Hamdi Alkan

Directing

Hamdi Alkan

Born 1967-01-16 · Hatay, Türkiye

Acting credits

Lefter: The Story of the Ordinarius poster
6.8

A football prodigy rises to fame, battling prejudice and inner turmoil on his quest for greatness. Based on the life of Turkish legend, Lefter.

Lefter: The Story of the Ordinarius

2025

Son Bilet poster
NR

Barboros sets off to see a play with his wife Ceren and nine-year-old son Ali, when a luxury car crashes into his vehicle at high speed. Barboros loses his wife and son in the accident, and his grief is compounded when the driver responsible for his family's death is released.

Son Bilet

2025

Okul poster
4.0

The film revolves around a young group of spoiled teenagers and their struggle to prepare for the standardized test required to get into university. All of a sudden a ghost enters their lives, scares and incites them to misbehave.

Okul

2004

Atatürk 1881 - 1919 poster
7.7

A biopic focusing on to the childhood and the early years of the military career of the founder and the first President of the Turkish Republic, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.

Atatürk 1881 - 1919

2023

İllegal Hayatlar: Meclis poster
4.8

The political party, which Mahsun, Şahin and Mehmet established as a front to secretly gamble, accidentally entered the parliament. As a result, the trio find themselves in a brand new world full of opportunities. The story, which starts with illegal casino management, is moved to the parliament.

İllegal Hayatlar: Meclis

2024

Yes Sir poster
1.8

Once a year a group of handicapped people are allowed to visit army barracks. There, they have the opportunity of feeling like and being real soldiers.

Yes Sir

2007

Bayrampaşa: Ben Fazla Kalmayacağım poster
6.0

The story of a man who was wrongfully arrested and forced to spend years in prison without being able to explain his situation.

Bayrampaşa: Ben Fazla Kalmayacağım

2008

Where's Firuze? poster
7.2

Hayri and Orhan are two music producers head over heels in debt. In an attempt to find the next big thing to turn the business around, they contact Ferhat, a gastarbeiter in Germany, and desperately bring him to Istanbul to sign him. As they are struggling to find the necessary funds to promote Ferhat's debut album, a mysterious rich woman named Firuze shows up and starts supporting them. The future now seems bright, but things are not always what they seem...

Where's Firuze?

2004

The Waterfall poster
4.6

The story takes place in Harbiye town of Antakya just before the 1960 military coup d'etat. The economic and political crisis of those days are reflected by the both funny and sad story of a family. The story is told from the eyes of Cemal. Now a famous painter, Cemal goes back to his hometown years later and remembers his childhood. In those days Cemal's father and uncle, member of rival political parties, are in a continious struggle with each other. The film depicts this absurd struggle and the strange stories of people in Harbiye together with the lyric story of the famous waterfall of the town.

The Waterfall

2001

Behind the camera