Discoveries from Turkey World Cinema

Ayse who lost her husband and child during the occupation of Izmir by Greek Army in 1919 goes to Istanbul to attend demonstrations which are arranged against the occupation of Anatolia. And then she passes to Anatolia to be a nurse and meets with Ihsan there. At that time Turkish War of Independence starts and they participate to this battle together.

Naughty but lovable, Yumurcak, the darling of the neighborhood, lives with his father Nihat, who makes a living as a driver. Every day, he does mischievous things that drive the neighborhood shopkeepers crazy, but no one can stay mad at him. Nihat has told Yumurcak that his mother is dead, but in reality, she is still alive. The reason Nihat separated from Selma years ago was because Selma's malicious stepmother and nephew framed Nihat for robbing the factory where he worked. One day, Nihat gets into an accident and ends up in prison. When Yumurcak visits his father in prison, Selma is also there and sees him. She meets him without revealing that she is his mother. Selma now wants to take her son back; however, Nihat strongly opposes this. Taking Yumurcak back and rebuilding their home will not be easy for Selma.

A Turkish watchmaker is employed to mend a village clock that has not worked for some seven years. However, what seems like a simple and un-exciting task is plunged into a web of mystery and intrigue when the watchmaker innocently witnesses the murder of a beautiful woman on his first day in the village.

Suleyman works at a gas station. One of his customers Kenan, who is a businessman, asks him to be his bodyguard. Suleyman is in love with Oya. Kenan wants to prevent their marriage and makes a plot with his brothel girl Cicek. Cicek has an affair with Suleyman and Kenan takes their photos. As Oya sees the photos, she leaves her job. Kenan gets her to work for his relative Leman who is a tailor. Suleyman quits his work and searches for Oya though without success. Oya gets to know about Leman and Kenan's evil plans and she gets seized on her attempt to escape. Cicek informs Suleyman about Oya's whereabouts. Everybody gets organized to save her and they succeed. Cicek shoots Leman and Kenan at the expense of her own life.

Ozan and Caner, searching for a place to call home, finally find the perfect house after a long and arduous search. The house they find at an extraordinary price turns out to be truly extraordinary, and amusing events follow them everywhere. Unfortunately, the deceased owner of the old mansion they rented is stuck in limbo, and only Caner and Ozan can see him. Helping this old soul cross over peacefully is now the task of these two young men. The mission they embark on to find peace in the house drags them into a series of events that are as comical as they are emotional.

The dream of Yaya, who is working in cocoa fields and has never eaten chocolate in his life, to become a hero like Drogba, to escape from the cocoa mafia, to take shelter in Istanbul and to return to the Ivory Coast.

Mesut, a civil servant who returns his hometown to bury his mother, is dragged into by his younger brother Musa to a treasure hunt and finds himself tangled up with a murder.

So begins an entertaining road story where we witness two brothers with different cultural backgrounds, who don't even know each other, have similarities, differences and even their fights.

Nuri, whose sole aim is to return to Istanbul by selling a garden left to him by his father, has an interesting encounter with his old friend Sabri in the city. Sabri, however, has just smashed his boss's head in due to sudden psychological trauma he suffered at the government office where he works, and things start to get even more complicated. As Nuri prepares to return to Istanbul, he receives news that his friend Sabri has committed suicide in prison. Now Nuri has a purpose. He decides to uncover the reasons behind his old friend Sabri's mysterious murder and suicide.

The story of a warehouse porter who gets into trouble after reporting smugglers using sardine barrels to bring English pearls into Turkey.

On a night of despair after being turned down continuously for the scripts he writes, Metin ends up in a bar where he meets a girl named Duygu. After spending the night together, she walks out in the morning before he wakes up and leaves only a short note. The next time they meet, Metin becomes curious about her secret and decides to follow her. What he finds out will be the beginning of an everlasting love.

A serial murderer kills prostitutes. Inspector Murat investigates the case.

Zephyr, a strong-willed adolescent girl, spends her summer vacation with her grandparents in the mountains, waiting for her mother to come and take her back home. Her mother finally shows up, but only to say farewell before going far away places for a voluntary position. But Zephyr is determined that she will not let her mother ever leave her again.

A kid witnesses the death of her pregnant mother while filming her with a hand-cam. Years later, he finds an old cassette left on his door. While he tries to find a way to listen to it, he is drawn into a dark abyss of memories.

