Discoveries from Turkey World Cinema

Güven, a taxi driver is desperately in love with Meral, but he’s too shy to open up to her. One day he picks up a customer, gets accused of a crime he didn’t commit and his world is turned upside down.

Feride is a young girl who lost her family as a child and was educated in a French school. A fearless climber of trees and an endless source of pranks, Feride's mischievousness earns her the nickname "Çalıkuşu" (Wren). The sudden discovery of betrayal causes her to defy all social expectations. She runs away on her own to teach in the Anatolian backcountry. But it is not so easy to escape a broken heart.

Hakan and Esra are a married couple in their mid-thirties. They are both uncertain about having a baby, but life has a surprise for them.

After winning a competition organized by the Antalya Tutoring Centers Association, Istanbul Özlem Tutoring Center is saved from debt and returns to its building in Istanbul to continue its education. Meanwhile, Kerem and Özlem leave to study at a university in London on scholarships. At the same time, thanks to the successful program in Antalya, many new students enroll in the tutoring center. One of them is the famous pop singer Berksan. Months pass, and with just one month left before the university exam, it is decided to go on a camping trip to a natural paradise with rivers and waterfalls, following Hadi Hoca's idea, to have fun, escape exam stress, consume plenty of oxygen, and continue with accelerated courses to prepare for the exam.

Niyazi is a humble factory worker whose life is turned upside down when he wins the “altılı ganyan” (six-horse accumulator) lottery. Suddenly, everyone from neighbours to total strangers, claiming to be his long-lost relatives, crowds around him hoping for a share of his fortune. Thanks to his quick wit, Niyazi manages to outsmart these opportunists and keep his winnings.

Sent away by his exasperated family to work for the village coffeehouse owner Seyfi in Istanbul, the brave, compassionate, and justice-driven young hero is drawn into the city’s underworld of toughs.

Bekir loves Uğur, who loves Zagor, who is about to get out of jail. An already tense love triangle is thrown into turmoil on a hot summer night, when Zagor kills someone, and Uğur disappears.

Professor Niyazi Gül is an animal-loving veterinarian who possesses the unique ability to speak with animals. Living a quiet life in İzmir while developing a secret formula with his assistant, Hediye, his world is turned upside down when Sultan and Rıza drag him into a chaotic horse racing scheme.

When one of them is about to get hitched, five school buddies tackle a list of adventures before adulthood kicks in.

Emre's life takes a different path with a plan by his best friend Hakan. Emre enters into a different process with the feelings of love being added to him while fighting for orphans.

Is all scientific research for the good of mankind? An amazing June night. A peaceful mansion surrounded by forest, where a happy family prepare for a dinner. Human guinea pigs, modified to become a real weapon escape an illegal clinic appear in the same forest. A family who has bonded instinctively together in order to protect each other from harm, or genetically altered, callous humans. Who will survive the onslaught?

A man falls hopelessly in love with a village leader's daughter, who herself has feelings for an outlaw.

The story of a woman who completely seduces a family whose member is married to someone close to her.

The heroic deeds of the dolphin boy made him a legend among the sea creatures and the inhabitants of the island, but despite his fame, he feels lonely, because everyone around him expects only new achievements from him, and he has almost no real friends. In addition, he still does not know the story of his origin, even his real name is a mystery to the boy. The sudden appearance of huge whales and evil crabs in the sea strikes fear into the hearts of the islanders and sea creatures. Fate throws a new challenge to the dolphin boy, but at the same time gives him hope.

After returning back to family, Leyla tries to fix everytihng while starting a new life wit Iskender. Everything goes smoothly until troubles find Leyla...

When the crew of a bankrupt cargo ship gets stuck on board for months, isolation breeds pressures that sink the men into a sea of madness and terror.

In the years of military coup, Turkey was unable to produce its own cars. But Pasha believed that Turkish people can produce their own cars so he ordered 2 cars. Gunduz and engineers with him must produce 2 cars in only 130 days!

Two schizophrenic patients escape from a mental asylum supposing they were mistakenly quarantined. When they arrive at a country village, the villagers assume one is a sheriff and the other is a local magistrate.

In Deliviran, a village near Urfa close to the Syrian border, Hidir’s chief is involved in smuggling and gets shot. Hidir tries to stay out of illegal activities but circumstances contrive to push him in the opposite direction until he accepts to take a herd of sheep across the border.

King of the Flirtatious

A meatball seller gets into trouble so flees Istanbul to find a new life on a beautiful island.

12 year-old Gul becomes possessed by Satan after experimenting with a Ouija board. A troubled psychiatrist and an experienced exorcist become the girl’s only hope for salvation.

