Fikret Hakan

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.

A look inside the story of two newlyweds who are parted from each other and spend the next half-century of their lives trying to reunite.

Turkey in the 1960s and 1970s was one of the biggest producers of film in the world. In order to keep up with the demand, screenwriters and directors were copying scripts and remaking movies from all over the world. This documentary visits the fastest working directors, the most practical cameramen and the most hardheaded actors to have a closer look into the country's tumultuous history of movie making.

The story of an illiterate man and his family, whose existence depends on his income as a horse cab driver. When one of his horses is killed by an automobile, and when it is clear that neither justice nor charity will prevail, the man begins a slow slide into despair.

Ali is 18. His feet are firmly off the ground. The very idea of marriage seems like a game. But the bride's parents are ready and willing. Business ventures will be set up between the families; the arrangement will pay off all round. Ali, meanwhile, is more interested in playing with puppets and dressing up as a rooster for the travelling theatre. His fiancée has only so much patience... So what should his parents do? What was that? Hire a Borrowed Bride? Meaning exactly what? Well just that: borrow a bride, as the title of the film suggests......

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The story of a former police detective who has left his job and a businessman who smuggles weapons and receives threatening letters from an unknown person. The detective takes action to save the businessman from death. Torn between his sense of duty and love, the detective is indecisive because he is also having an affair with the businessman's beautiful wife.

Through the eyes of a child, the story of his uncle who left an indelible mark on his life. Little Faik learned from his uncle Ali to look at the world with a smile and to love.

Zuhal and Ali Osman live a peaceful, happy life with their two children, but when Zuhal becomes pregnant with a third child, a deep conflict arises—Zuhal wants an abortion, fearing it will disrupt their lives, while Ali Osman strongly believes the unborn child has a right to live. As Zuhal undergoes the procedure, a tragic accident strikes: their children’s school bus crashes, and the couple is devastated to learn that both of their children have died.

The story of how Zonguldak miners took action in 1990-91. Opposing privatization, the miners fought a "bread war" as a result of their joint resistance. The second film in the "Work-Bread-Freedom" trilogy.

It is the story of a worker girl who chooses to stay between two men as a result of unexpected events and eventually choose to escape with her truck driver lover.

Ramazan, together with his children, migrate to the big city, Istanbul in order to give them a better life. His daughter Fidan begins working as a clerk at a shop. But she could not adapt to the life of big city. She runs away with the son of the shop owner. Ramazan searches for his daughter, but the big city already has corrupted his daughter

Kemal a simple teacher arrives in a remote village to start a new school and teach the young ones, when he gets there he faces a strong opposition to his idea by the village master. Kemal with the help of few villagers tries to fight back the ignorance and oppression to give a hope for the poor people of the village.

The film tells the story of an old sailor and a young girl who takes refuge in his home. Harun is a retired sailor who lives alone in a remote coastal town. One night, a young girl named Güneş takes refuge in Harun's home. Güneş claims she was kidnapped for ransom and escaped, hiding here by chance. She wants to stay at Harun's house until the danger passes. However, when Harun decides to report the situation to the police, Güneş admits her story was a lie and reveals her true tale. Harun will struggle with whether to believe Güneş or not.

Hasan, an engineer who returned to the village from America after years with his child, young and beautiful wife, wants to establish a dairy factory to save the peasant who exploited Salih Aga from poverty. The villagers get money for this job.

Nükhet and Orhan are two young people who love each other. Orhan's father pressures Orhan to break up with Nükhet, and they separate. Nükhet becomes a famous singer. Orhan marries another woman and has a child. They meet Nükhet on a business trip, and their old love reignites. Nükhet, who wants to become a famous dancer, meets Selim.

The film tells the story of two fugitives and the retired police commissioner who pursues them. A vehicle used to transport a group of prisoners is involved in a traffic accident. Two of the prisoners, Blind Mustafa and Condemned Hasan, manage to escape. Bad weather conditions and the wooded terrain make it impossible to find the prisoners. However, retired police commissioner Hüseyin, who has not found what he expected from life, sets out in pursuit of the prisoners. His goal is to prove himself to his son by bringing the prisoners to justice. Hüseyin catches up with the prisoners deep in the forest. However, the roads are closed due to heavy snow, which turns the situation in the prisoners' favor.

This 1986 film is a Turkish adaptation of the fairy tale Le Petit Prince, written by French author and pilot Antoine de Saint-Exupéry and published in 1943. Directed by Remzi Jöntürk, the film features the original story as well as fairy tale Turkish heroes such as Nasrettin Hoca for localization purposes.

