Meral Çetinkaya

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A Sip of Love (1984)

Aygül is an unhappy woman who is trying to raise her four children without the help of her unemployed, no-good husband. She starts working in a factory and this becomes the igniter of her consciousness-raising process.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Atıf Yılmaz
CAST:  Kadir İnanır  •  Macit Koper  •  Meral Çetinkaya  •  Hale Soygazi

Aygül is an unhappy woman who is trying to raise her four children without the help of her unemployed, no-good husband. She starts working in a factory and this becomes the igniter of her consciousness-raising process.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Atıf Yılmaz
CAST:  Kadir İnanır  •  Macit Koper  •  Meral Çetinkaya  •  Hale Soygazi

Hazal (1979)

The son of a wealthy, respected family seeks the hand of Hazal; unexpectedly, soon after her marriage, her husband dies. According to custom, as the deceased family had paid dowry for Hazal, she must marry the next male sibling—which in this case, happens to be an ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ali Özgentürk
CAST:  Türkan Şoray  •  Talat Bulut  •  Harun Yeşilyurt  •  Meral Çetinkaya

The son of a wealthy, respected family seeks the hand of Hazal; unexpectedly, soon after her marriage, her husband dies. According to custom, as the deceased family had paid dowry for Hazal, she must marry the next male sibling—which in this case, happens to be an ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ali Özgentürk
CAST:  Türkan Şoray  •  Talat Bulut  •  Harun Yeşilyurt  •  Meral Çetinkaya

Despite Everything (1988)

After serving a jail sentence, Hasan gets a job driving a hearse for the protestant church, and becomes involved with a widow, Ayse, and her son.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Orhan Oğuz
CAST:  Talat Bulut  •  Şerif Sezer  •  Bülent Oran  •  Hakan Çiraci

After serving a jail sentence, Hasan gets a job driving a hearse for the protestant church, and becomes involved with a widow, Ayse, and her son.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Orhan Oğuz
CAST:  Talat Bulut  •  Şerif Sezer  •  Bülent Oran  •  Hakan Çiraci

80. Adım (1996)

The story of a group of former activist friends who came together after September 12 and questioned the past.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tomris Giritlioğlu
CAST:  Haluk Bilginer  •  Zuhal Olcay  •  Levent Ülgen  •  Derya Alabora

The story of a group of former activist friends who came together after September 12 and questioned the past.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tomris Giritlioğlu
CAST:  Haluk Bilginer  •  Zuhal Olcay  •  Levent Ülgen  •  Derya Alabora

Piano Piano Kid (1991)

In 1940's Turkey, the world in the eyes of a child.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tunç Başaran
CAST:  Rutkay Aziz  •  Emin Sivas  •  Serap Aksoy  •  Yaman Okay

In 1940's Turkey, the world in the eyes of a child.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tunç Başaran
CAST:  Rutkay Aziz  •  Emin Sivas  •  Serap Aksoy  •  Yaman Okay

Duruşma (1999)

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DIRECTION:  Yalçın Yelence
CAST:  Zafer Algöz  •  Meltem Cumbul  •  Güven Kıraç  •  Rutkay Aziz

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DIRECTION:  Yalçın Yelence
CAST:  Zafer Algöz  •  Meltem Cumbul  •  Güven Kıraç  •  Rutkay Aziz

Maruf (2001)

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DIRECTION:  Serdar Akar
CAST:  Meltem Cumbul  •  Ruhi Sarı  •  Nihat İleri  •  Haldun Boysan

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DIRECTION:  Serdar Akar
CAST:  Meltem Cumbul  •  Ruhi Sarı  •  Nihat İleri  •  Haldun Boysan

After the Fall (2000)

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DIRECTION:  Atıf Yılmaz
CAST:  Zara  •  Tarık Akan  •  Kutay Özcan  •  Deniz Türkali

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DIRECTION:  Atıf Yılmaz
CAST:  Zara  •  Tarık Akan  •  Kutay Özcan  •  Deniz Türkali

The Trace (1994)

