Mazlum Çimen

A successful Istanbul surgeon who escaped his traditional Urfa roots is forced to return home when his family demands he assume leadership as agha and marry Yildiz to end a decades-long feud. Already secretly married to Melek, he becomes trapped between two women, two worlds, and a web of family obligations. As buried secrets surface, love, duty, and revenge collide inside a deeply divided and tradition-bound family.

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A rigged boxing match that goes wrong connects the fates of three unaccomplished men. Ferit Kamaci is an ambitious amateur boxer who has passed the age of going pro. One night, Ferit secretly decides to get on the ring at the opening night of Rita, a nightclub in the ghettos, instead of driving his brother's taxi in that night's shift. Ilyas Kargi, a middle-aged man who is a mafia in the ghettos, owns the nightclub. He is trying to strengthen his relationship with his son through organizing an opening night match, where a discreet bet is placed. Babür Taha Öner, Ferit's cousin, bets all the money that he stole from his uncle on Ferit, trusting that he'll hit the jackpot. When Ferit knocks out his professional opponent in the ring, a series of events unfolds that lead to the death of his brother Ali.

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A politician's romantic getaway with his secret lover goes awry when his wife unknowingly joins their flight, and he takes drastic measures to avoid her.

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Sevkat lives in and old neighborhood in İstanbul. He has an egg store in the market. There are colorful personalities in the neighborhood. They all do everything together for better and worse like in the old times.

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Thirty years after the 1980 coup, the paths of a family whose lives were shattered cross again. Deniz and Devrim, two siblings who never knew each other and were forced to grow up separately, reunite with their mother, Melek. Each of them harbors anger and longing that they have kept hidden for years. The three will revisit the past, confront each other for the first time in their lives, and try to piece the broken pieces back together.

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The story of the villagers of Çaykaşılı in Kastamonu, caught between their traditional way of life and industrialization. Aşur, who migrated from Kastamonu to Istanbul, is a man who makes a living by chasing small jobs in the construction sector and committing fraud. He abandons the renovations he takes on without completing them, taking the payments and disappearing. As a result, he finds himself in trouble with customers who have lost their money and workers who have not been paid.

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Mızrap is a 40-year old man who is deemed "no good". He lives in a small town in the province of Antakya. His father throws him out as a bluff, while scolding him, after Mizrap loses his job. But Mizrap, stung by his father's words, calls him on his bluff and leaves his father, mother, sister and niece to go on a cross-country trip to stay with his old army buddy Salim, who lives in a village near Mersin. Across the hard way he meets a number of representatives of marginalized groups in Turkish society.

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A moviemaker hands in a script for an arty production in order to receive film funds. Due to political reasons beyond his reach, his film is not provided with a certificate of accreditation. But a true moviemaker never gives up.

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Mukhtar Yusuf Ağa’s unregistered village in eastern Anatolia has been championed through letters to government officials, and his lost son İbrahim, rescued and registered by Father Hana, is finally returning at age 30 with his American love Jessica; the question is whether Tinne can become their true homeland.

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Aziz and Lemi must recover a diamond gifted by the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire to the U.S. President which has been stolen by bandits in the American wild west.

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The story of an illiterate man and his family, whose existence depends on his income as a horse cab driver. When one of his horses is killed by an automobile, and when it is clear that neither justice nor charity will prevail, the man begins a slow slide into despair.

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A trained prosecutor and an ignorant villager have to help each other out in prison conditions.

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Five interconnected stories set in modern-day Istanbul based on the fairytales Snow White, Cinderella, Pied Piper, Sleeping Beauty and Little Red Riding Hood.

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A drama of separation seen through the eyes of a seven-year-old boy, Osman, whose parents leave Turkey to work in Europe. Around this drama the expressive Turkish music, the overwhelming nature and traditional poetry unfold — together they form some of the riches Osman carries in his suitcase accompanying him to his new life.

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This movie is about Deniz Gezmis and his two comrades. They were three revolutionary activist has been executed by military fascist junta in 1972.

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The story of an illiterate man and his family, whose existence depends on his income as a horse cab driver. When one of his horses is killed by an automobile, and when it is clear that neither justice nor charity will prevail, the man begins a slow slide into despair.

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When nine peasant women from a mountain village in southern Turkey decide to write and perform a play based on their life stories, aspects of their personalities emerge that they never knew existed. Esmer's documentary observes the creative stages leading up to the production of the play, and shows us how nine subtly but significantly different women emerge after its staging.

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