Tarık Akan

Director Hüseyin Tabak explores the legacy of Yilmaz Güney — political dissident, convicted murderer, and visionary Kurdish filmmaker — who directed the 1982 Palme d'Or–winning Yol from inside prison and died in exile just two years later.

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.

Guner Sernikli is a government official who, with his wife and their wheelchair bound daughter, has been assigned as the head librarian to this isolated province, virtually an exile since there is no library in the village. The family is warmly welcome, but these are the years of political anarchy and leftist/rightist clashes in big cities and the youth of the village inevitably follow the tides. They arrive in Vizontele, just as the situation is becoming really absurd. Guner brings wisdom; his daughter Tuba brings beauty, innocence and love. Some like the Mayor, Nazmi Dogan and crazy Emin appreciate these things but they are in the minority and confusion continues to reign. The story is based on the memories of writer-director Yılmaz Erdoğan of the last summer of his childhood in Hakkâri, Turkey in 1980.

Şefik, a successful soldier, is one of the leading figures of the Committee of Union and Progress. When Abdulhamid II declares a constitutional monarchy, Şefik and his friends go to Istanbul. They plan to closely monitor the events unfolding there. However, it is here that Şefik will part ways with the society.

About a director who fights for making a different film about relationships between the sexes.

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Five short films by five directors based on themes of love and tolerance, each independent of the other. Supported by the Ministry of Culture and Efes Pilsen. The collection includes five short films: Ömer Kavur's "The Meeting," İrfan Tözüm's "Monte Cristo," Yusuf Kurçenli's "Because I Love Her," Erden Kıral's "Moon Stories," and Zeki Ökten's "Always the Same."

In the early days of the September 12 military coup, five-year-old Metin waits for his mother, singing to himself as he looks out the window. But his mother, Ayten, has been arrested and sent to prison. Since the child is alone at home, they take him to his mother in her cell, but despite all her jokes and games, Metin is aware of what is happening. The next day, Metin's grandfather Hüseyin Efe, who lives on Bozcaada, comes to take him, and Metin's days of freedom on the island begin. His friends exclude him because of the "communist" label his mother has been given. Yet Metin cannot even properly say the word "communist." Metin, affected by the exclusion, has another concern: his father’s photo is also on the “Wanted” posters hanging all over the island.

In this biographical drama, the Turkish writer Rifat Ilgaz (Tarik Akan) is forced to go into internal exile after World War Two, because the government suspects him of being a communist. Most of the movie follows him while he is on the lam, and during his reunion with his wife, who grows testy from the restrictions that hiding him impose on her. Eventually he turns himself in, and while in prison, suffers some torture. All the same, he endures with the flame of his spirit undiminished.

Family relations begins to get rough when father of the house desperately insists to have a boy and his first wife gives birth to their forth daughter.

A young man, his wife, and their child move to Istanbul to start a new life. Since they don't have a home, the family starts staying with the man's uncle's son. However, the economic difficulties they face lead to the family being kicked out. The family embarks on a tough struggle to survive in this city where they are now on their own.

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Ziya's passion for his partner's wife Zuhal and his past mistakes have made his life miserable. On top of that, when his partner Nejdet died of kidney failure, his world became even darker. That is why he has become hostile towards women.

Handsome yacht captain Murat and beautiful Alev are two lovers preparing for marriage. But being together is difficult because of Murat's boss.

When five Kurdish prisoners are granted one week's home leave, they find to their dismay that they face continued oppression outside of prison from their families, the culture, and the government.

A midwife is caught in a snowstorm on the way to Anatolia and forced to spend four months in an isolated village., where she’s soon tending sick children and delivering babies.

Reminiscent of Martin Scorsese's 1985 production, After Hours, this film narrates the events of a night in the chaotic backstreets of Beyoğlu in Istanbul. The day he receives his wage, and after arguing with his wife, Haydar (Tarik Akan) leaves the house in a fury and heads to Beyoğlu for a wild night out. However, a prostitute and her pimp bring him such troubles, and he finds himself penniless and in police custody.

The couple, who are married and have two children, are in the process of divorcing. Problems that have accumulated throughout their marriage have led them to decide to separate. During the divorce proceedings, they will reevaluate their relationship and marriage.

The story of a married couple who searched for identity after the September 12 coup and clashed with each other in this process.

When Zeynel goes away to work, her lover Elif is adopted by a rich aga. After a while, it is heard that Elif is pregnant.

The injustice that people suffer in the workplace and the weight of working conditions cause them to act.

Seyit Ağa, who attends a wedding to which he was not invited, starts an endless blood feud. A film adaptation of Osman Şahin's short story "Kanın Masalı" (The Tale of Blood).