Showcasing three short films by American writer James Baldwin, wherein he muses about race, sexuality and civil rights, among other topics, in Istanbul, Paris and Great Britain.

Infinite Love tells the story of a woman whose life changes after she meets a man 20 years her junior. Nazan Ulucan is a successful journalist. Her life takes a completely different turn in both her personal and professional life after meeting Efehan, who is 20 years her junior. While trying to share the article series she is working on with the public, Nazan also struggles to find a place in Efehan's life.

The film tells the story of a legendary folk hero from the outskirts of the city. Ali is imprisoned on charges of killing Ihsan, one of the troublemakers of Sineklidağ. During his time in prison, his name becomes legendary in Sineklidağ. When a general amnesty is declared, Ali is released. However, his girlfriend Zilha, who is İhsan's niece, is not interested in him. Ali cannot convince Zilha that he did not kill her uncle İhsan. Finally, he decides to use the legend that has grown around his name.

Mirac is 35 years old, a psychic who is fond of religious duties. Having lost his family in a traffic accident at a young age, Mirac starts to stay with his grandmother, Döne. Döne is a sorcerer who casts evil spells and gets the help of a genie named Ummar. Mirac is disturbed by his grandmother's evil spells and escapes from his grandmother and settles in Istanbul.

Şenol Başkan, who is struggling with financial problems, loses his esports club and internet café due to urban renewal. Not wanting his players to find out what has happened, Şenol Başkan buys a caravan, inspired by the release of the mobile version of Zula, which won last year's big tournament, and tells his team that they are switching to a "mobile gaming concept." Şenol Başkan announces the caravan he has brought to the neighborhood's soccer field as the club's new headquarters and forces his team to train there. The team, which needs to camp to prepare for the tournament, reaches the brink of disbanding when the caravan cannot provide the necessary environment. Şenol Başkan must act swiftly to prevent his team from disbanding.

The biography of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, who not only grew himself up from a poor lonely child to a country's most loved person, but also rose a new country from the ashes of an empire. A story of a soldier, an eminent statesman and a great reformist.

A group of young people are trying to teach Kurdish in Turkish Kurdistan, a land where the teaching of the language is forbidden by Turkish authorities. Part of their work is to print clandestine schoolbooks in underground schools and distribute them. One of the girls in the group, Aseke, is killed on a mission and her friends decide to carry out the final request she made in her will. She had been brought up with a black horse, now in the remote Anatolian mountains, and her request is to bring the horse back so that they might meet one last time before she is buried. The arrival of the horse leads to some unexpected events.

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 man who fights against arms smugglers. Orhan is the general manager of a shipping company. One day, Orhan receives a tip-off via radio. The company's ships are being used for arms smuggling. Upon receiving the tip, Orhan attempts to inspect the cargo on the ships but is lost at sea in an explosion. Orhan, who was washed ashore in the Aegean Sea, is rescued by Ayfer. Upon returning to Istanbul, Orhan's brother is killed by a bomb placed in his car. As a result, Orhan takes action and becomes embroiled in a difficult struggle.

The film depicts the conquest of Istanbul on a chessboard. Aşık Paşazade recounts the conquest to Fatih's grandchildren, and the story is visualized.

A series of events unfolding around a wealthy man who pretends to be someone else in order to win the heart of a female singer.

Kazım, who migrated from his village to Istanbul, suddenly becomes famous for his sexual prowess and becomes the darling of society women.

Esma, Berk and Hasan are three people who try to escape the troubles of life with the help of a video game called Discovery. These three young people is sucked into the game in a mystical way. They find themselves in the battle of Gallipoli.

We have entered a new era...The Antichrist, whose coming has been announced for centuries, is now born. Humankind is meant to be thrown in a vortex of fear and despair. While seeds are being planted somewhere in the heart of Istanbul, Turkey, all prophecies are coming true. Evil will spread like a virus throughout the World. Satan will find a body in which to incarnate and prepare to reign of terror at the head of an army of Devils. DECCAL is the first of a trilogy meant to represent the pure essence of evil.

An ex-con musician returns to Istanbul to take a sweet and silent revenge from the ingenue with whom he once was in love, insensibly to her extramarital affairs.

