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An ugly duckling transformation of a secretary who is madly in love with his boss and wants to take revenge for her wounded heart

The film tells the story of a soldier's struggle for freedom against the sultan. Hasan graduates first in his class from the Military Academy. When he returns home, he learns that his father will be executed for being a supporter of freedom. He takes revenge on the governor who ordered the execution. However, he is wounded while fleeing from the soldiers. Gypsies passing by hide Hasan and help him. Hasan and his friends will attempt to unite the scattered forces in the mountains and establish a regular army for the cause of freedom.

Trabzonspor, one of the well-established clubs of Turkish football, reached the championship title with its determined and determined struggle in the 2021-2022 season. Reflecting the behind the scenes and difficult journey of this unforgettable success, the documentary "CHAMPION WITH STUBBORNNESS" stands out as a production eagerly awaited by football fans and passionate fans of the team.

The film tells the story of a heartbroken woman's revenge on a flirtatious cabaret artist. Ahmet studied chemical engineering under his father's pressure. However, his mind is set on singing. The handsome young man works as a teacher during the day. At night, he sings at a cabaret without his father's knowledge. His life continues this way until his family decides to marry him off to the daughter of a wealthy businessman. The charming young man unknowingly breaks Hülya's heart before they even meet. Hülya won't take this lying down. With the help of her friends, she devises a plan to set Ahmet straight.

Umut(35) is an actor who wants to act in movies, Asiye(43), is a director at their private theater company. following umut’s father’s death, his mother marries a man with three children, and he is sent to live with his uncle in bursa. he has not had any contact with his mother for twenty years. until he is told that his mother has come to bursa for her illness. so he is forced to take care of her. at the same time learns about asiye’s pregnancy. the situation causes a massive crisis in his life. because of all the feelings, umut accumulated over the years, he lives a great showdown with his mother.

Emrah and Bahar are madly in love with each other, but Emrah's obsessive lover Nazan catches them in bed together. Seeing them like this, Bahar loses all faith in love. In fact, this is all Nazan's fabrication. Emrah was drugged and thrown into the same bed. Bahar falls into a life of vice and becomes a prostitute. Emrah, who is searching for her, spends a lot of money trying to find her. Emrah, whose mental state is deteriorating, goes to the brothel to see the woman he loves and pays the visitation fee to see Bahar. The old Bahar is gone, and in her place is a Bahar who has been through hell. Emrah's condition worsens, and his mother storms the brothel to put an end to it all.

Weapons dealers Abdullah and Ziya have been friends for a long time, but what are you supposed to do when your friend commits an unspeakable crime? And what does Abdullah's decision mean for his plans in life?

Bahar, who received different trainings to realize her ideals and dreams of starting her own business, one day crosses paths with Kadir, who is married and has a daughter. Kadir, who has high persuasion skills and antisocial personality disorder, convinces Bahar to live together.

A man covers his head with several headscarfs, one by one... .

Riza and Fistik pickpocket to make both ends meet. When they enter a deluxe villa they find themselves in the middle of a costume party. Subsequently, the fur flied.

In a remote Turkish village, a timid young man is haunted by his childhood and the mysterious death of his sister. Nightmares and unsettling visions draw him into an inevitable descent, as his reality begins to fracture. A poetic exploration of memory, loss and the psyche.

Cafer, the only resident in the apartment building unaffected by the foul odor that emerges, begins to feel increasingly isolated and insecure.

The story of a undercover detective who takes revenge on the cartel who killed his family.

When Ali's father hires a new secretary, she awakens desires in Ali that the shy 22-year-old never knew he had. But working for his father, his mother reminding him he's the right age to marry, and trying to be a good Muslim complicate things. Now he must choose between family duty and true love. Can you really make yourself and your family happy at the same time?

Nermin, who meets Ömer after many years, introduces herself as a different person in order to get closer to the young man.

Enver is disturbed by the ’smell’ in the building and believes that the new tenants at the basement are the reason. He starts collecting signatures from all the residents in order to evict them.

Cemil is a feisty young man from Trabzon who played for Trabzonspor in the mid-1990s. He transferred to Beşiktaş during the same period and changed greatly in character after moving to Istanbul. During a Beşiktaş-Trabzonspor match, he scored three goals against his former team, Trabzonspor, and then did three somersaults, earning him the nickname "Somersaulting Cemil" and turning all his old friends and fellow Trabzon natives against him. He left his fiancée Zeynep and settled in Istanbul, never returning to his hometown for 20 years. Now in his 40s, Cemil is forced to return to Trabzon when he hears that his father has had a heart attack. However, he is too late—his father has already passed away. He wants to return to Istanbul immediately after the funeral, but he is forced to change his mind after hearing the words of his closest friend, Kemal.