Commissioner Kemal, who is nearing retirement, investigates a suicide case. Cezmi Kara, whose face has become unrecognizable, has been found dead in her home. Kemal suspects that this is a murder and obsesses over the dead man's face.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yeşim Ustaoğlu
CAST:  Derya Alabora  •  Aytaç Arman  •  Nur Sürer  •  Meral Çetinkaya

Commissioner Kemal, who is nearing retirement, investigates a suicide case. Cezmi Kara, whose face has become unrecognizable, has been found dead in her home. Kemal suspects that this is a murder and obsesses over the dead man's face.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yeşim Ustaoğlu
CAST:  Derya Alabora  •  Aytaç Arman  •  Nur Sürer  •  Meral Çetinkaya

In Darkness (2009)

A drama-thriller centered on an advertising agency employee for whom work is an outlet from his life under his overbearing mother's roof.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Çağan Irmak
CAST:  Erdem Akakçe  •  Rıza Akın  •  Meral Çetinkaya  •  Derya Alabora

A drama-thriller centered on an advertising agency employee for whom work is an outlet from his life under his overbearing mother's roof.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Çağan Irmak
CAST:  Erdem Akakçe  •  Rıza Akın  •  Meral Çetinkaya  •  Derya Alabora

The Wall (1983)

Produced, written and directed by Yılmaz Güney within his own personal experiences of capital offense, he dedicates Duvar to male teenagers aged 13 to 19 living behind the bars under diabolical treatments. These teenagers get barbaric corporal punishments, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yılmaz Güney
CAST:  Tuncel Kurtiz  •  Ayşe Emel Mesçi  •  Malik Berrichi  •  Nicolas Hossein

Produced, written and directed by Yılmaz Güney within his own personal experiences of capital offense, he dedicates Duvar to male teenagers aged 13 to 19 living behind the bars under diabolical treatments. These teenagers get barbaric corporal punishments, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yılmaz Güney
CAST:  Tuncel Kurtiz  •  Ayşe Emel Mesçi  •  Malik Berrichi  •  Nicolas Hossein

Bliss (2007)

A young woman of about 17 years old, named Meryem (Ozgu Namal), has been raped, and her village's customs call for her to be killed to restore honor and dignity to her family and village. The eldest son of the village leader, Cemal (Murat Han), is ordered to take ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Abdullah Oğuz
CAST:  Özgü Namal  •  Talat Bulut  •  Murat Han  •  Mustafa Avkıran

A young woman of about 17 years old, named Meryem (Ozgu Namal), has been raped, and her village's customs call for her to be killed to restore honor and dignity to her family and village. The eldest son of the village leader, Cemal (Murat Han), is ordered to take ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Abdullah Oğuz
CAST:  Özgü Namal  •  Talat Bulut  •  Murat Han  •  Mustafa Avkıran

A Run for Money (1999)

The film is set in present-day Istanbul. Selim is a shop owner in his early forties. He sells clothing for men in his shop situated in one of the back streets of Istanbul. Selim is a family man who has devoted his life to his home and his work. He lives with his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Reha Erdem
CAST:  Taner Birsel  •  Bennu Yıldırımlar  •  Zuhal Gencer  •  Engin Alkan

The film is set in present-day Istanbul. Selim is a shop owner in his early forties. He sells clothing for men in his shop situated in one of the back streets of Istanbul. Selim is a family man who has devoted his life to his home and his work. He lives with his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Reha Erdem
CAST:  Taner Birsel  •  Bennu Yıldırımlar  •  Zuhal Gencer  •  Engin Alkan

Don't Let Them Shoot the Kite (1989)

Sent to prison along with his mother after her drug conviction, a young boy develops a warm, tender relationship with a political prisoner.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tunç Başaran
CAST:  Füsun Demirel  •  Nur Sürer  •  Ozan Bilen  •  Güzin Özipek

Sent to prison along with his mother after her drug conviction, a young boy develops a warm, tender relationship with a political prisoner.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tunç Başaran
CAST:  Füsun Demirel  •  Nur Sürer  •  Ozan Bilen  •  Güzin Özipek

Vizontele Tuuba (2004)

Guner Sernikli is a government official who, with his wife and their wheelchair bound daughter, has been assigned as the head librarian to this isolated province, virtually an exile since there is no library in the village. The family is warmly welcome, but these ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yılmaz Erdoğan
CAST:  Yılmaz Erdoğan  •  Tarık Akan  •  Demet Akbağ  •  Altan Erkekli