He is a civil servant in the bland state office. His whole life changes when his reports get mixed up in the hospital and he gets news that he's going to die very soon.

The Museum of Broken Love is a museum where items left over from people's ended relationships are exhibited. Ali's job, when he started working at the museum, is to inventory the incoming items and place them in the exhibition areas. Ali's days change when a man who catches his attention leaves a box at the museum.

Yusuf served nine years in prison for a crime he did not commit. When he returns home, he sees that his wife, who was pregnant at the time of jail, left home. While searching for his wife and child in the snowy town, he also tracks the events that happened to him. This journey, which alternates between the past and the present and becomes complicated as we ask questions, will reach places that Yusuf could not even imagine, and will change his life irrevocably.

Merih, a dancer who gives birth to an illegitimate daughter, abandons her child and runs away. Adile Hanım finds the child alone and takes her in, adopting her. Adile Hanım and her older daughter take care of the child, Gül. Time passes, and Gül turns 6 years old. One day, Gül buys a lottery ticket, and it wins a prize of 2 billion lira. However, not everyone is happy about this prize. Cavcav Mustafa cannot accept that they have won this money. Meanwhile, the biological mother, Dansöz Merih, who has caught wind of the money, teams up with Cavcav Mustafa to file a custody case to take her daughter from Adile Hanım. In the case, the judge hears all the witnesses. Gül does not want to leave Adile Hanım. The judge rules in favor of the biological mother.

Story of a man who is suffering because of a crime and trying to escape of his suffering.

Meral is a divorced mother living with her six-year-old daughter Elif. One day, Elif disappears. Despite all efforts to search for her, she in not found. Meral’s former husband and lawyer Turgay take part in the search. During their investigation, Meral and Turgay become clo ser. A love relationship starts between these two loners.

Nesrin, a single mother who lives with her four-year-old son, struggles with her ex-husband Ömer’s oppressive behaviour and bureaucratic hardships while she is on the brink of making a critical decision regarding her relationship with her boyfriend Selim.

The story tells of a scattered family whose paths cross again years later. Famous singer Hülya hides her daughter Ayşe from everyone to protect her reputation. She sends her to a boarding school in a small town. She tells Ayşe and everyone around her that her husband, who abandoned her years ago, has died. However, Ayşe tells her friends at school that her father is a man who travels constantly. But her friends suspect that Ayşe is lying. As Ayşe tries to correct the lie she has told, her path will cross with her father's.

The film tells the story of Nermin's struggle for life after being abandoned by her husband. Nermin is a famous singer who works in nightclubs. She and Orhan, the son of a wealthy family, fall in love. Orhan's mother opposes the marriage. Despite this, the couple marries and has a child. A few years later, Nermin's brother Ahmet, who was in prison, is released. Orhan catches Nermin meeting with her brother in secret in a hotel room. He believes that Nermin has cheated on him and leaves the country with their child. Following this separation, Nermin will embark on a difficult struggle for survival on her own.

Seher Hanım's son Turan went to Germany and never returned. While waiting for her son, Seher took in Nazlı, a girl with no one to care for her. Meanwhile, Turan is in prison. Turan is released from prison, but the police are after him. When he returns home, a love affair begins between Turan and Nazlı.

Kemal, who raised his grandson Mustafa, who was battling leukemia, with great love, saw his life take a completely unexpected turn. Mustafa, who had spent a happy childhood in a small coastal town with his grandfather, was diagnosed with a relentless illness at the age of 10, deeply affecting both Kemal and the entire neighborhood. During this challenging period, a journalist who meets Kemal while hiding his true identity and pursuing a story ignites a series of unexpected events.

Police officer Erol is assigned to track down a gang involved in the smuggling of historical artifacts. He begins working as a laborer at the hotel where a woman named Karen, who is connected to the gang, is staying. Sami, whom he meets and befriends among the hotel staff, falls in love with Karen. This complicates Erol's job. While tracking Karen, Erol will also have to deal with Sami.

A man suspects his wife of being unfaithful, but he's not prepared for what her confession will do to him.

Zeynep escapes from the mental hospital where she was confined by those trying to seize her inheritance. The young woman, who has been in an accident on the road, is found unconscious by Tarık. Meanwhile, everyone who hears about the reward on her head is after Zeynep. The young woman cannot trust anyone but Tarık, who is helping her. The pair does not have much time to expose the game being played.