Nazmi is a young man who works as a doctor in Mardin. One day, he learns that there has been a mass poisoning in a nearby village, so he goes there to treat the people and investigate the matter. Upon investigating the incident, Nazmi discovers that the poisoning was caused by the river water. The waste from Zülfü Ağa, one of the city's wealthy residents, is being dumped into the river, which has caused the poisoning. Nazmi decides to report the incident. Although Zülfü Ağa and the mayor try to convince Nazmi not to file a complaint, Nazmi reports the situation to the prosecutor. After Nazmi's complaint leads to the closure of his factory, Zülfü Ağa decides to take revenge on Nazmi for ruining his business.

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The story of a man who learns that his friend, whom he loves more than his life, is the enemy he was looking for to kill.

Tunç, who is a director, is looking for a location in a small town for his new film. He observes everything around him for his screenplay. However, he constantly changes what he writes because he doesn't like it. He tries to turn some of the events he sees into stories. But he can't seem to get it right. One night, Tunç visits his neighbor Seniha, an old actress. Some of the things Seniha says inspire him. He returns home and sits down to work on the screenplay. Tunç, who becomes deeply engrossed in the screenplay he has written, will fall into a state of mental breakdown.

A mockumentary about Turkey-based Kurdish film director, scenarist, novelist, and actor Yilmaz Güney, shot three years after the filmmaker's death. It's also a political portrait of 20th century Turkey.

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The film depicts the horror of rabies in a small town. World War II is raging. The war affects the lives of people living in a small town in southern Anatolia, as it does everywhere else in Turkey. The village chief, Haşim, is making a fortune by supplying raw materials to Germany through guests from Ankara. However, the dog brought as a gift by the guests from Ankara bites all the children in the village who want to play with it and then escapes. Soon after, it is discovered that the dog is rabid. The entire village will mobilize to get the children vaccinated as soon as possible.

The story of a family who moved from a village to Istanbul with two children in order to live a better life, but ended up living in an abandoned bus due to poverty and lack of accommodation.

Cemil is a ski instructor who is divorced from his wife. His daughter Figen lives with her mother. Figen's boyfriend Hakan knocks her unconscious, rapes her, and takes photos of her for blackmail. Hakan forces Figen into a relationship with Musa, a mafia boss. During this time, Figen dies from a high dose of drugs she was given. Following these events, Cemil sets out on a quest for revenge.

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It is the story of the dilemmas and struggles in the life of a film director during a period when fear and despair reigned, people were imprisoned, tortured, and killed. The director, who wants to make a film about Nazım Hikmet, is trying to find the money to do so.

Şahin is a courageous and aggressive police commissioner who pursues female traffickers. He is the nightmare of the gangs involved in white slavery that he has been pursuing for years. Yusuf, one of the most ruthless criminals in illegal crime networks that wound the conscience of society, lures innocent young girls with his good looks and sells them, causing them to become prostitutes. Unable to bear this, a prostitute named Sema attempts suicide by cutting her wrists. Yusuf takes her to the forest to avoid trouble. When Yusuf sees that another prostitute named Cansu witnessed the incident, he threatens her as well. The frightened young woman takes refuge in the home of Çağla, a prostitute she trusts. Çağla hides Cansu and does not tell anyone where she is. The police investigate the suicide of Sema.

A group of affluent private school slackers enjoy a prankster lifestyle until a tough new disciplinarian headmaster arrives.

A young and beautiful female teacher starts working in an all boys high school.

After being humiliated and kicked out from a music hall because they could not pay the bill, six ne'er-do-wells decide to kidnap the star performer Emel Sayın for revenge.

A young bride wows to take revenge on her father's killers.

Based on real events, this story traces a young district governor’s moral awakening as he confronts a powerful landowner in rural Adana. What begins as a routine bureaucratic act soon turns into a struggle to shield villagers from exploitation, greed, and the threat of malaria.

Because of a local blood feud, a peasant family decides to sell its sheep - a most precious commodity - in far away Ankara. During their long train ride, bribes must be paid to petty officials, sheep are stolen or die in the packed, airless wagons, and the sick wife of one of the family's sons becomes deathly ill.

The film tells the story of a mother trying to get her sick son operated. Working as a worker in a confection, Melek lives with her son Tayfun. However, Tayfun is sick and needs surgery in Europe. Melek tries to find money for her son's surgery. The hand returns emptyly from all the knobs. As a last resort, Tayfun considers giving adoption to the rich businessman Hakan. By making a plan, he ensures that Hakan adopts Tayfun. A love will begin between Melek and Hakan, who strive for the healing of Tayfun.

