Basak Köklükaya

Francesco and Marta are husband and wife running a small design company in Rome. When Francesco's long forgotten Aunt Anita dies in Istanbul, he travels there to look after the sale of the hamam (imdb)

As the Ottoman Empire comes to an end, an old servant spins a tale to keep the women in the Sultan's harem distracted... (imdb)

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... (imdb)

A Greek boy grows up in Istanbul. His grandfather, a culinary philosopher and mentor,teaches him that both food and life require a little salt to give them flavor ... a Touch of Spice. Fanis becomes an excellent cook and uses his cooking skills to spice up the lives of others. 35 years later he leaves Athens and travels back to his birthplace to reunite with his grandfather and his first love; he then realizes that he forgot to put a little bit of spice in his own life (IMDB)

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

Asim Noyan and his gang make up a rambling collective, which concerns itself with a range of criminal activity, running from car theft to fraud. An inveterate womaniser, Asim meets the failed comedian Superman impersonator Samet while fleeing from an angry husband. Desperate Samet finds himself unwittingly implicated in the life of the gang... (cinemas-online.co.uk)

Isa is beaten up after being accused of stealing $50. When his landlord demands the back rent, Isa gets angry and shoots him. The police round up the tenants, but are not suspicious of him. Back in his room, Isa collapses and is helped by his pretty neighbor Meryem, who also pays the $50 when the thugs return. (imdb)

Bilge lives a quiet and comfortable life in Istanbul with her spouse Zeki, and daughter Eda and new born child Alp. But they couldn't have gone to a vacation for a long time due to heavy work program of her spouse who is a civil engineer. Also nephews Didem and Bora join to the family who rents a villa in Fethiye for this purpose. The family who will take the road from Istanbul next day fall asleep after a nice dinner. While they are asleep, a great earthquake occurs.(imdb)

A high school graduate, Yusuf could not pass the university entrance exam. Writing poetry is his greatest passion and some of his poems are being printed in various obscure literary journals. But neither these poems, nor the rapidly falling price of the milk they sell, are being of any benefit to Yusuf and Zehra's lives. When Yusuf finds out about Zehra's secret affair with the town's stationmaster he gets disconcerted. (imdb)

Based on Mesa Selimovic's novel, Derviš i smrt (Death and the Dervish) 1966.

Leyla (42), a lawyer and a poet, takes the long-distance train to attend her high school reunion dinner. On the train, she meets Canan (21), a young nursing student in distress. As the conversation develops, Leyla learns that Canan is travelling to assist with the suicide of a paralysed man, Yavuz (45), who wants to die. At the end of the long over- night trip, surrounded by the stories of people both on and off the train, Leyla decides to accompany Canan on her difficult visit. (imdb)

Ömer Toprak had to leave his hometown because of a wrongful accusation of theft. Years later, as a grown-up man he returns home and meets old friends and family. (imdb)

A painter in Istanbul embarks on a personal journey as she unearths universal secrets about an Anatolian archaeological site and its link to her past.