Suna Selen
Birthday: Born in 1939-07-01 in Istanbul, Turkey
Deathday: Alive
Suna Selen (born 1 July 1939) is a Turkish actress of theatre, film and television. She has appeared in numerous plays at the Istanbul State Theatre. Selen was born in 1939 in Istanbul. Her father was lawyer Hüsamettin Selen, and her mother, Nimet Selen, was a granddaughter of scholar Ahmed Cevdet Pasha and daughter of Fatma Aliye Topuz. She finished her high school education at the Beşiktaş Atatürk Anadolu Lisesi. During her high school years she also attended the Theatre Department of Beşiktaş Municipal Conservatory. In 1956, she started studying law at the request of her family. At the same time she started to work at the Dormen Theatre. A year later, she left the law school and started her painting education at the Istanbul Academy of Fine Arts. In 1957, she married the painter Cem Kabaağaç and together they had a son. After her marriage, she left the Academy and pitched out her role at the Dormen Theatre. She began her professional career in the theatre season of 1959–60 with Alexandro Casona's Woman Coming at Dawn. During the same season she soon became famous as Nicole Cerusier in Alber Husson's comedy The Pavements in the Sky. In addition to theatre plays, she also starred in a number of motion pictures and series. For her role as the Witch in Pamuk Prenses ve 7 Cüceler she won the Best Supporting Actress award at the 1971 International Antalya Film Festival. She was the recipient of the Best Supporting Actress award at the Ankara International Film Festival for her role as Füruzan in Cazibe Hanımın Gündüz Düşleri. For her role as Elmas in Gönderilmemiş Mektuplar, Selen won the Best Actress award at the International Istanbul Film Festival. Selen's second marriage was to Münir Özkul, from which she has a daughter, named Güner Özkul. In 1974, she divorced Münir Özkul and married play writer Güner Sümer. She later gave birth to her third child and second son Sinan Sümer. In 2016, "because of the dignity she gained in acting profession during her long life as an artist", she became the first recipient of the Lifetime Nadide Küntay Award at the İsmet Küntay Theatre Awards ceremony.
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Sensiz Yaşayamam
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Üç İstanbul
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Amidst the journalism, Young Turk partisanship, and other events that ravaged the country before the Second Constitutional Era, Adnan, a law student living with his mother in Aksaray, becomes a teacher at a pasha's mansion to teach the pasha's daughter Süheyla through the mediation of a friend. Despite his pro-freedom ideas, Adnan wins the pasha's favor with his morality and honesty. While he intends to marry Süheyla, he meets Belkıs Hanım, the daughter of another pasha known for his corruption ...
Hayat Devam Ediyor
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Kızlar Yurdu
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Zeynep relatives come to the land of Fikriye and win the love of the girls with purity. Ati, Zafer and Umutcan decide to keep the house overlooking the Girls Dorm. Men are living inside while girls are strolling in the yard. Insurances and electricity are cut off during the downturn. The plumber Ozgur, who is admired by all the girls, is called to dorm....
Tozkoparan: İskender
Character: Makbule
If Iskender, a 12-year-old archer with extraordinary abilities, does not return from 2020 to the time he lived, the course of history will change....
Çemberimde Gül Oya
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Events occurred in Turkey in late seventies and early eighties....
Doktorlar
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Kızım
Character: Müfide Adıgüzel
Eight-year-old Öykü is an exceptional little girl, who unlike her peers is very empathetic and perceptive of the world around her. When her aunt, who has been her caregiver since birth, abandons her, Öykü will have to find her father, Demir. Unfortunately Demir, an irresponsible adult and a swindler who grew up in an orphanage, gets arrested the day Öykü comes to find him. Demir is released by the court on the condition that he takes care of his daughter, but Demir does not want to live with Öyk...