The police question Cemile, a young girl who was taken to the hospital with injuries and found to have alcohol and drugs in her blood, as well as evidence of rape, but they do not believe her. There is insufficient evidence and no witnesses. The person who reported the incident is nowhere to be found, and Cemile is accused of prostitution. Prosecutor Yalçın shares the same opinion as Commissioner Mahmut. Everyone who attended the party at the house where the incident took place and where Cemile went with her fiancé Sedat is questioned. They all say that Cemile came of her own free will. Cemile identifies them, but due to lack of evidence, all suspects are released.

Mustafa, has to marry his brother's widowed wife as per the customs. However, the young man is in love with his new wife's sister Zeynep. Mustafa's friend Nizam is also in love with Zeynep.

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During the 1922 Turkish Civil War, two Americans and a group of foreign mercenaries offer their services to a local Turkish governor who hires them as guards for a secret transport.

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After a relaxing anniversary cruise, Andrea and his wife Barbara are dropped off in Istanbul, Turkey. There, they meet Andrea’s reserved assistant Silvia and his Turkish colleague Omar, who hasn’t been back to his home country in fifteen years. Andrea’s secretary has arranged a luxurious seafront villa for them to stay in while they’re in the country. Upon arriving at the villa, Omar experiences an unsettling feeling of déjà vu, as though he has been in the house before, while the married couple can’t stop bickering. However, the vacation soon turns into a nightmare when mysterious and deadly events begin to unfold.

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Turkish adaptation of the tale of Sinbad the Sailor as "Prince Sinbad of the Mountains".

8th Antalya Film Festival, Best Short Film Award. 1971

The fight of the striking railroad workers.

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Story of an old man who is in love with a young girl.

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The film follows the life of a poor, old woman defying the hierarchy in the village. Irazca is an old woman who lives with her son Kara Bayram, her daughter-in-law Hatice, and three grandchildren. The headman of the village sells a lot from the common land of the village to Haceli. The family does not want a house to be built in front of their house and struggles against the tricks of the headman and Haceli.

In Byzantine Empire, a man (hired to repair the caslte) is wrongly accused of killing a young girl and sentenced to death.

The film tells the story of a legendary folk hero from the outskirts of the city. Ali is imprisoned on charges of killing Ihsan, one of the troublemakers of Sineklidağ. During his time in prison, his name becomes legendary in Sineklidağ. When a general amnesty is declared, Ali is released. However, his girlfriend Zilha, who is İhsan's niece, is not interested in him. Ali cannot convince Zilha that he did not kill her uncle İhsan. Finally, he decides to use the legend that has grown around his name.

The film addresses the conflicts and problems between machines and humans in an oil region.

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Set during the Russian Empire’s occupation of the Caucasus, the film follows the heroic struggle of the Caucasian Turks against Tsarist forces. The story centers on Sheikh Shamil, who leads the resistance, and the masked avenger known as the “Caucasian Eagle,” as they confront the brutalities of Commander Boris and navigate complex alliances and betrayals.

American Dexter travels to Turkey on behalf of a US client in order to put an end to the drug gang leader Ismail. Dexter brings the beautiful blonde Janet as an erotic bait. Ismail shows great interest in Janet, but Dexter suspects he has been double crossed by his American client.

After the 60 revolt, the two schizophrenics who had escaped from the mental hospital, who came from an anatolian township, lost their way from snow, explained how they managed the district governor and the gendarmerie and they managed to the township.

The film deals with the bleeding wound of smuggling in the Southeast.

Captain Ayyıldız is an agent belonging to the Turkish National Security Agency. He constantly thwarts the actions of the enemy under Dr. Wong's command. For this reason, Wong plans to seize the secret projects of the weapon and kill Ayyıldız. To this end, he brings in Jan Kempten from abroad to assist his agents Boris and Tamara. Boris succeeds in kidnapping the daughter of the professor who developed the weapon. However, Ayyıldız will have no difficulty in locating Wong and his team.

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The film traces the life of Çakırcalı Mehmet Efe, a Zeybek (active as an outlaw in the region enclosing İzmir, Aydın, Denizli, Muğla and Antalya in modern western Turkey, from 1893 to 1910) whose father, Çakırcalı Koca Ahmet Efe was murdered by an Ottoman sergeant.

This film tells the story of who are young people fall in love each other in enemies two villages. There is hostility between Ören village and Alaca village. Even so, no one knows what is problems between two villages. Hasan is from Alaca village, he loves Rüstem's girl which is name Zeliha from other village. These two youngs sometimes meet each other and everyone knows that. But no one tells anything because of Murat, is friend with Hasan and he lives at the Ören village. Elders of Alaca went to Ören village for want to girl from her father. Everyone hope hostilities will end between the two villages through this marriage. But Rüstem be unwilling to this marriage. So it goes...

A man died during the search for the hidden treasure. Upon hearing this news, people left the village in search for gold and all the luxury that came with it.

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