
Acting
Itır Esen
Born 1957-03-30 · İstanbul, Türkiye
Acting credits
NRSultana is a drama set in Istanbul's one and only strip club, telling a story of a women, power, rivalry and solidarity. A new Turkish story where women are not victims in a fairy tale, but warriors learning that the 'handsome prince' is often the real monster- and their only salvation is each other. Meral the long reigning queen of the one and only strip club of Istanbul which is Sultana, takes a talented new Belarusian dancer named Anna under her wing. But she soon realizes she has created a rival powerful enough to replace her, and a ruthless power struggle erupts between the two women.
Sultana
2026
5.9When German-raised Mavi learns she belongs to a superrich Turkish dynasty, new family expectations quickly turn her world and love life upside down.
She Said Maybe
2025
6.4In the southeast region of Turkey, the Kurdish family of Altun lives in a small mountainside village plagued by a 25-year war that makes their daily lives a hellish struggle. As the war intensifies, the family is forced to migrate west to the city of Istanbul.
I Saw the Sun
2009
6.5A self sacrificing, selfless mother who makes the impossible "possible" for her daughter - a daughter who is ashamed of her mother and wants to run away from her mother and her life with her. Her journey to the college drives Nazli away from the village she has grown up - but years later, she wants to go back to the village where she was born, back to her mother - after all those years passed by with tons of "I wish". Candan Ercetin performed her song "Annem - Mom" once again for the movie twenty years later.
My Mother
2019
NRA conflict of ideas among students with political views, centered on the love between Mine, who wants to be a singer, and Abdullah, who does not want her to be a singer.
Gençlik Köprüsü
1975
8.1A couple who dreamed of having a son had five daughters in a row. When girls reach the age of marriage, there are moments that make them laugh and sometimes make them sad.
Smiling Eyes
1977
NRWith its intriguing chess-like plot, Hain explores the scheming world of those in power who consider themselves "chosen" in Turkey and around the world. The seemingly unshakeable order of this powerful group is destroyed by female heroes, and the revenge-filled story is brought to the big screen with cinematic magic.
Hain
2024
8.0The story of two hostile families.
Children of Heaven
1977
5.8Five high school students plans to steal University Entrance Exam booklets.
Heist School
2006
Sequel to the 2025 movie She Said Maybe.
She Said Yes
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4.5Mert and Peri are a couple deeply in love with each other. Peri, a young woman of pure beauty, suffers from an illness that she does not share with many people. Mert, who wants to take control of his life, is having problems with his beloved father. But Peri's illness will bring these troubled people closer together.
Peri Masalı
2014
6.5Ferdi's mother was thrown out on the street by her lover before Ferdi was born and she had to take shelter with her drunk, thieving brother. Now days of pain and suffering begin for Ferdi and his mother. His uncle forces Ferdi to steal, but one day the young man manages to overcome his bad fate.
Benim Gibi Sevenler
1978
7.2Fog 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.And introverted man due to his profession, not a big talker or well in expressing his feelings, Sedat is being consumed, going through the hardest time of his life, not able to silence his guilty conscience because he was unsuccessful in solving the murder of his partner, whom he saw as a brother. His faith in his organization is shaken as he witnesses the schemes in machination inside the organization and between the organization and the state. Meanwhile, while trying to find his lover who has disappeared after falling for a former militant, he does not refrain from making use of the filthiest methods of his profession.
Fog and Night
2007
NRThe conflicts that high school girls experience with their families and the good and bad things that can happen to them.
Liseli Kızlar
1977
NRThe story of Recep Usta, a plumber who does his job without enthusiasm and incompetently, who is arrested as the prime suspect in a murder committed in one of the houses he visited for repairs, and how he falls under even greater suspicion while trying to clear up this misunderstanding.
İngiliz Anahtarı: Recep Usta
2024
7.8A love story between a poor man and a rich girl. The rich girl's father tries to prevent their marriage and he declares a war against the poor boy's family.
Our Family
1975
7.9Rıza is a father of 5, who has economical problems but happy nevertheless. Everything changes when his younger son gets hit by a car.
Family Honour
1976
5.2Symbolizing the turning point occurred in the Battle of Sakarya in Turkish-Greek War, tells one of the most moving stories.
Taş Mektep
2012
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Rezil
1979
3.8When a man invites his friend who lives in Germany to be his best man in their wedding, this guest falls in love with his fiance.
Adını Sen Koy
2009