When a young woman named Meryem (Özgü Namal) is raped, her village custom requires Read More »
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A Tale of Three Sisters AKA Kiz Kardesler (2019) Emin Alper, Cemre Ebuzziya, Ece Yüksel, Helin Kandemir
A stagnant and gloomy village in the 1980s. Reyhan, Nurhan, and Havva, three sisters were sent to town as ‘besleme’ (foster child and maid). Read More »
Autumn AKA Sonbahar (2008) Özcan Alper, Onur Saylak, Megi Kobaladze, Serkan Keskin
Yusuf is a Turkish political activist whose work with a group of revolutionaries earned him a long stay in prison. Read More »
Istanbul Express (1968) Richard Irving, Gene Barry, John Saxon, Senta Berger
Art expert Gene Barry finds himself involved in international intrigue Read More »
The Wall AKA Duvar (1983) Yilmaz Güney, Tuncel Kurtiz, Ayse Emel Mesci Kuray, Malik Berrichi
Teens in a Turkish prison struggle to survive under hideous conditions. Made by dying Yilmaz Guney in France Read More »
Climates AKA Iklimler (2006) Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Ebru Ceylan, Nazan Kesal
Man was made to be happy for simple reasons and unhappy for even simpler ones – just as he is born for simple reasons and dies for even simpler ones… Read More »
Iron Claw the Pirate AKA Demir pençe (korsan adam) (1969) Çetin Inanç, Demir Karahan, Nebahat Çehre, Yildirim Gencer
With his operations in Istanbul being continually upset by the masked patriot-cum-vigilante Iron Claw the Pirate (Demir Karahan) Read More »
Turkish Star Wars AKA Dünyayi Kurtaran Adam (1982) Çetin Inanç, Cüneyt Arkin, Aytekin Akkaya, Füsun Uçar
Two space cadets crash-land on a desert planet, where an evil wizard seeks the ultimate power to take over the world. Read More »
Hunting Time (1988) Av Zamani
In a timeless and unknown island (which is Cunda Adasi in Ayvalik, on the Aegean Coast of Turkey) a writer tries Read More »
School AKA Okul (2004) Durul Taylan, Yagmur Taylan, Deniz Akkaya, Hamdi Alkan, Burak Altay
Adapted from Do?u Yücel’s supreme novel, Ghost Book, School takes place in a high school environment. Read More »