Kış Masalı
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Başrolde Aşk
Character: Babaanne
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Ateşten Günler
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Aşkım Aşkım
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Kadim Dostum
Character: Mara Kilerci
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Uzaylı Zekiye
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Gençler
Character: Kevser
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Kayıp Prenses
Character: Yaşlı İris
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Parmaklıklar Ardında
Character: Gülten'in Annesi
The lives of women in prison, as well as the adventures of their relatives who came to visit and the aftermath of those who went out....
Bizim Hikaye
Character: Zeliha
Filiz is a young girl who has been forced to take care of her five younger siblings since her mother left them. Her father Fikri is an alcoholic man who causes different problems for the family now and again. Despite the fact that they are struggling to survive in a very poor neighborhood of Istanbul, the six siblings try to keep each other happy. Filiz believes that there is no place for love in her life until she meets Barış, a young man who does anything for Filiz and her family, just to win ...
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Waiting for the Clouds
Character: Selma
A member of a Greek family in Turkey is forced to immigrate from Trabzon to Mersin in her youth. However, events cause her to face her own past....
Once a Year
Character: Zeynep
A young hapless couple's devotion for each other is tested through harsh times of war as they are forced to negate patriotism and dependability to their families and nations, for a length of a lifetime before during and after the war....
Kocakarılar
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Sarı Tebessüm
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Eda (Şahika Tekand) is the owner of a picture gallery. Her husband, Idris (Levent Özdilek), who is a popular poet, is an art consultant. This intellectual couple lives in harmony intellectually, especially in the sexual life of Eda. Because Idris is alcoholic and impotent. When her husband goes to Paris for work, Eda sleeps with her friend Erdal (Mahir Günşıray), one of the friends of the night, with the influence of alcohol. This relationship gradually becomes a sensual passion...
Strike the Interests
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Directed by Zeki Ökten....
A Nation Awakens
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Ertem Egilmez's period drama about National Forces in the Turkish War of Independence....
Dokunma Bozulurum
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The film tells the story of a man who cooperates with the police to bring down a gang. Öztürk tries to earn money by playing the clarinet on the streets. One day, dancer Adalet happens to hear Öztürk playing. She offers him a job at the nightclub where she works. A few days after starting work, Öztürk is summoned to the police headquarters. The police ask Öztürk for help in dismantling the criminal gang that Adalet is a member of. Öztürk will do everything in his power to ensure the police succe...
Vatikan'ın Şifresi: Bir Temel Macerası
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The film tells the story of Temel, who tries to overcome an impossible task with his friends in order to be with the girl he loves....
Zincirbozan
Character: Rahşan Ecevit
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 gov...
Fake Gangster
Character: Gazino Şarkıcısı
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....
Piano Piano Kid
Character: Sıdıka
In 1940's Turkey, the world in the eyes of a child....
Yusuf and Kenan
Character: Lale
When their father is killed in a blood feud, Yusuf and Kenan, two shepherd boys, flee to Istanbul in search of their uncle. They become involved with the streetboys, and Yusuf turns to crime although Kenan wants to learn a trade....
Silahları Ellerinde Öldüler
Character: Nevin
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Paprika Gaddar'ın Aşkı
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Kadir is a vagrant gambler. One night, when luck is on his side, he sees Paprika, a gypsy girl, at the casino. He gives Paprika all the money he has won. However, when he gets into a fight with those who are harassing Paprika, the course of the night changes. Kadir is stabbed in the fight. A casino owner finds Kadir by chance and takes him to singer Lale's house to recover. Lale falls in love with Kadir the moment she sees him. But Kadir's heart belongs to Paprika. When Kadir recovers and become...
Büyü
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A group of archeologists are determined to make digs on a ghost town to find an old book, ignoring that the town is cursed due to events occurred about seven hundred years ago. An evil spirit comes to haunt this team......
Su da Yanar
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It is the story of the dilemmas and struggles in the life of a film director during a period when fear and despair reigned, people were imprisoned, tortured, and killed. The director, who wants to make a film about Nazım Hikmet, is trying to find the money to do so....
