The Kurds in Turkey
Kurdish conflict in Turkey, Kurdistan Workers' Party, terror and guerilla
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- DirectorHandan IpekçiStarsSükran GüngörDilan ErçetinFüsun DemirelThe paths of 75-year-old retired judge Rifat Bey and little Hejar, who was left with a relative because he lost all his relatives in the operation carried out in his village, cross paths in Istanbul.
- DirectorHiner SaleemStarsNazmi KirikBelçim BilginOmer ChawshinOn his wedding day, a Kurdish man must flee through Turkish, then Iraqi and eventually Iranian Kurdistan.
- DirectorBen SombogaartStarsErçan OrhanHalsho HussainBrader MusikiMemo doesn't speak anymore, he's angry about his father's decision to move his family to The Netherlands.
- DirectorHiner SaleemStarsKorkmaz ArslanGolshifteh FarahaniSuat UstaBaran, a Kurdish independence war hero, is now sheriff in Erbil, the capital city. No longer feeling useful in this society now at peace, he thinks about quitting the police force, but instead agrees to be stationed in a small valley, at the very borders of Iran, Turkey, and Iraq. It is a lawless territory, right at the heart of illegal drug, medication and alcohol trafficking. Having arrived in the small village, he refuses to bow down to Aga Azzi, the seriously corrupt tribal chief and absolute ruler of the area. Baran meets Govend, the village school teacher, who is also rejected by the villagers. Like Baran, she represents another law, that of the young and autonomous Kurdish state. Govend is all the more vulnerable as she is not a married woman.
- DirectorYilmaz ArslanStarsXevat GectanErdal CelikBulent BuyukasikTwo young Kurdish refugees, recently arrived in Germany struggle to make their way through the harshness of the occidental city. Their encounter with a gang of Turks will rapidly led them into an inevitable tragical spiral filled with death and revenge
- DirectorTayfun PirselimogluStarsZuhal OlcayMichael MendlParkan ÖzturanSükran who works at pay box of Haydarpasa is around 40 ages. She has a son whose name is Veysel. He works in a factory. She suffered from her husband's political actions, so she wants to keep away Veysel from political actions. Veysel get lost. She tried to find him but she did not. She called upon the competent authorities to find him but she was refused.
- 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.
- DirectorHüseyin KarabeyStarsTuncay AkdemirSelim BulutSabahettin DAGThis is the story of two women on opposite ends of a life-time, a very young, curious Jiyan and her life-weary but resistant grandmother Berfe, in order to save the person who links them to each other.
- 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.
- DirectorZeki ÖktenStarsTarik AkanMelike DemiragTuncel KurtizBecause of a local blood feud, a peasant family in eastern Turkey decides to sell its sheep in far away Ankara.
- DirectorYilmaz GüneyStarsTuncel KurtizAyse Emel Mesci KurayMalik BerrichiTeens in a Turkish prison struggle to survive under hideous conditions.
- DirectorPaxton WintersStarsDavid ConnollyIpek DegerMichael David FishmanShot on location in Turkey, 'Crude' takes a satirical look at patriotism, globalism, and media sensationalism. Two restless Americans in search of a bit of inspiration and adventure, discover a mysterious country rich in beauty and intrigue. Weaving their way from Istanbul to the Iranian/Syrian borders of southeast Turkey they find themselves on a road trip with a wealthy Turk when prospects of a bigger plan quickly lead them off-course.
- DirectorReis ÇelikStarsBerhan SimsekTarik TarcanSermin KaraaliThe struggle of Seydo, whom he was assigned to go with lieutenant Murat, in the tough geography of the Southeast Anatolia.
- DirectorErden KiralStarsYesim BüberHalil ErgünMehmet EsenUnder military rule, famed filmmaker Yilmaz is transferred to another prison. He is followed by his wife, a prison friend, and a young director in a car. At a motel, he tries to escape but cannot break free from his bond with his master.
- DirectorÇetin InançStarsSerdar KebapçilarFiliz TaçbasTugrul MeteerA Turkish commando must infiltrate and capture a group of terrorists living in the mountains.
- DirectorOsman SinavStarsKenan ImirzaliogluMelda BekcanSelçuk YöntemYusuf Miroglu and his fiancee Zeynep goes to Diyarbakir to attend at the wedding of Cemal, who is his close friend from military service. Cemal gets killed by mysterious assassination during the wedding.
- DirectorSadullah SentürkStarsMusa UzunlarTugrul ÇetinerAyfer DönmezIskender Büyük is accused of treachery and coup, and standing trial at constitutional court. This story about "GLADIO Organization" is being told from point of view of a deceived insider, and an ex-Special Forces Lt. Iskender Büyük.
- StarsArif SelçukRidvan AlbayrakSezen AraySpecialist Gendarmerie Osman Kanat organizes an operation against the PKK, leading to a deadly war against terrorist Necla and her friends, while falling in love with Necla's lawyer sister.
- StarsFurkan PalaliPelin AkilZeynep EronatTurkey's intelligence war on the number of issues that the country's national presence and sworn to protect the interests of a handful of people exiting the road from the story is taken subject selfless life of this hero.
- DirectorLevent SemerciStarsMete HorozogluIlker KizmazBirce AkalayStory of 40-man Turkish task force who must defend a relay station.
- StarsMelisa SözenSerhat TutumluerUmut KurtThe struggle of nurses and doctors working in a military hospital in a region where terrorism is intense in Southeastern Anatolia to keep people alive.
- DirectorFatih AkinStarsBaki DavrakGürsoy GemecCengiz DanerA Turkish man travels to Istanbul to find the daughter of his father's former girlfriend.
- StarsMert KiliçBora KarakulErtugrul SakarThe story goes on in the South East in 1997 when the terrorist incidents increased. While the soldiers are being martyred, the people of the region also suffer serious damage from terrorism. People are classified as pro-terrorist and pro-state.
- DirectorHasim AydemirStarsEzel AkayFurkan BolukbasiFurkan BölükbasiIn September 12 1980, Turkish state carries out a military coup suppressing struggle of Kurds for human rights and freedom.