Discoveries from Turkey World Cinema

Bücür tells the story of a young man's adventures as he searches for his mother. Umut, an ultra-intelligent child who spends his time at the computer, is a true computer genius. Having never seen his mother and curious about who she is, Umut decides to find her before he turns ten. Using the internet and technology to help him, Umut tracks down his mother thanks to his superior skills. After learning about his mother, Umut heads to Istanbul, where he coincidentally meets Özge. With only three days to find his mother, Umut finds himself in various predicaments alongside Özge. While trying to find his mother, the young man also struggles to escape the men chasing them.

Sevgi is a big fan of the famous beloved transgender singer Bülent Ersoy and never misses a concert. She writes poems and sends them to Bülent. One day her wishes come true, and Bülent is interested in composing and singing one of her poems.

Eflatun is a master miniature artist who's living in 17th century Istanbul. One day, he's taken to the vizier's mansion by force. There he learns that Danyal, one of the Ottoman princes who has ignited an insurrection, is arrested in a far off state and to be executed soon. Eflatun is ordered to make a portrait of the rebel prince who's been condemned to death in a Western manner to help the authorities be certain on the identity of him. Upon the order, Eflatun sets off for an arduous journey to Anatolia. He picks up a girl named Leyla en route. Together, they find themselves in a great venture fraught with sensations.

A young man who lost his mother as a baby decides to unravel the mystery behind her death after his father passes away, following the clues left behind.

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

Deniz ends up in hospital and has to face the ghosts of past. She manages to discover herself and the hidden secrets in her family drawers.

On the fog-drenched Black Sea coast, a woman gives birth to a being that defies nature. As her body and mind begin to unravel, love becomes both her devotion and her disease.

When a woman fakes a trip with her bestie to secretly meet with her internet boyfriend, her unaware mother forces her to take her problematic brother.

Selim is a paperboy who delivers the morning papers with his truck. He buys a walkie talkie to find find a friend. His codename is "The Handsome". After a while he meets the girl and they start a relationship. It is hard for them to get married.

Fog and the Night is the search of an investigator who has lost his confidence in his organization and whose happy "family father" order has been disrupted by his young lover.And introverted man due to his profession, not a big talker or well in expressing his feelings, Sedat is being consumed, going through the hardest time of his life, not able to silence his guilty conscience because he was unsuccessful in solving the murder of his partner, whom he saw as a brother. His faith in his organization is shaken as he witnesses the schemes in machination inside the organization and between the organization and the state. Meanwhile, while trying to find his lover who has disappeared after falling for a former militant, he does not refrain from making use of the filthiest methods of his profession.

Hayat, her father and bedridden grandfather live in a riverside shack near the dangerously dark but breathtakingly beautiful waters of the Bosphorus. Hayat's father owns a small boat that secures the family's survival through a miscellany of not always lawful ventures. Beyond the motion and romance of the water, Hayat's life is harsh and unrelenting. But Hayat has an instinct for survival. Her capacity for courage, endurance and hope in the face of these trials suggest that there is Life despite the manifold injustices of an unjust world.

Ali gets in trouble with the governor Emir's men, his grandfather gets killed, he leaves the village and moves to the town with his mother. Tugrul treats people in the town cruelly. He wants to marry the governor's daughter Zerrin and take his place. Ali wants to report this to King Meliksah. On his way he captures a caravan, the governor's daughter Zerrin is there too. Tugrul gets jealous of them and sends him to prison, Zerrin helps Ali to escape. Meliksah later on comes together with Ali, he tells him how cruelly he treats the people in town. Tugrul even tries to kill them! In the end, it turns out that Ali's mother is Meliksah's former wife, so he tells Ali everything. Ali and Zerrin get married, Meliksah gets together with his wife.

Esra leads two parallel lives. In her daily life the vivacious and spirited Esra adores her family but feels caged in her relationships. In her dream life, she yearns to discover the identity of the man who visits her dreams. While in waking life she struggles in vain, in her dream life she evolves in secret. But what if waking and dreaming were never separate and the real secret is shored by all?

