Discoveries from Turkey World Cinema

After the wars at the beginning of the 20th century, borders are redrawn. Turks living in regions outside Turkey face great oppression. Ali lives in one of these regions. Law enforcement agencies exert pressure on the Turks living in the village. The Turks pay their taxes by working in the fields. However, the state is also trying to take the land from the Turks. Ali wants to incite the people to revolt against this situation. However, there are informants working on behalf of the state among the Turks.

The story of a man who lives outside the law.

The story of a woman who was raped and ended up in a brothel just as she was about to marry the man she loved.

"Paranoid" is about the very strange events that took place in a sanatorium in a remote district of Istanbul in 2019. The story follows the intersection of the lives of two different characters named Mitat and Masal.

A robber who carries out a bank robbery is sought everywhere, and the thief seeks shelter in Cevriye's house, seeking help from her. In time, a relationship will arise between the two that rebelled against all life and identities.

Nazmiye, who is struggling to make ends meet with her three young children and juggling multiple jobs, receives an unexpected offer that changes her entire life.

Necmi, who happens to be a witness to the murder, sets out to track down the killer.

Mert Turker, a young psychiatrist who has completed his medical education and expertise, is appointed to a hospital outside of a city in Anatolia. Mert Turker at an interesting point in terms of location, notices the various oddities of the patients, the patients and the working people. However, in the first days everything is going on in normal course.

Based on Xavier de Montépin's story, the film tells the story of a widow wrongly accused of arson.

The Untold Story of The Tragedy In Cyprus Venus came to find the truth about her parents' disappearance on her childhood home of Cyprus years ago. What begins as a personal journey starts a secret odyssey that will lead her closer and closer to unearthing Cyprus's tragic and hidden history. But in a land so deeply occupied divided, how far will Venus go for a country that is not her own?

A woman recounts the events that led her 12 year old son to commit the most ultimate act of evil. Inspired by true events.

The film tells the story of a woman who guides a group of soldiers trying to stop the Greek forces occupying Izmir. Izmir is occupied by Greek forces. Captain Necdet takes a group of soldiers with him and begins to advance toward the enemy. Necdet plans to destroy the bridge used by the enemy to transport ammunition for the attack. However, since the enemy has surrounded them on all sides, he needs someone to guide them along the way. He takes refuge in a nearby village and asks for help. An old man who opens his home to the soldiers entrusts his daughter Fato to Necdet to guide them. Fato will help the soldiers destroy the Iron Bridge.

'Selam' is a Turkish movie that tells the impressive stories of three Turkish teachers who are idealists working at schools opened by Turkish entrepreneurs on three different continents and in three different countries: Afghanistan, Senegal, and Bosnia and Herzegovina. This story is based on true events that has been in progress for more than 20 years in which a number of young people in love of peace and humanity leave their countries to teach, help and live in countries they have never heard of before. This is the story of people who live for their ideals and other people before themselves, and who leave their families, loves, friends, countries behind. They set on this pet just with the inspiration of the words which said "A couple of eyes are waiting for you here, but thousands of eyes are waiting in faraway lands." They had sacrifice and kindness in their bags, love in their hearts and a smiling Selam (greetings) in their tongues. - Written by Akif Okumus

Kenan acts tough with his two friends. He collects protection money from nightclubs by force. His girlfriend Nesrin wants Kenan to quit his job. At first, Kenan refuses. However, when one of his friends dies in his arms during a fight, he repents. He marries Nesrin and they have a child. He makes a living as a taxi driver. One night, his close friend Selim comes to his house injured. Before he can explain what happened, he dies. The next day, men seeking Selim's money kill Nesrin and her son. Kenan breaks his vow and sets out to avenge his family.

Summary of "The Imaginary Invalid" Molière’s comedy "The Imaginary Invalid" (Le Malade Imaginaire) tells the story of Argan, a hypochondriac obsessed with his health. He constantly seeks medical treatments despite being in good health. To save on medical expenses, he plans to marry his daughter Angélique to a doctor. However, Angélique loves Cléante and opposes the arranged marriage. Argan’s clever servant, Toinette, devises a plan to expose the truth. Meanwhile, Argan’s wife, Béline, is only interested in his wealth. Through Toinette’s tricks, Argan realizes his errors and changes his ways. In the end, Angélique is allowed to marry Cléante, and Argan learns to live without his excessive fear of illness. This play humorously criticizes the medical profession and human obsession with health through satire and wit.

İpek, a woman from Istanbul at a turning point in her life, embarks on a journey to seek change. During her travels, she meets Şahin, a hitchhiker, and together they encounter various individuals, including a writer, a musician, and a photographer, each with their own life stories.

Celal and his family have lost their father. This unexpected loss brings all the family members together. During the burial, they notice that the grave allocated to them is filled with water. At that moment, a charming woman in her sixties, whom they do not know, points to a nearby grave. Moreover, the grave she points to is dry. Celal follows the elderly woman and the cemetery attendant, and a tough negotiation begins over the dry grave.

Oğuz Albatros, a middle aged musician, “very famous”. But the works he writes are being watched thanks to his wife Mediha’s theater director, journalists and even audiences.

Filmed on location in the West Bank in the immediate aftermath of the Gaza genocide that began on October 7, this documentary sheds light on the alleged support provided by the Israeli state and army to radical groups. Through the perspectives of both perpetrators and witnesses, it recounts the terror and land theft carried out by radical illegal settlers against Palestinians.