Imam Hasan, his wife Hacer and his daughter Fatma arrive at Karaağaçlı, a small railway town in the middle of the Anatolian wilderness. Besides carrying out the duties of the imam, Hasan will be teaching religion to the children of the town during the holy month of Ramadan. His unusual behavior towards his wife and little daughter arrests the attention of the townsfolk. Meanwhile Adem, the son of the stationmaster who is crazy for trains begins to learn about and get into a world he has never heard of before in the lessons given by Hasan: trains, sin, good deeds, heaven and hell.. everything gets jumbled. Condemned of being harsh and merciless towards his family, Hasan one day finds himself obliged to reveal the "secret" about himself and his family and this changes everything in the eyes of people. Yet there has remained another secret of which anyone, even Hasan is hardly aware. The people of the town, including Adem, will remember this Ramadan throughout their lives.

In 1942 during the time of war, Tatar Ramazan goes to jail because murder after argument on lands. When he gets out, he finds out that the life outside is much harder.

The seven old friends decide to come together for dinner. Everyone is seated at the table, chatting, eating laughing accompaniment. During the meal, it is decided to play a game. The game is pretty simple; everyone will put their phones on the desk, every incoming message and notification will be read aloud. Their relationship begins to deteriorate. The group who thinks they are very close friends for so long are in fact alien to each other.

Aysel is your typical farmer’s daughter; she keeps to herself, does her chores, and helps take care of her aging father. All of that is about to change though when a group of men staying at Aysel and her father's home after their car breaks down, rape Aysel and kill her father. The men return to their normal lives in the city but Aysel has followed them back and has plans for revenge.

Businessman Evren throws a New Year's party inside a vault with his wife and invites his friends to show off. Things do not go as planned when the vault's door suddenly closes, trapping the guests in the soundproof area. Problems begin for guests who stay in the same room for days.

Born out of a Christmas ornaments-filled heaven, Turkish Superman fights the mob in order to save the day!

In the absence of Behzat Ç., a superintendent named Himmet gets replaced as the president of the murder Bureau. When the murder of minister of Interior makes a big impact, Himmet decides to take advantage of it and he makes his team help the fight against terrorism bureau.

Although it sounds good in theory, the miracle of becoming the Son of the Sun doesn't in practice turn out the way Fikri Şemsigil expects. His whole life depends on this one "big" day, but the consequences of this miracle disappoint Fikri as his life is turned upside down. To rid himself of this so-called miracle, Fikri decides to explore its source but there's still the big problem with the woman in the building across the street!

The film tells the story of Bulut and Müjde, who are forced to work together to get rid of a murder crime they did not commit, and find themselves in the middle of an adventure they never expected.

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.

Ali Senay and Ilber, the two partners of Senay Cüccaciye, sell garden dwarfs. When their company starts to dwindle, they decide to participate in a gardening fair in Sofia with the plan to meet new people from the sector in an attempt to drum up new business. Things don't go as planned as they find themselves crossing paths with the wrong people hell bent on causing world chaos.

The struggles of a migrant Anatolian family to adapt to and survive in the very different conditions of urban Istanbul. A young woman moves with her husband and small child to her husband's family in Istanbul. Her son becomes ill and the doctor tells her that he will soon die if he doesn't get an operation. The family refuses to help her because they can't see anything wrong with the boy. What happens on a Eid morning becomes a breaking point for the family.

The political drama "Zincirbozan" was written by journalist Avni Özgürel, and depicted the period between 1979 and 1983, the most tumultous years in the recent Turkish history. Zincirbozan shows a chronology of the most significant events in this period , such as the assassination of the famous journalist Abdi İpekçi, the escalating terrorism in the run up to the 1980 military coup, the futile attempts of politicians to stop the turmoil and terror on the streets, the military taking over the government, and the exiling of the political figures, and depicts the period with new insights into its less known aspects. The movie is named after the Zincirbozan military complex in the city of Çanakkale, where the leading politicans of the period were interned.

Polat Alemdar Erhan and Cahit are yet again on the front lines only to discover a military coup attempt in Turkey.

Davud returns from war to find everyone in his village has succumbed to a strange illness and has decomposed. His sister, the only survivor, is slowly rotting away herself. Davud is troubled by his memories as a soldier, as he confronts the only true question: is surviving the same as living?

Spoiled son of a businessman is expelled from his fathers testament, left only with antique car that his father used in his youth. The car turned out to be the time machine...