Kurt Kanunu
Character: Gurbet Hala
1926, Turkey. Anatolia is undergoing a difficult and harsh process marked by turmoil and uncertainty. Alongside the decisive and conscious directives to establish the new infrastructure of the new Turkey, there are also examples of resistance that cause an unstoppable reaction and unhealed wounds. Amidst the political backdrop revealed by this process, which operates with the indifference of a broken clock, individual stories continue to unfold with all their human qualities, and personal confli...
Bir Tren Yolculuğu
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The film, adapted from Ahmet Harndi Tanpınar's story of the same name, tells the story of a traveling theater troupe that travels from city to city. The story takes place on a train during World War II. The train windows are blacked out to avoid detection....
Dikenli Gül
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Yüreğimde Yare Var
Character: Şaziment
A young man who grew up with an orphan girl and realizes that one day he is in love with her, but he cannot express his love. The young girl also loves her, but she can't even say it to herself....
Sevgili Ortak
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The film centers on a mother with children who comes from abroad to try to run a hotel in a tourist town....
İki Ruhlu Kadın
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Selma, a wealthy woman, is taken to hospital following what looks like a car breakdown on the road. From then on, she suffers from psychological problems. Selma crashes her car on a rainy night, and car mechanic Orhan finds her, and takes her to the hospital. She becomes enamored with him. But as Selma recalls further details of the accident, she realizes that the real rescuer is a gypsy musician named Ekrem. Selma begins to lead two separate lives, torn between Ekrem and Orhan....
Sıcak Tatlı Yaz
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The film is about the life of a gigolo. Bekir, a gigolo, is with a rich woman named Oya. One day, Oya hits a woman with her car. Bekir helps the woman who was in the accident. At the hospital, he meets Esra, the woman's roommate. A friendship develops between Bekir and Esra, who is a sex worker. They fall in love with each other. Bekir wants to build a life with Esra. For this reason, he decides to rob Oya's house with his brother. However, things will not go as Bekir planned....
Ara
Character: Grandma
Ara is the story of four people and an empty house. These people are stuck between their past and stormy relationships, between Istanbul and the "homes" they can't get back, between their innermost secrets and the lies they tell, between east and west. They are stuck in the "space between". The whole action takes place in an almost empty flat which is belong to one of the characters. The camera goes out only once. But various other visuals from commercials, TV series' that has been shot in the s...
Dertli
Character: Şaziye
Haşmet, who works as a civil servant in an office, lives a middle-class life with his family. A young man who works in the accounting department of the office proposes to Haşmet's daughter Nesrin. However, Nesrin has become pregnant after entering into a relationship with a wealthy man who promised to marry her. When the man disappears, Nesrin is forced to have an abortion. She goes to a woman named Necla for this purpose. During this time, Nesrin runs away from home on the day a suitor is suppo...
Beyond the Nights
Character: Sema
A group of young man from suburban, unite and make some trouble to achieve their different purposes....
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Character: La strega, seconda regina
A beautiful girl, Snow White, takes refuge in the forest in the house of seven dwarfs to hide from her stepmother, the wicked Queen. The Queen is jealous because she wants to be known as "the fairest in the land," and Snow White's beauty surpasses her own....
The Impeccables
Character: Selma
Two sisters in their early thirties find themselves isolated in the Aegean summer cottage of their childhood, as they must deal with their uneasy sibling relationship and confront their devastating recent past past....
Time of Death
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A woman... A man... Two people on the brink of death... Perhaps two people who would never meet, or even if they did, would pass each other by like ships in the fog, never seeing each other... Two separate worlds... Two separate histories... But now 'yesterday' is behind them, and they have met in death. And at the point where death's rules, words, and obstacles have been erased, they have set out to discover life. They shared fear, friendship, anger, and love. Who knows, perhaps even love... Th...
Daydreams of Miss Cazibe
Character: Füruzan
Cazibe is a woman in her late thirties, who has never got married or had a relationship with a man in her life. She lives with her old mother and her uncle who feels an attraction towards her. The lonely woman, whose only existence is her small room, spends all her time in this old room, dreaming and fantasising about her ex-lover....