Ahmet, a Turkish guy in his early twenties visit his grandfather's abandoned mansion located somewhere in the northern Anatolia. Thinking that he would return to where he spent his early childhood, only to find out that the place is now in ruins. When he goes to sleep. An unexpected angel will visit him to give her a blessing of the truth. He wakes up being not the guy he was before.

Gurbet works as a farmer with her father, Hüseyin Çavuş. She and Halil are in love with each other. Halil works as a laborer in the city to earn money to build a house and buy a field. Çılgan Ağa, who has taken over the fields of the villagers in the area by putting them into debt, is also in love with Gurbet. Çılgan gives Hüseyin Çavuş debts he cannot repay. By extending the repayment period and giving additional loans, he gains his trust. Hüseyin Çavuş falls ill and dies. To pay off her father's debt, Gurbet puts herself up for auction. She will marry the one who offers the most money. During the auction, Çılgan Ağa not only offers the highest amount but also promises to forgive all the villagers' debts. Unable to withstand the villagers' pressure, Gurbet agrees to marry Çılgan Ağa.

A Team searching for antiquities and old stuff in an ancient ship facing exciting and frightening situations.

On a quiet night in an unnamed city, a young woman follows a solitary man through empty streets, alleyways, and gardens, her pursuit guided by a poetic farewell letter about dreams, departures, and the strange nature of cities. The chase leads to a hidden bar inside a seemingly abandoned building, where music, warmth, and mysterious strangers await. There, the woman confronts the man she has been searching for and asks him to guide her through the city’s unseen layers—places where reality and imagination blur. As eccentric musicians join their encounter, the night unfolds like a dream, raising the question of whether the city itself is real or only imagined.

The man who turned the girl into an obsession from the first glance has mastered every detail of her life. And now, he is ready to reveal himself.

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.

Reşit moves from his village to Istanbul with his wife in order to become rich. He goes to the home of his distant relative Selahattin. However, Selahattin's wife does not allow him to stay in their home. Unable to get the help he hoped for from his friend, Reşit will become rich when he least expects it.

Based on Death Wish 2

Identical twin brothers live separate lives for years without seeing each other. They have grown up in very different circumstances. One is a gangster who spreads terror around him, while the other is a modest bank clerk.

About a college student who believes he's constantly failing a course because of "bad luck" and tries to break "bad luck" by an extraordinary way to pass the course.

Yağmur, drawing pictures on electrical transformers for the public benefit, gets in a friendly and warm neighborhood that she longed for all her life, in her quest to get rid of her childhood traumas. This new adventure will not only relieve the longing for the warmth of a family she wished, but also opens the door to a totally new life where she will forget the pangs of love in her heart.

Taking place at a reclusive musician's house and portraying a single night, the film follows a young man, who has escaped from Germany to Istanbul.

Remzi is a kind-hearted but quarrelsome man who cannot tolerate injustice. Ayten is Recep's only daughter. Recep is a quarrelsome, tough man like Remzi. One day, Recep and Remzi come face to face and get into a fight. Through this incident, Remzi meets Ayten and falls in love with her. Ayten decides to enter a beauty pageant out of defiance toward her friend. Remzi soon discovers that the organizers of the pageant are fraudsters. However, convincing Ayten to change her mind will not be easy.

Osman earns money by juggling. He loves his colleague Fatma, but he cannot bring himself to tell her. Fatma has a little girl named Boncuk. Boncuk needs surgery because of an illness she has contracted. However, Fatma cannot afford the necessary funds for the surgery. As a result, Fatma's mother-in-law tries to take Boncuk away from her. Osman will do everything in his power to help the woman he loves.

Tolga is a science-fiction writer who has never been able to achieve the success of his first book. The signature day of his last book also results in a fiasco. Tolga, who has become a depressed soul, also fights with his lover Ebru and is abandoned. Tolga comes to the Nightmare House, which is far from the crowd of the city, hoping to listen to herself and to catch the muse again. Here, when he wakes up in the morning, the fatigue he does not make sense and some strange events he encounters drag Tolga into the chaos he cannot get out of. The fierce struggle confronts a father and son. Are the dream thieves two vampires, or two souls trapped in different universes and sizes, in the words of this father-son Tolga?

We have a topic that has always been on the agenda of Turkey and the world, which we have been discussing for nearly 40 years: Cyprus. To foreigners, Cyprus is known as an innocent little island under Turkish invasion. Everyone forgot the bloody events of the past. What about us? Do we know? No. Especially the younger generations, who have come to the point of governing the country today, do not know where this country has gone through regarding Cyprus. However, we are now approaching a road junction in Cyprus. I will tell you the story of Cyprus in this documentary. This is a very bloody and sometimes very sad story...

Cevat, a mafia boss, and his close friend, Demirtaş, turn into enemies due to a business tender. Cevat discovers Demirtaş’s illegal activities and reports them to the police, leading Demirtaş to plot Cevat’s murder, using Orhan, who is close to Cevat, as part of his plan.

Aslı, Neco, İnci, Çınar, and Çapraz are a gang. İnci steals money from the company for one last job; the security guard is blamed and dies. Overcome with guilt, she wants to go to the police, but then learns she is pregnant. Erol takes the blame and goes to prison. While in prison, he believes his family is innocent, but eventually discovers that İnci and the kids are actually the gang. When Erol gets out, everyone tries to act like a good family.