Guner Sernikli is a government official who, with his wife and their wheelchair bound daughter, has been assigned as the head librarian to this isolated province, virtually an exile since there is no library in the village. The family is warmly welcome, but these ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yılmaz Erdoğan
CAST:  Yılmaz Erdoğan  •  Tarık Akan  •  Demet Akbağ  •  Altan Erkekli

Dust Cloth (2015)

Nesrin and Hatun are two Kurdish cleaning women living in Istanbul. While Nesrin tries to survive with her little daughter, trying to understand why her husband left her, Hatun dreams of buying a house in the district where they clean.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ahu Öztürk
CAST:  Nazan Kesal  •  Asiye Dinçsoy  •  Serra Yılmaz  •  Didem İnselel

Nesrin and Hatun are two Kurdish cleaning women living in Istanbul. While Nesrin tries to survive with her little daughter, trying to understand why her husband left her, Hatun dreams of buying a house in the district where they clean.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ahu Öztürk
CAST:  Nazan Kesal  •  Asiye Dinçsoy  •  Serra Yılmaz  •  Didem İnselel

The Miracle (2015)

1960s Turkey countryside. A newly assigned teacher finds out that the solitary village is missing a school. He gets fond of the village people and especially a disabled man. The teacher helps the village to build a new school and educate the children and the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mahsun Kırmızıgül
CAST:  Talat Bulut  •  Mert Turak  •  Seda Tosun  •  Erdem Yener

1960s Turkey countryside. A newly assigned teacher finds out that the solitary village is missing a school. He gets fond of the village people and especially a disabled man. The teacher helps the village to build a new school and educate the children and the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mahsun Kırmızıgül
CAST:  Talat Bulut  •  Mert Turak  •  Seda Tosun  •  Erdem Yener

Girls' Robbery (2014)

After a mother in debt seeks moral support from her three closest friends, she ends up with a ragtag crew ready to rob a bank.  (more)

DIRECTION:  A. Taner Elhan
CAST:  Meltem Cumbul  •  Filiz Ahmet  •  Esra Dermancıoğlu  •  Gökçe Eyüboğlu

After a mother in debt seeks moral support from her three closest friends, she ends up with a ragtag crew ready to rob a bank.  (more)

DIRECTION:  A. Taner Elhan
CAST:  Meltem Cumbul  •  Filiz Ahmet  •  Esra Dermancıoğlu  •  Gökçe Eyüboğlu

Vizontele (2001)

The story takes place in a small town (called Hakkari) in Turkey at the beginning of the 70's. The time has come to bring technology into that small town. The first Television (or called Visiontele by the citizens) arrives and the chaos begins.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yılmaz Erdoğan
CAST:  Yılmaz Erdoğan  •  Demet Akbağ  •  Altan Erkekli  •  Cem Yılmaz

The story takes place in a small town (called Hakkari) in Turkey at the beginning of the 70's. The time has come to bring technology into that small town. The first Television (or called Visiontele by the citizens) arrives and the chaos begins.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yılmaz Erdoğan
CAST:  Yılmaz Erdoğan  •  Demet Akbağ  •  Altan Erkekli  •  Cem Yılmaz

Secrets from the Past (2017)

Ali, a young photographer who lives with his family, finds himself in an unusual and sad story in Bosnia and Herzegovina after a genetic disorder. Having never visited Bosnia, he will look for the traces of his own past. Hana, who lives in Bosnia, will not leave ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Raşit Görgülü  •  Vedat Demir
CAST:  Serkan Şenalp  •  Nataša Petrović  •  Emir Hadžihafizbegović  •  Ufuk Bayraktar

Ali, a young photographer who lives with his family, finds himself in an unusual and sad story in Bosnia and Herzegovina after a genetic disorder. Having never visited Bosnia, he will look for the traces of his own past. Hana, who lives in Bosnia, will not leave ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Raşit Görgülü  •  Vedat Demir
CAST:  Serkan Şenalp  •  Nataša Petrović  •  Emir Hadžihafizbegović  •  Ufuk Bayraktar
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