Gönderilmemiş Mektuplar
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The Letter
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A man researches the death of his political activist father while in police custody....
8 (Sekiz)
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MC Dandik
Character: Karadul
Growing up as an orphan and a child without parents, Dandik has faced various problems throughout his life and managed to solve each one on his own. One day, when he encounters his childhood love Aslı, whom he lost years ago, his life changes. Dandik is determined to pursue his love, but at that moment, he faces an unexpected enemy. While trying to defeat this bad guy, he encounters various difficulties and obstacles, but he never even thinks of giving up on his love for a moment. Dandik’s only ...
Basilisk
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Yusuf leads a poor but peaceful life with his grandfather running coffee on the Golden Horn. Dedesin told him that the sultan’s sultan was influenced by the story of Şahmaran. Dusesi is also the old treasure hunter, Yusuf’s dream world has developed quite a bit....
Cemalım
Character: Gül
The film tells the story of Suna's research into the origins of the Anatolian folk song Cemalım. According to Suna's research, Cemal, a member of the upper class and a wealthy family from the village of Karlık in Ürgüp, is treacherously murdered. No one can help but be saddened by the tragic end of Cemal, who was beloved by everyone. His orphaned son Mustafa also loses his life a few years later when he is kicked by a horse during harvest time… What follows is an even greater tragedy…...
Somuncu Baba: Askin Sirri
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Based on a real life story of sufi dervish Somuncu Baba, who lived in Aksaray in Turkey....
Kürtaj
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Yunus Emre: Aşkın Sesi
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We follow the story of Yunus, who lives in one of the Anatolian villages ravaged by war and violence, and his transformation into Yunus Emre, a figure of global significance whose thoughts and poems blend love and passion. His great regret at choosing to console himself with wheat will drive him to seek answers. This quest will be so profound that he will set out on the road, bidding farewell to everyone he loves, especially his beloved Balım Kız. On his journey to attain the greatest love of al...
Sürtüğün Kızı
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Yeni Başlayanlar İçin Hayatta Kalma Sanatı
Character: Babaanne
A twenty years old boy that lost his mother, father and sister in a traffic accident takes a caravan trip with his best friend in order to hold onto life again....
Tur Rehberi
Character: Jale
Ercüment is a showman but something went wrong and now he is a tour guide and he is in a tour with a suicide team made out of old people....
Don't Look Too Far
Character: Samime
An eternal landscape from the Yesilcam....
Şipşak Anadolu
Character: Hauptrolle
Hüseyin, the richest and most promiscuous man in town and owner of a white goods store, introduces new items to the townspeople when he brings new items to town, such as under-the-counter air conditioners and double-door refrigerators. One day, Hüseyin crosses paths with two Russian girls (Cicişler). He brings the Cicişler to the town dressed in sheets....
İffet
Character: İffet's aunt
Iffet lives in a low income neighbourhood of Istanbul with her sister and father under the strict rules of her father. She can not even go visit her aunt since she is not allowed to leave home without permission. She nevethless falls in love with Cemil…...
The Horse
Character: Woman in the villa
A father and son come to grips with external hardships and their own human frailties as they attempt to earn enough money to send the boy to school....
After the Revolution
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What if a revolution will happen in Turkey? "After Revolution" is discussing ordinary, daily life just after socialist revolution in Turkey....
Küçük Hanımın Şoförü
Character: Fatoş
Ömer is the extravagant son of a wealthy family. His grandmother prepares a will in order to put an end to her grandson's wastefulness. According to the will, Ömer will only be able to inherit his fortune on one condition: that he work for a year in a job that will teach him about life. Following his grandmother's unexpected death, Ömer begins working as a driver for a wealthy family. However, his relationship with the family's young daughter, Neriman, will take on a different dimension over tim...
The Charming Bandit
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The story of two siblings who were thrown in different directions at a young age....