The film tells the story of two old friends' love. Murat is in prison. He is in love with Sevda, a famous singer. She also likes Murat. However, there is a love between them that their pride prevents them from confessing. Fikret, a young Cypriot nightclub owner, has offered Sevda a job. He actually runs a third-rate local establishment. However, Fikret sends his earnings to the resistance fighters in Cyprus. This information is enough to convince Sevda. She will now work with him. However, this decision causes the distance between her and Murat to grow even further.

Nevin is very excited to see her daughter, whom she has been separated from for years. Ten years ago, when she separated from her husband, she was forced to leave her daughter because of the games played on her. Nevin dreams of spending a month indulging in the longing she has felt for years. As she prepares to embrace her daughter, she is left helpless in the face of her daughter's cold and distant demeanor. Ayşe is unaware that her father had her sent away so he could marry another woman. The young girl, filled with the pain of years spent without love and compassion, seems to harbor resentment toward her mother. Seeing the compassionate soul hidden behind her daughter's stern exterior, Nevin resolves to reach her daughter's heart.

In a world where everyone wears identical clothes, the person who manages to get rid of a corpse found in their garden turns into a corpse that someone else must dispose of the next day.

Since his childhood, interested in cars, car races and dreamed to be a rally pilot but became a minibus driver in Ankara. This movie tells Yusuf's story full of action as well as comedy.

From 1973, it's a Turkish Batman and Robin ignoring a Commissioner Gordon type before fighting a Blofeld-esque villain (bald, strokes cat) while spending their downtime in strip clubs! Yep, there's more nudity in this film than every other Batman movie combined, which admittedly isn't much but we'll take what we can get. For some reason the dynamic duo sometimes have capes and sometimes don't. In one scene Batman even picks up a gun and shoots a couple of bad guys before tucking the gun into his belt. You won't see that in the comics. This time no clips from other films (that I noticed anyway) but lots of music is lifted from elsewhere, including the James Bond theme.

Ali and Sudi, who received a 10-year imprisonment for embedding many bodies in the backyard of a construction they had previously worked on, were now free after completing their sentences. After the past events, both friends are determined not to get involved in this kind of crime again. Two friends start working as a night watchman at an entertainment venue on the Aegean coast, which does not have a business permit. Captain Remzi, who owns the entertainment venue, also runs human trafficking with his boat. While both friends dream of going abroad with the women they love, these plans will fall through with the two bodies wash ashore. Although Ali and Sudi bury these two bodies in order not to get into trouble, they will not be able to escape the complex situation they fell into.

This awesome and incredibly rare Turkish/Italian co-production, starts out as a Euro crime outing and quickly turns into a dark and sleazy House on the Edge of the Park type exploitation affair with the villain Ahmet (Piero Fabiani) taking a blind man, his daughter and niece hostage at their mansion and subjecting them to all kinds of mental, physical and sexual abuse. Turkish legend Tarik Akan plays Commissioner Murat who is out to catch Ahmet - even if it means dispensing with the rule book altogether!

Osman kidnaps Elif with a focus on his goal, but things will not go as expected. A naive and sensitive bond will be formed between this extremely cute and innocent girl and Osman.

The soft spot in her heart for her composer remains unfilled of a star performer, after she's given a red handkerchief as a farewell. She must make her final decision despite a hearing loss risking her promising career.

Bülent lives with his mother, sister, and brother-in-law. Bülent's mother, Mürüvvet, wants her son to marry a wealthy woman. Princess Canan is left alone with the fortune she inherited from her husband, who died at a young age. Bülent rescues Canan from robbers who want to steal her jewelry. Believing Canan to be alone in the world, Bülent marries her. However, after the wedding, the truth comes to light. Canan will play a trick on Bülent, who grows cold toward her once he realizes she is wealthy.

The struggle of Seydo, whom he was assigned to go with lieutenant Murat, in the tough geography of the Southeast Anatolia.

Ayla is a conservatory student. Through a coincidence, she meets Tarık, a famous composer. They fall in love and soon become engaged. On a trip abroad, Tarık experiences one of Ayla's biggest traumas. This disaster will affect the fate of the duo in a bad way.