31 is popular Turkish slang for masturbation. Feeling Blue and 31 is the story of two young men whose lives quite literally come to rest upon the performance of their appendages. Ege and Kerem are 25-year-old virgins who masturbate excessively. One day Eros appears to them and threatens to castrate them if they fail to get laid within the subsequent seven days. Thus begins an often hilarious, tragic- comic struggle to have sex which involves a dance class, bar-hopping and sultry neighbours. Shot as the result of a bet over just 24 hours, the film has a winningly natural feel, in large part due to the directors’ decision to allow the actors to improvise dialogue within the framework of each scene. First-time actors Ozan Özcan and Deniz Alnıtemiz are perfect as the bumbling, funny and frequently terribly embarrassing leads who come across a bit like Turkey’s answer to ‘Flight of the Conchords’. Destined for cultish fame, Feeling Blue and 31 makes its world premiere at !f.

The story of Sirvan and his wife Sultan, who rebelled against Cello, the lord of the village.

A callow country doctor, with 2 brothers have a journey to another city for healing their other brother who’s in the jail. But they are in the Kurdish area of Ottoman Empire (1914), just before great war and Armenian genocide, they have to pass a vanished world before their brother died.

In a dystopic future, there is a shortage of oxygen. People are breathing with gas masks. A thief sneaks into an old man’s house. The thief finds a plant in the house he enters. The old man realizes that he can get maskless oxygen at home thanks to this plant and special fan. The film deals with the struggle of two people for the sake of having this plant that supplies oxygen.

Ziffar, the demon son of the Devil, haunts a village girl named Doğa. Doğa, who becomes pregnant, is forced to give birth to a demon baby. To escape this situation, Doğa is forced to make an irreversible deal with the demons in the village cemetery...

Elvan is the sole heir of a famous restaurant chain. He arranges a meeting with a Russian businessman to save his restaurant, which is going through tough times. Rıdvan is a mobile rice cooker. The fame of their pilaf has been heard all over Istanbul's nightlife and among the tradesmen. Rıdvan, who set his mind to open up to the world at the insistence of his friends, goes to the hotel where Elvan is located to meet the same Russian businessman.

Çetin's great love Esra wants to marry someone else. Tahsin suggests going to kickboxing. The kickboxing instructor, Saffet, wants Çetin to fight someone of his choice so he can join the class. Unknowingly, Çetin chooses Saffet Hoca's daughter Defne, the champion of Turkey, and is hospitalized. When Defne decides to take care of Çetin, a funny and romantic love affair begins.

After he was released from prison, the young man who was exiled to Çeşme fell in love with a girl there. Meanwhile, there is a bully who follows the young man and wants to kill him. the young man was caught between two events.

Murat, the son of a police officer, grows up with the support of Commissioner Kemal after his father's death. Years later, Murat, now a mafia boss, and Kemal's paths cross again. Kemal is constantly conducting operations to put an end to the mafia's activities. The mafia believes that the solution is to kill Kemal. However, Kemal is Murat's childhood friend. This causes a split within the mafia. Murat is forced to protect Kemal from the mafia. Kemal, on the other hand, finds himself torn between doing his job and protecting a criminal.

Fahrettin, Ekrem, Fikret, İzzet, Nejat, Orhan and Eşref work as truck drivers for a company. Guns are loaded into their trucks without their knowledge. They are smuggling weapons without their knowledge. The police seize the trucks in a raid. The drivers, who are informed about the raid via radio, manage to escape at the last moment. In order to prove their innocence, they decide to find the company owner, Lebanese Manukyan. On their journey, they will also come to terms with their past.

The story of two young men who resemble each other like two peas in a pod, who switch places as a result of a mix-up.

The film takes on a gang’s attempt to rob a businessman. Murat Necdet, Cemil, and Selma are the members of a gang of thieves. Their current target is Orhan İnan, a wealthy businessman. They devise a plan to have Selma assaulted just as Orhan is passing by ; Orhan saves her and takes her home. But Selma loses her memory, remembering nothing about her past. Their plan is to have Orhan become obsessed with Selma’s beauty and steal his fortune. There are, however, certain things to which the thieves are oblivious. This scheme, which started as a game for the heist, is no longer practicable.

