Ugur Polat

The film is set during the period of the Varlik Vergisi where many non-Muslims were forced to pay higher taxes, often in an arbitrary and unrealistic way. Around two thousand non-Muslims, who could not pay the amount demanded for the tax within the time-limit of thirty days, were arrested and sent to a forced labor camp in Aşkale in the Erzurum Province of eastern Turkey. (imdb)

Revolves around six different stories that eventually merge into a common theme. There's Hawa, who hopes running the Eurasia Marathon will win her the money she needs to help her crippled brother; a local Mafioso who kills a hotel owner; the hotel owner's son; and various corrupt politicians, state officials, and cocaine smugglers... (All Movie Guide)

The story of a man who believes he's been presented with a new life where he witnesses his son's resurrection. He finds the woman he's been looking for all his life. All this is a miracle for him. However, as in all miracles, it has to end. This is the tale of an odd search covering extraordinary circumstances in which the destinies of the heroes intercept and overlap. (imdb)

Thirtysomething Suat still lives with his parents and works at his father's store when not practising as goalie for the local football team, Esnaf Spor. Suat is in love with Nurten, the neighbourhood beauty, but she has never responded to his many secret letters. The neighbourhood's greatest wish is for Esnaf Spor to win the amateur league championship. (riocinema.ndirect.co.uk)

In a very dangerous police operation famous undercover Narcotic agent Ertugrul faces with a puzzling situation. Unfortunately he gets killed along with his wife in front of their children before he solves the secret in the dark labyrinths of the world of drugs. Sixteen years later, his older son Attila, who has grown up to be a Narcotic officer with the nickname "Panther", will seek his revenge... (imdb)

This is a story of the great Turkish poet Nâzim Hikmet, the poet of struggle and combat, the poet of passion and love... (imdb)

Necati is a 33 year old man who's passionate for cinema. He has lost his mother just after he was born and his father is an odd fisherman nicknamed "Newton". Necati's biggest dream is to complete his film "Gravity Zero" which he endeavors to shoot by using a home camera and show it to an audience on a cinema screen... (Yahoo! Movies)

Fog and the Night is the search of an investigator who has lost his confidence in his organization and whose happy "family father" order has been disrupted by his young lover... (imdb)

During the 60's military regime in Turkey, the president orders for the first Turkish car to be constructed. A bunch of train engineers try to make it in a strict deadline, and hard situations.

coming of age story of Esma, who is sent to her country relatives to spend the summer.

Faruk Yazici is the idealist governor of the city of Denizli, where a team of engineers from the MTA have recently discovered reserves of uranium. The governor joins forces with childhood friend and head of MTA engineers, in a fight against the scheming bureaucrat Ceyda, who actually works to get mines in Turkey under the control of foreign companies. Interestingly, a number of murders are uncovered only a short while after the governor and the MTA engineers focus on the reserves in Denizli. (film.com)

Independence story of a new-born nation from ashes of the destructed Ottoman Empire during WWI (imdb)

Akin lives with his parents. He does not get along with his father, and his mother is terminally ill. After his mother passes away, Akin dreams of changing his life, plotting to steal money from carpentry shop where he works. Unconvinced by his plan, his girlfriend leaves him. Akin then accepts his friend Idris's proposal, and begins working for the mafia... (www.aksav.org.tr)

Ali is a young man whose life passes as a routine between his house and the little shop he owns. But everything changes when she meets Zeynep, a girl who's recently moved to the neighborhood. She begins to come by his shop to have some small talk with him and not surprisingly, he falls for her. But he doesn't know that the reason she moves to that neighborhood is to get away from the abusive relationship she has with some guy.

Sevgi has been sent to near her relatives in Turkey by her parents because of the war in Bosnia.She begin to hear some weird screams in the house.By the way she has already fallen in love with the elder son of this big house.

"To Better Days" takes place in a day in Istanbul. It tells about five different character's paths crossing in daily life and intervention to each other's lives without awareness. The film tells all stories by nestling with its non-linear speculation. A time frame of one day; advances by jumping to the past, present and future. (imdb)

Onur has a little cafe. Everyday, he makes a strawberry cake but doesn't sell it. Because he keeps that cake for the girl he will fall in love with.

A story about the dramatical effects of the population exchange between Turkey and Greece and Turkey's military junta era in 80's. An ex-convict, with his wife, comes to an Aegean town and they develop a friendship with an old greek lady, the owner of the hostel where they stay. Five years later, the man comes to the town again but this time, he is alone.

The Long Way Home is set on the outskirts of Kars in Eastern Anatolia in the winter of 1915 and takes us to the immediate aftermath of the Battle of Sarikamis. The land is a no man's land, as the war has just ended and the conflict between opposing parts still continues (Official Press Release)

Mrs. Cazibe's day dreams

After an unfortunate event involving a politically powerful man, Sibel is imprisoned for 8 years. Upon her release, she seeks out her son Rüya, who has been staying in an orphanage for 8 years. She takes her son and plans to go to Antalya, leaving the neighborhood she has lived in since the day she was born: Beşiktaş-but Rüya has no interest in leaving with her. (http://chelseafilm.org)

When Olcay's husband commits suicide and leaves a huge debt behind, Olcay and her teenage daughter, Duru, are forced to move to a slum in Istanbul. They find themselves financially dependent on Olcay's only remaining friend, so Olcay starts to look for a job. (imdb)

A woman and four men in her life

Tthe story of Nil who witnessed torture and suffering after the September 12 coup.

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

Taner is an upscale and successful Istanbul lawyer, but somewhat unhappy in his private life. One day he takes the trial of an underground guy, who gives him a file full of sensitive information regarding the connections between police and mafia and asks him to release it to the media if he ever disappears. (imdb)

True story of two key events in Turkish-Japanese relationship, which deepened the friendship between two nations.

Kartal is an orphan who is raised by Aziz the man who killed his father. Kartal married Aziz's daughter Esra but falls to Selin and feels obligated to leaves her. (imdb)

A group of thieves act like a family and help people by stealing in Istanbul (imdb)

After a plane crash, a devoted wife learns that her life and marriage is all a lie. (imdb)

It may not always be life that brings people together. A middle aged, grumpy man who hasn't been able to avail neither himself, nor others. A woman in her early 30's, sharing the same house with her mother and brother, purposeless and unemployed. A caregiver, psychologically disconnected from life and, stays with his patients until their last breath. What brings these three characters together is their desire to hold on to life, which they have different perspectives of. (festivalscope)

A spiritual sequel to Aşk Tesadüfleri Sever (Love Likes Coincidences, 2011). Story of an unforgettable love that overcomes all obstacles, even time, distance and falling apart.

A realistic look at the back streets of Istanbul.

The real life of Türkan Saylan, an education volunteer and a pioneer in the fight against leprosy. (imdb)

A lawyer and a prosecutor, whose paths cross with a murder case, will have to work together to find the murderer, and this will create an irreversible breaking point in their lives. (imdb)

Employees attempt to hide the death of a leopard to save the zoo where they work.

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

Devran, a prodigious young mathematician, navigates the challenges and triumphs of nurturing his exceptional talent from childhood. (imdb)