The life story of a family who migrated from a small town in Anatolia to Istanbul. Ömer from the family runs a gas cylinder dealership in the big city. Meanwhile, he gets involved in dirty business with a friend. Having severed ties with his family, Ömer cannot extricate himself from these shady dealings, even if he wanted to. He continues to live his life amidst Istanbul's vibrant and shadowy nightlife.

In Günebakan, one of the distinguished villages of Thrace, the people pray for rain due to drought, but meteorite fragments fall from the sky unexpectedly instead of rain. After that, Günebakan, normally a quiet and isolated Thracian village, became the scene of a never-before-seen turmoil.

Two police officers come to the theater and record a pantomime show. Although the two mimes on stage and the director are nervous about this situation, everything goes well in the mime show. The two police officers should listen to the audio recording of the mime show they love to watch and tell their superiors.

Altan, who cannot stay away from trouble, and Gürkan, who gets involved in the matter due to a name similarity, this time get entangled with a bigger trouble, Ali Kaptan. Ali Kaptan, known as the shadow of the Devil on earth, has his own unique methods of torture. The duo, trying to escape from the events that befall them, find themselves in even worse situations due to their lust. The duo, indebted to Ali Kaptan at the cost of their lives, will be rescued by Gürkan’s uncle Ferruh, the tribal leader.

Tamer Karadağlı, one of Turkey's most famous actors, known to audiences as Haluk, the stone-hearted man, has grown tired of being typecast in the same role throughout his career. While looking to play something different, he receives an offer from producer Birol Güven for a new TV series. Karadağlı accepts the role to prove to everyone that he can play any kind of character. Meanwhile, due to his uncontrollable womanizing in his personal life, he has drifted apart from his family; his ex-wife Arzu Balkan cannot tolerate the tabloid headlines. Amidst all this chaos, Tamer Karadağlı seeks ways to change and prove himself both to the industry and his family.

A man is forced to confront his past after he loses everything in an accident. Mustafa is a successful business man living a seemingly great life with his family when an accident takes it all away from him and leaves him with many questions and a cab driver, Fikret, who can answer it all. Mustafa is due to get a lot more than what he bargained for, however, as his interrogations take him to long-forgotten childhood memories and force him to see his formerly perfect life from a very different perspective.

A journalist named Muntazam, who was imprisoned for a poem he wrote when he was a university student, could not attend his father's funeral because he was in prison, begins to experience paranoia due to this incident.

Kaan has difficulty getting a higher position in his work where he has built a good career. While he was occupied with his wife, children and his work, he has pretty much neglected his father. Until one day he is obliged to take care of him.

Kara Murat goes to Byzantium with two soldiers named Ömer and Cafer. Emperor Constantine will make Prince Orhan the Ottoman ruler after Sultan Murat II dies. Actually, it is Prince Mehmet II's turn. If Orhan becomes the ruler, Prince Mehmet must be killed because he is a friend of Byzantium.

Planning to take any job she can get in order to save enough money and leave Turkey for the U.S., Mina is hired at an Istanbul café as a fortune teller who reads the dregs in coffee cups. She discovers she has the ability to offer comfort and insight to the customers who are just as lost in the wilderness as she is.

Kemal, unaware that his father is a mafia boss, sells cotton candy at train stations. After his father is killed, his inheritance is divided. Kemal begins visiting the establishments of Istanbul's most notorious thugs one by one to reclaim his father's inheritance, and gradually gains a reputation.

After all his unhappy experiences Aytug come to the turning point of his life. Either he refuses the life which society offers for him and will end his life, or choose to live as he wants and stand out against society's norms of ideal gender role.

Kadri and Cem are such good friends that they would do anything for each other. Cem has experienced a major disappointment in his love life and is in a state of depression. To help him get back to his old self, Kadir takes Cem to the Dionysos Hotel, the most beautiful hotel in Antalya. However, the hotel has another surprise in store: Cem's ex-girlfriend Betül and her new boyfriend Hakan. This situation drags Kadir and Cem into a series of comical events. USTA (International Cinema Television Workshop), of which Cem Özer is a partner, brings together master actors in the same cast for its first comedy film.

