Menderes Samancilar

The Karadağs are a wealthy family that owns vast estates in Cappadocia. Their heir Seymen goes to study in New York where he meets Bahar, the daughter of a family from İstanbul. They fall in love, get married and move to the Karadağs' ancestral home, the "Asmalı Konak".

After being released from the military, two old friends meet and decide to produce a movie together, but get mixed up in the underworld.

It's about a turkish guy who lives in Germany. Just like lots of other turkish people in Germany. He works as a street cleaner just to get his dream car. A yellow colored mercedes. (imdb/comments)

Restorated by Başak Groupama this missing film tells the story of three friends struggling to survive in the fertile plains in southeast Turkey. Bald Hasan, Wrestler Ali, and Hopeless Case Yusuf travel to Çukurova to find work.

He works as a bartender, which is an unlikely enough occupation in a nominally Muslim country. He is also a dwarf, which is a difficult fate anywhere. In this tragic drama, the hero (Mevlut Demiryay) lives in a really dangerous neighborhood, protected only by a police whistle he wears around his neck... (All Movie Guide)

The movie is based on Orhan Kemal's novel with the same title. It narrates the story of daily lives of poor artisans who had to work in farms due to economic hardship.

A Turkish drama about the consequences of rape.

Flashbacks from the present show how the young scholar Muzo (Emre Akyildiz) chose an academic career over romantic satisfaction. Most of the scenes take us back to the time when he was nine and had to wear homemade shoes to school. Nowadays, he is still hard-pressed for cash, and has innumerable schemes for raising a penny here and a penny there. (fandango.com)

Tells the story of prisoners in Ward 72 starving to death because of the famine and poverty during WW2, and about power relations between prisoners and the Captain's love for Fatma. The main question is what does it mean to be a human being?

In this film that wavers unsteadily between a comedy and a tragedy, Murtaza (Mujdat Gezen) is a deluded security guard whose fanatical reverence for "duty" verges on the psychotic. He is incapable of seeing himself for what he is -- and as a consequence he is often the unwitting and unknowing brunt of jokes. His wife and daughters are painfully aware of his shortcomings, but they generally suffer in silence. (Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi)

A story of amateur goalkeeper.

Haunted by his dark past, a man takes a job as a fire warden in a remote tower in the wilderness, and is inexorably drawn towards a young woman with a terrible secret of her own. (tiff.net)

A historical film about village institutes in Turkey.

A young district governor puts up a fight against landlords for the good of the villagers.

Adapted from Yakup Kadri Karaosmanoglu's novel tells the story of a writer's interconnections with the villagers during the Turkish national movement and war of independence

one of the 'revolutionary' arabesque movies

Bahadir, an aspiring 35-year-old director, spends his life making cheap television films inspired by the stories of folk songs. On the other hand, he has a great ambition to make films like his idol, Tarkovsky. He stands between his dreams and the real, tragicomic conditions. (altinkozafestivali.org.tr)

In his childhood, Orhan's father is killed by his blood feuds in front of his eyes. He wants to get his revenge. But unfortunately, he falls in love with the daughter of the man who killed his father.

First engage melodrama of Turkish cinema (Gönül Dönmez-Colin)

The Karadağs are a wealthy family that owns vast estates in Cappadocia. Their heir Seymen goes to study in New York where he meets Bahar, the daughter of a family from İstanbul. They fall in love, get married and move to the Karadağs' ancestral home, the "Asmalı Konak". Yet their love story would not be a calm one.

A chaotic political situation in which a father searches for the murderer of his son.

A young woman's forced marriage to the agha of a tribe in Southeastern Turkey leads to tragedy and social change.

The story of a man resisting to remain good despite all the injustice and vice he faced.

Aram, an Armenian painter and poet, life in Istanbul is growing more dangerous day by day because of his opposite opinions. In the winter 1943, he flees to the Georgian border, where Mikhail and his young wife Meryem give him shelter in the forest. But the city-dwelling intellectual can't handle life in the woods. He's scared and feels lost in nature.

Set against the backdrop of construction activity promising to fill in the empty spaces of the urban landscape with entirely new neighborhoods, a story unfolds of an aging construction worker who, unlike his peers, has to drop all plans for the future after being diagnosed with a malignant tumor. (imdb)

A young boy Karim suddenly gets kidnapped by falko his dad's unknown enemy in order to get even with his dad (Gerald) for snatching his girlfriend away from him (imdb)

Yakup and Semsa are Syriac families living in Berlin with their three children and grandchildren. Twenty-five years ago they migrated from Mardin to Berlin. One day, a call comes from Mardin. This news is about Mikhael, whom they lost twenty-five years ago. Yakup and Semsa go to Mardin with their grandson, Nardin, who does not want to leave them alone. This trip will be the beginning of all their personal journeys. (imdb)

Ismet is a soldier, who was on duty at the border as a Commander of the Coast Guard and recently got retired. Now as a civilian, he struggles to communicate with his family and people surrounding him. His only son abandoned him and left to the U.S. And now his wife wants to join her son, too. After suddenly becoming neighbors with two refugees at his house near the Turkish-Greek border and the humane experience he has to live through, he has to face his prejudices and political view. (imdb)

Laborers of the film industry have decided to march against the new censorship act in 1977. 60 years of silence in cinema was going to be interrupted for good. From actor/actresses to set workers, 400 women and men have started a 5-day-long walk to Ankara. A walk that was conceived with supportive but surprised looks of the public. The documentary tries to picture this forgotten but historical event in the light of the 100th year of cinema.

The story of a young woman who abandoned her husband and ran away with the man she had been in love with since her childhood. (imdb)

A series about archeology.

An idealistic inspector who fights against lawbreakers in government institutions. (imdb)

The tragic story of Ali, who married much younger Kumru and the desperation of Kumru, who sets sail for a new love with Kemal and discovers her inner feelings. (imdb)

Having to leave his wife in town, Musa starts working with a group of workers whose lives are painful like himself. (imdb)

Zeynep is trying to avoid a forced marriage. She works as a belly dancer in a night club. Ferdi, a taxi driver, helps Zeynep.

Ayhan is a football player. He lost his mother in the 17 August earthquake. His late father Sefik Bey, whom he's never met, leaves all his money to him. The remake of ''Halk Çocugu (1964)''

Adapted from the story of Halikarnas Balikçisi (Cevat Sakir Kabaagaçli), the six-part series tells the drama of people in a coastal town.

The story of Bekir and Çetin, two gigolos who have relationships with older women.

The story of Turkish cinema and theater actress Cahide Sonku. A series of 5 episodes.

The brutal murder of Hande Atılbay brings together the paths of young prosecutor Leyla, and a famous journalist Kenan. However, this murder is covered with facts that will also destroy their love. (imdb)

The adventure of two young people named Zeref and Kazim who love each other.

Struggling with existential angst and longing for his past life in an orange, a man navigates his quirky family in this decades-spanning drama.