Güven Kiraç

A marriage of convenience in Hamburg between two troubled Turks changes both their lives in this fine, gritty, contemporary love story. Director Fatih Akin dives deep into Turkish culture and explores the slippery slope of identity and cultural pride faced by Turks who either move to or are born in Germany. (Strand Releasing)

Idealist Nazim (Sener Sen) returns home to his family in Istanbul after a 15-year gap away teaching in a remote Kurdish village in eastern Turkey... (imdb)

A story about the tragedy and the danger of humor and the humorist - A comedy as grand as the Lands of Rome... (imdb)

The film is set during the period of the Varlik Vergisi where many non-Muslims were forced to pay higher taxes, often in an arbitrary and unrealistic way. Around two thousand non-Muslims, who could not pay the amount demanded for the tax within the time-limit of thirty days, were arrested and sent to a forced labor camp in Aşkale in the Erzurum Province of eastern Turkey. (imdb)

A promotion brings a Muslim's relationship with God into question. (imdb)

Released from prison after serving a 10-year sentence, Yusuf finds himself in a cheap hotel in Izmir where he meets a woman, a man, and a child who will complicate his life in unexpected ways, as he tries to survive in a society where social turbulence, an economic crisis, and an unstable political situation have created a new reality. (Cornell.edu)

The Exam portrays the difficult school life of the high school students Mert, Sinan, Gamze, Kaan and Uluç, who suffer under the pressures of the forthcoming university entrance exam. In order to study, they must keep their grade point averages as high as possible, which is not the case yet... (imdb)

Deftly interweaving five contempo vignettes with fairy tale flavors, slick criss-crosser "Istanbul Tales" is both a compulsively watchable entertainment as well as an atmospheric love letter to one of the world's most beautiful cities. (bostonturkishfilmfestival.org)

The "Kebab Connection" deals with a couple - Turkish boy, German girl - who are about to have a baby and are trying to get back together. But in the whole mix, you've got tradition, family values, a Kebab shop and a Greek "taverna", kung fu and William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet... (IMDB Comments)

A Turkish comedy from 1999

You will see the story of four sailors who were cheated by woman sellers in "A patroness in Laleli". While the sailors was selling the women in Laleli, one of artisan of there said that he would pay one billion for a special girl. After this, three sellers began to debate with each others. They found the girl. But while they were taking on the girl to the customer, they were under attacked and girl was stolen. (imdb)

Kirpi Resat and Tahir Yaman are both stubborn enemies.

Güven is a chief accountant. His workfellows love him. He is hard working. He has a good marriage. He loves very much his girl... After one ordinary working day, he comes his home. There is nobody in his living room. There is nobody in house... (kavsakfilm.com)

Early evening - a big city. Two teenagers shyly flirt with each other, a housewife sits down to watch her daily soap, nurses in a hospital gossip before the nightshift starts, a trendy couple drives through rush hour, so excited they can hardly wait to get home - a man with a rifle enters a building seeking revenge. In the blink of an eye seemingly unrelated events turn upside down what were once secure, happy, 'normal' lives. Behind fear, beyond the unexpected, there is love and hope. (imdb)

A long story that started and ended at the station. (imdb)

Dependent on a caretaker, Selim's disabilities have dominated the household for many years and his future is Neriman's biggest concern in life. Younger Zafer's scorn for his family is also rooted here -he constantly feels overshadowed by his older brother's condition. On the other hand, Hale, Zafer's fiancée, clings to him with hopes of distancing herself from her family. (imdb)

A village in the highlands of eastern Anatolia. As is required by age-old tradition, families here celebrate circumcision with a feast. Little Mert is to undergo the procedure but his father İsmail has no money to pay for the feast. His mother Medine ekes out a meagre living collecting willow rods. Nobody is willing to give them the lamb that must be served to their guests...

Centered around a personally troubled, officially discredited police chief and his inharmonious police team in Ankara Police Force. Even though the show usually focuses on murders and other crimes that happens on a weekly basis, the undertone of the story leads to an eventual duel between Behzat Ç. and the rotten department officials and bureaucrats.

When Olcay's husband commits suicide and leaves a huge debt behind, Olcay and her teenage daughter, Duru, are forced to move to a slum in Istanbul. They find themselves financially dependent on Olcay's only remaining friend, so Olcay starts to look for a job. (imdb)

A couple having problems to buy a house for themselves.

The story of two lovers, around them their relatives, friends, and neighbours.

Produced by Turkey's biggest animation studio, Anima Istanbul, The Bad Cat is an animated epic for young adults featuring the unforgettably bad cat, Shero and his foul mouthed gang in action. As animals inhabiting streets Shero and his friends are after what anyone else in their notoriously sleazy Istanbul neighborhood wants: debauchery with girls, food and the occasional drinking binge. This ordinary looking day will prove otherwise as their paths cross with humans... (imdb)

The characters and story that are adapted from the Dudullu Post series are told in the eyes of extraordinary people who are unusual. Foolish youths, desperate housewives, young girls living in the dream world, dad lost in the carpet field match. (imdb)

The film tells us about a taxi driver's learning English adventure at the end of his sixties. We see people around him, what he is through and the culturel changes of a new language in his life. (imdb)

Metin decides to give up his carrer as a pimp and open a small shop in the neighborhood. Unfortunately, he becomes the lead suspect of a serial murderer case since the murdered women are his old employees.

They grew up like brother Omer, Akif and Fikret who lost their father in the same job. Three young people in Eskitepe, a suburban neighborhood, were brought up with the material and spiritual help of the local people. Faced with Fakir Sukru and Dedo, the famous bullies of Ankara, they change their fate.

A biopic about turkish vocal artist Müslüm Gürses. (imdb)

Atakan is in love with her rich lover, Buse. The only obstacle in their marriage is Buse's grandfather. Atakan decides to find Buse, her only father who has been missing for years, as the only cure to marry Buse. Fatih and Bilal, his ancient friends, will of course accompany him in this adventure. The heads will finally find themselves in Antalya at the end of their quest and will start an action and comedy-filled adventure as things get better.

Asim Noyan swindles people with his lies and games. Asim Noyan and his gang, who no one else has been able to catch, gets into a ruse again.

a turkish family series

Literature teacher Azem Yücedag, who was accused of killing his wife, is released from prison and embarks on a path to search for what he lost. (imdb)