Itır Esen

Acting

Itır Esen

Born 1957-03-30 · İstanbul, Türkiye

Acting credits

Sultana poster
NR

Sultana 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

She Said Maybe poster
5.9

When 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

I Saw the Sun poster
6.4

In 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

My Mother poster
6.5

A 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

Gençlik Köprüsü poster
NR

A 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

Smiling Eyes poster
8.1

A 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

Hain poster
NR

With 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

Children of Heaven poster
8.0

The story of two hostile families.

Children of Heaven

1977

Heist School poster
5.8

Five high school students plans to steal University Entrance Exam booklets.

Heist School

2006

No artwork available
NR

Sequel to the 2025 movie She Said Maybe.

She Said Yes

Peri Masalı poster
4.5

Mert 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

Benim Gibi Sevenler poster
6.5

Ferdi'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

Fog and Night poster
7.2

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.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

Liseli Kızlar poster
NR

The conflicts that high school girls experience with their families and the good and bad things that can happen to them.

Liseli Kızlar

1977

İngiliz Anahtarı: Recep Usta poster
NR

The 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

Our Family poster
7.8

A 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

Family Honour poster
7.9

Rıza 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

Taş Mektep poster
5.2

Symbolizing the turning point occurred in the Battle of Sakarya in Turkish-Greek War, tells one of the most moving stories.

Taş Mektep

2012

Rezil poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Rezil

1979

Adını Sen Koy poster
3.8

When 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