The story of composer Sadullah Aga who fell in love with the Sultan's concubine and fell into the dungeons.

Hursit lives with his mother and disabled brother in Cappadocia. He sees that what he has learned at the religious school is quite different from what is going on around him in real life.

Semur 4: Judgment is the story of a young man who finds himself in terrible events while trying to sell the house he inherited. Ozan, who lives a lonely life with no one, learns that he has inherited a house one day. Barkın tries to sell the house in a short time because he needs money. Ozan, who takes a friend with him for the sales transactions, decides to spend the night at home after the transactions prolong. However, it is almost impossible for them to come out in the morning.

The film tells the story of Alişan, who is trying to escape from his bloodthirsty pursuers. Alişan is released from prison, where he was serving time for murder. Unable to return to his hometown of Urfa due to blood feuds, he goes to stay with his friend Müslüm. The two start working on a construction site they find in Marmaris. The blood feud pursuers track Alişan to Marmaris. Alişan escapes their attack with the help of Aslı, a deaf and mute woman living in a nearby villa. Over time, Aslı and Alişan fall in love. Unable to bear the burden of living on the run, Alişan will make a new decision.

The film tells the story of a young girl struggling to survive in a depraved life. Having grown up alone because her father is in prison, Nuran has taken refuge in her uncle's house. Here, she is forced to endure the torment of her cruel aunt. Her only friend is Ihsan, a kind-hearted pickpocket she knows from the neighbourhood. After her father's death, Nuran is forced to move in with her mother Leyla, who works in bars. When İhsan is caught and sent to prison, she finds herself completely alone in a life that is not her own.

Hızır Dede is someone who helps those in need without expecting anything in return and keeps his identity secret. Upon his death, he leaves this task to Orhan. Leyla, who grew up with Hızır Dede's help, works as a secretary at a company. The company's boss has three sons, Samim, Tayfur, and Süleyman, who all try to marry Leyla. Just as Leyla and Samim are getting close, Orhan comes to investigate Leyla's suitors while keeping his identity hidden. However, over time, Leyla begins to take an interest in Orhan. Orhan is torn between fulfilling his father's will and keeping his secret while marrying Leyla.

The film tells the story of Murat, who grew up without a mother or father. A young woman living in difficult circumstances after losing her husband leaves her infant son Murat on a bench by the sea. Osman, who is fishing at the time, notices Murat and takes him in. Unable to find someone to care for Murat, he raises him as his own son. He tells Murat that his mother is dead. Years later, Murat and his mother's paths will cross unexpectedly.

When it comes to stand-up comedy, one of the first names that comes to mind is Yılmaz Erdoğan, who recounts scenes from his own life and discusses current issues in the country with his usual mastery. In his own words, he "fills his pockets with words" and leaves his audience in stitches.

Based on the novel of Peyami Safa, the movie centers on the life of Mebure who arrives in Istanbul after the Greeks occupy Western Anatolia. In Istanbul, Mebure begins to live with her relatives who live in very good conditions and sooner or later Behic, the son of the house, starts to be interested in Mebure and tries to make use of her. In the meantime, Mebure tries to find her missing father.

Yakup, a former sailor, lives with his granddaughter Cavidan. Cavidan is a memento of his late daughter Melodi. Yakup has diabetes, and his condition is getting worse. He loves to eat. Despite Cavidan's best efforts, he secretly eats unhealthy foods. Grandpa Yakup has two other daughters named Çiçek and Irmak. Both are married. Their husbands, Şefik and Serkan, constantly try to extort money from Grandpa Yakup under the pretext of business. Realizing they can no longer get money from him, the husbands plan to set a trap for Grandpa Yakup with a courier they have arranged, feeding him a poisoned wrap.

Kerim is a young man who studies at university and races cars, and also works at a repair shop during the summer. Meral is a university student from a wealthy family. The two meet at a bar and introduce themselves to each other, with Kerim presenting himself as wealthy and Meral as a shop assistant. When summer vacation ends, they assume they are parting ways, with Kerim planning to go to London to study at university and Meral continuing to work as a sales clerk.

Kemal works as an electrician in a factory. The owner of the factory, Süleyman Bey, is murdered. Due to a conspiracy hatched by Süleyman Bey's wife, the murder is pinned on Kemal. Kemal is arrested and sent to prison. Süleyman Bey's wife and lover try to get rid of Kemal to prevent the murder from being exposed. Kemal, however, will do everything in his power to prove his innocence.