Özlem Dersanesi is staying in a hotel in Antalya in order to attend the national music contest for private prep schools.

Pharmacy apprentice Ali suddenly reunites with his childhood crush Ayça and, desperate to win her over, enlists a life coach, only to get into a series of hilarious misadventures with his coach and assistant.

Kasım, an elderly man with a missing ear, is accused of killing his son-in-law. The police team is in for a long and rather interesting interrogation. For Kasım claims that his son-in-law was taken away by someone from the planet Anunnaki. As these claims are supported by certain developments, the interrogation becomes increasingly complex. Has Kasım truly eliminated his son-in-law, whom he disliked, or has everything unfolded as he described?

A dramatised documentary about the life of Rumi, a Persian mystical poet whose images of universal love and divine mystery continue to be celebrated more than 700 years after his death.

Çağan Irmak's delightful new film is a fairy tale for the waking hour. Aziz works as a clerk in a library and lives in his own quiet and peaceful little world. Then one day he discovers that he has new neighbours: Seçil, the owner of the new opened local beauty shop and her 10 year-old daughter Gizem. Life for Aziz becomes much brighter and livelier but then something unexpected happens and darkness descends once again. A whole new set of events is set in motion as a bunch of memorable characters join together to try to change the course of fate. From the Diary of Aziz: There are those who say that fate cannot be changed, for if it could, it would not be fate. So be it. How hopeless we would feel if we had to live in a world where nothing could change. Don't you think so? It might just be that there will come a day when you will realize that something bad that happened to you happened for a reason and caused something better to come about. You never know.

The year is 2003, and the Private Çamlıca High School, once home to the legendary “Hababam Class”, is still in operation. The school’s founder has passed away, and his son, nicknamed “Mad Bedri,” now runs the place. The time-honored Hababam traditions continue in full force, and every teacher is so exasperated by the endless pranks of that class that they’re constantly looking for a way out. Seeing his chance, Mad Bedri plans to sell the school to a developer in exchange for floor space rights, so that it can be torn down and replaced with a high-rise office complex. When the principal, Fatoş, learns of his scheme, she enlists the help of the original “Hababam” alumni to save the school by taking on its current troublemakers. Tensions rise once Bedri announces the sale, and a huge surprise awaits everyone.

Rimo and Zimo are two towns that are not very far from each other, divided by a small desert. Both towns’ people have stayed away from each other for a long time, feeling mutual hatred and fear. One day, two little rascals from Rimo, Bızdık and Minnik, decide to go to the desert for an adventure. Meanwhile, the Zimo Family enjoys a family picnic at the desert with their baby egg and little daughter.

It is the beginning of the 17th century. As the prince, who is certain to become sultan in the future, sets out for the province of Saruhan, a murder is committed in Saruhan. Yusuf, the son of Salih Ağa, one of Saruhan's important figures, is killed in an inn. The judge of Saruhan assigns Selim, a clerk he knows from Istanbul, to solve this murder. Selim's appointment to this task, which led to the execution of the Janissary commander Bekir in Istanbul, does not please the Janissary commander Arif, but he does not have the power to prevent it. On the other hand, the prince and Deli İzzet Pasha, who accompanied him, must solve the murder before arriving in Saruhan.

A young punk rocker in Istanbul tracks down a cruise ticket to California on the night of his birthday gig. Based on the director's personal family story. Film sets during the 90's unrest Turkey.

Political and social processes in recent and current Turkish political history.

Zülfü and Zülfiye get married. However, Abbas, Zülfü's uncle, who is trying to take over Zülfü's property, tries to separate the couple. Abbas spreads rumors about Zülfiye. He incites Zülfü to kill his wife. Eventually, Zülfiye secretly moves to Istanbul with her family. Zülfü goes to Istanbul to kill Zülfiye, influenced by his uncle's persuasion. However, when a mine is discovered on Zülfiye's father's land, all plans will change.

After the First World War, the Allies occupy Istanbul. The protagonist, Yandim Ali is a rogue, discharged from the navy, who doesn't believe that the country can be saved, until he meets Mustafa Kemal (Ataturk), who plans to start a resistance in Anatolia against the occupying Allies, as well as the collaborators of an Ottoman government, that exists only on paper.