The film tells the story of two brothers who fall in love with the same woman. Murat, who lost his father at a young age, takes on the entire burden of his family. He takes care of his mother by sending his brother Metin to school. Years later, he starts running a casino and takes over a new one. He turns Emine, who works as a waitress at the casino, into a singer. Over time, he falls in love with Emine. However, Emine falls for Murat's brother Metin, whom she meets on a vacation. Murat will have to choose between his brother and Emine.

A tycoon tries to teach some life lessons to his three spoiled sons by making them work on the floor of his factory, where one of them falls in love.

The lives of Hacer, Ömer, Tayfur, Haydar, and Cevriye take a dramatic turn when they find a baby in the courtyard of a mosque. The group decides to take care of the baby, naming her Zeynep, and raise her as their own child. When Zeynep grows up and becomes a young woman, she falls in love with Murat, the son of Adil Bey, a businessman she meets at her high school graduation. Zeynep, who introduces herself to Murat as a wealthy person, receives an offer from him that fulfills her dreams. Thinking she cannot marry him because she lied, Zeynep begins to consider leaving Murat. Just then, Hacer, who works at a mansion, tells Zeynep that she can invite Murat and his family to the mansion on a day when the owner is not home. The entire team gathers at the house to present Murat and his family as wealthy. However, when the mansion's owners unexpectedly return home, everything goes awry.

A factory owners son falls in love with a worker who works at the factory.

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The fight of the striking railroad workers.

Ferit is a basketball player from Istanbul. One day, at a camp he attends, he meets Emine, a village teacher. They fall in love at first sight and get married, but the spell is broken when Ferit's friends from the city arrive.

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The film tells about the struggle between two men who are in love with the same woman. Ahmet and Aziz fish. They both fall in love with Mary, the nephew of the fisherman Veli. Mary's heart is also in Ahmet. However, his uncle Veli, who raised Mary, owes to Aziz's father. Aziz's father threatens Veli Reis to give Mary to his son. If he doesn't, he says he will seize his house and boat. Having learned this, Ahmet decides to pay the debt of Veli Reis. He starts fishing and saving money every day. However, Aziz will do his best to prevent Ahmet from making money.

When work accidents in a coal mine start to result in death, İlyas warns his colleagues working in the mine. It starts to collect signatures for the necessary measures to be taken, but the necessary solidarity among the workers cannot be established. A tent theater that comes to the region further complicates things.

Nazim, a foreman working on a dam construction, falls in love with Aysel, the most beautiful girl of the local brothel. Too shy to identify himself, Nazim sends her love letters, signing as Orhan, one of his employees - and a man with not many scruples... When Aysel arrives on the construction site, the deception does not last long. It all ends in a happy marriage. Only, it's not the end yet.

Ferit wins a large prize in the lottery and buys a car, then goes on vacation with his friends. He is very impressed by Semra, whom he meets at the hotel. However, Semra is married to Abdüllatif, an elderly and wealthy merchant from Adana. Ferit's luck and money attract the attention of the couple. Because things are not as they seem. The young woman, who learns where Ferit keeps his money, tries to rob him one night. When caught, she confesses everything. The old man is not her husband but her uncle, with whom she has been committing thefts for years. Her real name is Zehra, and she is a member of a very famous family of robbers. However, when Zehra falls in love with Ferit over time, things change.

A girl later known as an orphan has to be taken care of because of an accusation of her Former employer. She gets fired and lands on the street. Rain , cold and hunger make her sick. But she has luck ; a young boy named Ahmet finds her and takes good care of her. They have to face many obstacles to be together- gossip, miscarriage and dreams of a better life in Australia.

Two poor men try to find a television as a last wish for the terminally ill brother of one of them.

Three boys are having their higher education in Istanbul. In fact, they are messing around and dealing with radical politics, girls and gamble. However, the oldest discovers love, and the three realize it is time for change.

The love story of a handsome beach attendant with two young women, one rich and the other disabled.

This awesome and incredibly rare Turkish/Italian co-production, starts out as a Euro crime outing and quickly turns into a dark and sleazy House on the Edge of the Park type exploitation affair with the villain Ahmet (Piero Fabiani) taking a blind man, his daughter and niece hostage at their mansion and subjecting them to all kinds of mental, physical and sexual abuse. Turkish legend Tarik Akan plays Commissioner Murat who is out to catch Ahmet - even if it means dispensing with the rule book altogether!

Orhan and Cemal are two thieves who work together abroad. Orhan learns that Cemal's grandfather, whom he has not seen since childhood, has a mansion in Istanbul. Orhan, who returns to Istanbul before Cemal, decides to rob the mansion. He goes to the mansion and introduces himself as Cemal. Orhan, who has ten days to rob the mansion, is in for a big surprise.

A young couple meets a child on a day of an invitation. A child tells to her that she is his mother. Actually, she's that child's aunt.