This comedy film tells the story of Keloğlan's adventures in Istanbul, where he comes with his mother to stay with his uncle. In the film, Keloğlan's friends Tırtıl and Bicirik help him defeat Çamur Şevket, the neighborhood bully, and save the neighborhood from trouble. Keloğlan is in love with Nurperi, the daughter of İsa Bey, the richest man in the neighborhood. However, Nurperi, being a wealthy city girl, does not pay much attention to Keloğlan. Unbeknownst to Keloğlan, Fatma, one of the beautiful girls in the neighborhood, also has feelings for him. Keloğlan is in love with Nurperi, the daughter of İsa Bey, the richest man in the neighborhood. However, Nurperi is a wealthy city girl and does not pay much attention to Keloğlan. Unbeknownst to Keloğlan, Fatma, one of the beautiful girls in the neighborhood, is also interested in him.

After a tragic loss and a long career hiatus, a champion boxer crosses paths with an anchorwoman and returns to the ring.

A woman's inner transformation and the breaking points she experiences.

After his pregnant wife killed by thinner addicts, Ersin Balkan, decides on to establish a school for children who are abandoned ad thinner addicts. Noticing that he can not afford a such thing with his salary, takes a new career and becomes a singer.

Ümit, who lives in a poor neighborhood, makes a living by singing on the streets. One day, at his son's circumcision ceremony, he runs into his wife Necla, whom he separated from years ago. The couple separated years ago due to a misunderstanding. Ümit is still angry with his wife. Necla, however, decides to seek custody of their son, Murat. With her father's help, she wins the custody case. Murat takes the opportunity to run away to his father's side. However, Necla's fiancé sets a trap to put an end to the situation and has Ümit sent to prison.

Oğuz is trying to fulfill his sick father's last wish before he dies when, unexpectedly, Deniz enters his life. However, Deniz is also a lonely, unemployed woman who has lost her zest for life. This will be a new journey for both of them, a beginning that will help them feel better about themselves.

Nuran, pushed to divorce her unfaithful husband Şakir, hires her childhood friend Orhan as her lawyer, while Şakir hires Özden, leading to the two lawyers unexpectedly falling in love during the proceedings. After marrying, the mismatched couples face cultural clashes between modern, Westernized lifestyles and traditional Anatolian values.

Duygu and Bahadır work for a company that acquires banks’ receivables and their job is to corner the debtor using psychological pressure and maximizing the money collection. Ceren, a young woman deep in debt, is their new target.

We all live on the same planet, under one sun which nurtures and renews our unique and common hopes for the future. No matter how much we differ from each other in color, ethnicity and belief, we all share the same source of life, united in our destinies. An omnibus film on the topic of Turkish - Armenian relations.

Mukhabbat, an Uzbek immigrant, works at a convenience store on the outskirts of Moscow. Just like the rest of the immigrants at the store, she is forced to work without getting paid and endure mental and physical abuse, until she overcomes her fear one day and takes her fate into her own hands.

The film tells the story of insurance investigator Ahmet, who went to Çeşme to investigate a suspicious death. Industrialist and Banker İskender Bey dies in a collision accident while on holiday in Çeşme. The insurance company assigns Inspector Ahmet to investigate the incident, on suspicion that it may be murder. Ahmet is a heart patient. His doctor tells Ahmet that he has only one month to live unless a miracle occurs. Ahmet feels that he is getting closer to death day by day. Ahmet, Zeynep met with a beloved physician in Çeşme. But Zeynep's love is not enough to keep him alive.

A young woman forced by her family to study a major she doesn't want, finds her only escape in her passion for the sky while caught between economic struggles and social norms.

Yakup and Şemsa are Assyrians living in Berlin with their three children and grandchildren. Twenty-five years ago they migrated from Mardin to Berlin. One day they receive a phone call from Mardin. This unexpected call deals with their son Mikhael, whom they lost twenty-five years ago. All the suffering of the family is refreshed. Yakup and Şemsa go to Mardin with their grandchildren, Nardin, who do not want to leave them alone. This trip will be the beginning of all their personal journeys. When the craftsman Yakup, who had not come for years, abandoned his village and saw his house looted; He will go after his house door. On his journey of finding the door, he will be accompanied by her granddaughter Nardin and the smuggler Remzi.