezmi BaskinÖzgü NamalUmut KurtIt is 80's Turkey, local musicians of Adiyaman are hired by the military and trained to welcome one of the forceful generals of coup regime.
- DirectorLütfi Ö. AkadStarsYilmaz GüneyPervin ParErol TasIn order to keep his ailing son alive, an impoverished man agrees to sneak a herd of sheep across the border.
- DirectorÇetin InançStarsCüneyt ArkinAytekin AkkayaFüsun UçarThe adaptation of Star Wars.
- DirectorÖmer Faruk SorakStarsCem YilmazOzan GüvenDemet EvgarIn 1881, two Ottoman Secret Agents travel to the USA, at the Sultan's request, to deliver a valuable diamond as a gift for the President.
- DirectorHalit RefigStarsCüneyt ArkinNebahat ÇehreBirsen AydaA young hero, popularly known as "The Nameless Knight", struggles against the tyrannical ruler of Bukhara. The ruler learns that he will be given divine punishment for his wicked deeds and will be killed by his own son. He orders a female to drown his baby son in the river soon after birth but he is left in a basket to float and survives.
- DirectorPelin EsmerStarsHüseyin ArslanköylüSaniye CengizFatma FatihWhen nine peasant women from a mountain village in southern Turkey decide to write and perform a play based on their life stories, aspects of their personalities emerge that they never knew existed. Esmer's documentary observes the creative stages leading up to the production of the play, and shows us how nine subtly but significantly different women emerge after its staging.
- DirectorSerif GörenYilmaz GüneyStarsTarik AkanSerif SezerHalil ErgünWhen five Kurdish prisoners are granted one week's home leave, they find to their dismay that they face continued oppression outside of prison from their families, the culture, and the government.
- DirectorKutlug AtamanStarsGönen AykaçMetin UygunDaniel ChaceRichie Hunter is an American who lives in Istanbul. He meets a stranger, Haldun, who gives him a note with directions. These lead him to visit an aristocrat called Lamia living in a small palace on the Bosphorus and Richie finds himself caught up in the intrigues of Lamia's household.
- DirectorNuri Bilge CeylanStarsMehmet Emin ToprakHavva SaglamCihat BütünThe story of a family living in a small godforsaken town in Turkey seen through the eyes of children and dealing with the growing complexity when one becomes an adult.
- DirectorFerzan ÖzpetekStarsAlessandro GassmannFrancesca d'AlojaCarlo CecchiFrancesco inherits an old palace from a Turkish aunt and moves to Istanbul to renovate it.
- DirectorT. Fikret UçakStarsAytekin AkkayaDeniz ErkanatYavuz SelekmanA crime wave is terrorizing Istanbul, and the police call in American superhero Captain America and Mexican wrestler Santo to end it.
- DirectorNuri Bilge CeylanStarsYavuz BingölHatice AslanAhmet Rifat SungarA family suffers from a major communication breakdown during their struggle to get through their hardships.
- DirectorHüseyin KarabeyStarsAyça DamgaciHama Ali KahnCengiz BozkurtThree years ago, in real-life, Hama Ali, a charismatic actor from Iraq famous locally for his performance as Iraq's version of Superman, met Ayca on a film-set. He and Ayca, a fiery actress from Turkey, had a passionate love affair before returning to their respective homes.
- DirectorEylem KaftanStarsEylem KaftanThis short documentary follows Montreal filmmaker, Eylem Kaftan, as she travels to Turkey in an attempt to unravel the 30-year-old mystery of her aunt Guzide's murder.
- DirectorYilmaz ErdoganÖmer Faruk SorakStarsYilmaz ErdoganDemet AkbagAltan ErkekliLives of residents in a small, Anatolian village change when television is introduced to them.
- DirectorYilmaz ErdoganStarsYilmaz ErdoganDemet AkbagAltan ErkekliVizontele Tuuba is the sequel to Vizontele and recounts the 1980 military coup, the repercussions of the coup in a small southeastern town in Turkey. This is a very confusing period: every sad incident leads to a funny event or every funny incident results in sadness.
- DirectorYesim UstaogluStarsRüçhan ÇaliskurRidvan YagciDimitris KaberidisAyse/Eleni who is a member of a Greek family in Turkey is forced to immigrate from Trabzon to Mersin in her early ages. However, the events that happen cause her to face her own past.