Fehmi is an aspiring young rapper from a slum of Istanbul where the Hip-hop subculture is the voice of the youth. Fehmi dreams of making a successful rap album, despite the disapproval of his family. Fehmi’s addiction to the deadly drug ‘bonzai’ jeopardises his burgeoning rap career. He comes to terms that he needs to quit, yet it’s a challenging pursuit. We witness Fehmi’s struggle through his relationships with his first love Devin, his gay brother Erdem and his band-mate Yunus. The process is an emotional roller coaster for everyone involved. Fehmi holds onto his passion for rap to stay strong in this rough journey.

Mermer family, who has been managing a restaurant called “Anatolian flavors” in Haydarpasa train station for generations, consist of 8 members. Even though this family leads a quiet simple life, they will end up finding themselves in complicated situations. Moreover, this family has been keeping a secret for a long time and it just can’t come out at any cost..

An ex-cop is forced to fight back again, against a mob boss whom he arrested years ago.

Corporal Muhsin is a sharp shooter who previously fought in the Balkan War. When mobilization is declared again, he joins the war alongside his brother Hasan. The two brothers support each other in the fight against the enemy.

After the girl Kamal loves is married off to his brother, he sets off a series of events that will lead to the destruction of an entire village. 25 years later, the cursed magic intensifies again and the promised violent events occur. In the middle of it all, Damla travels to the village of Baras, where it all began, and confronts her terrible past.

Fikret goes to Istanbul to work in the orchestra founded by his military friends. His first job is to play at the birthday party of Sevda, the fiancée of wealthy shipowner Osman. The unexpected rapprochement between Fikret and Sevda creates tension.

Deniz returns to her hometown to attend her widowed mother's wedding. The anger, fear, and guilt she thought she'd left behind, resurface during the visit. As her mother leaves her the family house, a tragedy haunts her. She can't stop thinking about her father drowning at sea. Moreover, she feels her mother blames her and has abandoned her for it. She realizes she won't be able to move on like her mother unless she faces her problems head-on. Following a confrontation, Deniz accepts the past and takes a real step into adulthood. Sitting by the sea, she is at peace. The sea is no longer a threat but a sign of liberation. She jumps in.

Five interconnected stories set in modern-day Istanbul based on the fairytales Snow White, Cinderella, Pied Piper, Sleeping Beauty and Little Red Riding Hood.

The entertaining and comical story of how the heirs living in a luxurious villa end up penniless, miserable, and disgraced.

Ilgin and Neva lived without love till 25 years. This is a history, based on true story, about a passionate adventure of two lovers...

When a timid teacher meets a charismatic restaurateur, opposites hardly attract until their painful pasts transform their connection into love.

Ismail's son, Tarik returns to his village after long years of being away and announces that he is engaged to a Latvian woman named Nugesha and although he doesn't have the means for it, Ismail still wants to be the one who pays for the expenses of the wedding. Several problems ensue as he tries to make sure that there is enough money for the wedding.

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.

Making pizza and going to the amusement park with the family are important to Selma on her father's birthday. But the day doesn't turn out that way, as her father doesn't turn up.

A young girl, with a troubled past, and a young boy fall in love in a small but beautiful town.

In this story set in ancient times, 31 women who lost their husbands, fathers, and children in war rise up against their lack of men after many years and demand that the state send them men to marry and have children. Five single men from different regions and cultures are selected at a porter market in Istanbul to marry these 31 women. The selected men, unaware of what awaits them, believe they are going to war. However, the porters, referred to as "human donkeys," find themselves in a completely different adventure instead of the front lines.

After a worker is severely injured in their family business, Kadir is forced into making a moral decision, which will have an impact on his dreams, his family, and the life of injured worker’s wife

The tragicomic story of a man marrying the wrong girl.

Aunt Ülfet, who is known for arranging marriages, is consumed with longing for her only son, Oğuz. Aunt Ülfet, who has even arranged marriages for birds flying in the neighborhood, has a major rival in Firdevs. Ülfet has also arranged a marriage for Firdevs' son, but Firdevs is dissatisfied with her son's marriage. That is why she harbors hostility toward Ülfet. Ülfet's son Oğuz returns to Turkey from Russia after years away on a long leave. Ülfet closes all the marriage files she currently has and wants to marry Oğuz off during this long leave. Firdevs, however, draws her battle axe and takes action to sabotage Ülfet's efforts. However, Oğuz has come back the same way he left Russia. Therefore, a fierce intelligence war has begun between Ülfet's supporters and Firdevs' supporters in the neighborhood. Oğuz, who divides the neighborhood, does not have a single heart.

Sent to prison along with his mother after her drug conviction, a young boy develops a warm, tender relationship with a political prisoner.