Kayıp İnci
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Vezir Parmağı
Character: Ayşe Hatun
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 complete...
Fatoş Sokakların Meleği
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Ayşe is the child of a poor family. Her father, Rıfat, has been in prison for many years. After her father is released from prison, he forces Ayşe to beg and steal. Fatoş is the spoiled child of a wealthy family. Her father died in an accident. She lives with her mother and grandfather. One day, she sneaks out of the house to play outside. While walking on the street, she encounters Ayşe's father, Rıfat. Rıfat mistakes Fatoş, who resembles Ayşe, for his own daughter. He takes her home by force. ...
Mahalle Arkadaşları
Character: Türkan
Türkan and Captain Selim want to get married. Türkan is worried about her father's reaction and wants to wait. The captain, who does not listen to her, goes to her father and asks for her hand in marriage. Türkan's father kicks the captain out. The father is determined to give his daughter to the wealthy businessman Osman Bey. Unable to bear the Captain's distress, his friends try to help him. However, this only makes matters worse....
Beyaz Melek
Character: Mizgin
The film is a love story. However, it is not a story about the love between two people, but rather a story about the love and affection that a group of people feel for life and for each other. The film depicts all kinds of love, from east to west, from schoolchildren to villagers, from young to old, in both an emotional and humorous way....
Ev Kira Semt Bizim
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A group of friends who grew up in the same neighborhood find it difficult to live where they were born and raised due to rising rents caused by the interest of wealthy people in their neighborhood. After all of their neighbors are forced to leave the neighborhood one by one, the final straw comes when Latif, one of the most beloved residents of the neighborhood, is evicted from his home by his landlord. Determined to transform their neighborhood back into a place where working-class people and o...
Çoçuklar Çiçektir
Character: Ayşe
The film depicts the horror of rabies in a small town. World War II is raging. The war affects the lives of people living in a small town in southern Anatolia, as it does everywhere else in Turkey. The village chief, Haşim, is making a fortune by supplying raw materials to Germany through guests from Ankara. However, the dog brought as a gift by the guests from Ankara bites all the children in the village who want to play with it and then escapes. Soon after, it is discovered that the dog is rab...
Miracles Of Love
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During the 1960s, a disabled man finds himself in an arranged marriage to the most beautiful girl in the village....
Hürmüz with Seven Husbands
Character: Deli Havva
Hurmuz is a beautiful woman, her husband Ömer is in prison and she's in love with him. She thinks that her husband is very loyal to her, but one day, when she goes to visit him, she learns that she has six other wives besides herself, and she can't get over this and wants to take revenge. Hızır Reis, Guard Hasan, Tulumbacı Hayri, Hallaç Rüstem and Berber Hasan. Hurmuz marries all of them in turn and kidnaps them all on their wedding night. But still, Hurmuz's heart is with the doctor....
Son İstasyon
Character: Hacer
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İstanbul Muhafızları: Ab-ı Hayat Çeşmesi
Character: Ayşen
The screenwriter of the Istanbul Guardians series is busy preparing for the new episode to be released. When his boss asks him to write an episode introducing the Gümüşçüler Çarşısı (Silversmiths' Bazaar), he goes to Veli Dede's shop to do some research. The young woman finds herself in the midst of a great mystery at the shop she went to for research. According to the stories, there is a hidden treasure beneath Istanbul, and the secret of this treasure is entrusted to the silversmiths. Veli Ded...
Cinderella
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The film tells the love story of a prince and a poor girl. After Cinderella's mother dies, her father remarries a widow with two daughters. Shortly after the wedding, her father also passes away. Cinderella continues to live with her stepmother and stepsisters. However, they treat Cinderella badly, making her do all the housework. One day, town criers announce throughout the kingdom that the prince will hold a ball to marry the woman he saw in his dream. Therefore, all the young women in the kin...
