After Women in Turkey gained the right to be elected, Sultan, one of the women of the village in a countryside, works hard to be elected as Muhtar, first by learning how to read-write. On her success to election, not only her husband but also the men of the village stand as the biggest handicap.
Belkıs Akkale
Sultan
Sümer Tilmaç
İbrahim
Neriman Köksal
Hayati Hamzaoğlu
Muazzez Kurdoğlu
Sırrı Elitaş
Metin Yılmazbaş
Songül Bulut
Hasan Yıldız
After Women in Turkey gained the right to be elected, Sultan, one of the women of the village in a countryside, works hard to be elected as Muhtar, first by learning how to read-write. On her success to election, not only her husband but also the men of the village stand as the biggest handicap.
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A stagnant and gloomy village in the 1980s. Reyhan, Nurhan, and Havva, three sisters were sent to town as 'besleme' (foster child and maid). Since they fail their foster parents for different reasons, they are sent back to their father's house in their poor village. Deprived of their dreams of a better life, they try to hold on to each other.
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A teenager faces an uphill battle when she fights to give women the opportunity to play competitive soccer.
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