Esir Hayat
Character: Kamer
The film tells the story of Aydın and Ayşe, who crossed the roads in Cyprus, for their love. Ayşe starts to work as a designer in the weaving factory where Aydın works as an engineer. The relationship of the two, which starts with the opposite of professional issues, turns into love over time. However, Ayşe is engaged to a mafia father who she does not like in the name of Ali Rıza. Therefore, he tries to hide the love they live with Aydın. Meanwhile, the marriage process of Ayşe and Ali Rıza acc...
The Poet
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Ahmet Dirimoğlu, who writes novels on psychology, goes to his house in the forest to write his new book. One night, he has an accident with his car. However, he cannot understand what he's hit. His mind, which is filled with the book, will become more blurred due to the accident....
Hınç
Character: Elif
The story of a policeman whose life was ruined by an accident...
Aysecik in the Land of the Magic Dwarfs
Character: Kötü Cadi (Wicked Witch of the South)
A young girl named Aysecik lives on her parents' farm, when an animated tornado carries her and her dog Banju in their house to Rüyalar Ulkesinde (Dreamland). Seven Cüceler (dwarfs) (dressed like MGM Munchkin soldiers, only red and white) who assist the Good Witch of the North appear at various times to help. She meets a Scarecrow, an Iron Woodman, and a Cowardly Lion, and dances to music from what appears to be an invisible radio. They encounter fighting trees, a river, and a country of China d...
Can Kurban
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It is the story of a woman who has no children and a young man who he thinks is a son....
Kerem ile Aslı
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One of the most important legendary love stories that has survived from history to the present day, the film adaptation of the story of Kerem and Aslı tells the passionate and touching love story of these two lovers. In this epic tale, Kerem and Aslı, who are caught up in the most tragic form of impossible love, are unable to be together due to various factors. The deadly physical and emotional pain they endure afterward is so intense that even death seems like a form of salvation. The famous fo...
Oteldeki Cinayet
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One of the country's famous bankers, Ibrahim kills his cheating wife in a hotel room. Only a hotel employee named Yilmaz witnesses this event. When Yilmaz realizes that the murderer is the banker Ibrahim, he goes to his hometown, fearing for his safety. Ibrahim makes a deal with a hired killer to kill Yilmaz. Yilmaz, on the other hand, will have problems with Ali Aga in his hometown because of old accounts....
Binbir Gece Masalları
Character: Cadı
The film tells the story of two young lovers trying to be together. One day, the cruel Sultan of the country sees in a dream that his wife is going to kill him, so he kills all the women he has married. As a result, the Sultan, who has no wives left in his harem, wants to marry again. However, since he has killed every girl he has married, no family in the city wants to give their daughters to the Sultan. Despite her family's warnings, a girl named Scheherazade marries the Sultan. Knowing she wi...
Para
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It tells the story of a man taking revenge on his girlfriend, who cheated on him with his closest friend, and on his friend. Murat and Aysel, who love each other very much, are dreaming of getting married. However, they have to wait for Murat to finish school before they can get married. Aysel's father is against this marriage. He wants to marry his daughter off to a wealthy man. Upon learning this, Murat drops out of school and starts working at a company. However, the company assigns him to an...
Bir Türk Masalı
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Three children live a poor but happy life with their families in the Dalyan Delta, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Their lives take a completely different turn when the youngest, Yiğit, is presented with an opportunity to change his family's destiny. Yiğit is invited to participate in a game that has been played for years, where his bravery will be tested by Light and Darkness. Yiğit agrees to play the game, unaware that it will lead him to the princess he has seen in his dreams....
Five Minarets in New York
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Two Turkish anti-terrorist agents are sent to New York City on a mission to find and bring back the dangerous Islamic leader codenamed "Dajjal", believed to be hiding in there. Working with the FBI and NYPD, the agents orchestrate the arrest of Hadji Gumus, a well-respected Muslim scholar and family man who years before fled to the United States after being released from a Turkish prison, where he served time for murder. This tale love, friendship, peace and prejudices, takes us on a journey see...