Mehmet Ada Öztekin

Mehmet Ada Öztekin (b. 1976, Antalya), Turkish director, screenwriter, writer, translator. The Kuzey Güney series, one of his most influential works, was broadcast abroad, especially in countries such as Serbia, United Arab Emirates, Kazakhstan, Albania and Iran. He directed the movie Losers Club on the Road, which is a sequel to the movie Losers Club, which started shooting in October 2017 and was completed on 17 November 2017. The movie was released in Türkiye on March 16, 2018. The Miracle in the 7th Ward, which he directed in 2019, became the most watched movie of the year. The film was Turkey's Oscar nominee in the 93rd Academy Awards for the Best International Film.

Mahmut & Meryem (2013)

The son of a Muslim emperor, Mahmut rejects his father's values and advocates a humanitarian approach to running the empire he will inherit. For him, there are more important things than power over others - namely the love he cherishes for Meryem, the daughter of a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mehmet Ada Öztekin
CAST:  Aras Bulut İynemli  •  Eva Dedova  •  Fahreddin Manafov  •  Kristina Krepela

The son of a Muslim emperor, Mahmut rejects his father's values and advocates a humanitarian approach to running the empire he will inherit. For him, there are more important things than power over others - namely the love he cherishes for Meryem, the daughter of a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mehmet Ada Öztekin
CAST:  Aras Bulut İynemli  •  Eva Dedova  •  Fahreddin Manafov  •  Kristina Krepela

Kaybedenler Kulübü Yolda (2018)

Kaan and Mete, who have a holiday in Olympos with a crowded Kadiköy group, travel to Istanbul with their engines. Two people are accompanied by two unexpected guests on their journey. This journey, which they do with various plans, shows them that the journey and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mehmet Ada Öztekin
CAST:  Nejat İşler  •  Yiğit Özşener  •  Hande Doğandemir  •  Merve Çağıran

Kaan and Mete, who have a holiday in Olympos with a crowded Kadiköy group, travel to Istanbul with their engines. Two people are accompanied by two unexpected guests on their journey. This journey, which they do with various plans, shows them that the journey and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mehmet Ada Öztekin
CAST:  Nejat İşler  •  Yiğit Özşener  •  Hande Doğandemir  •  Merve Çağıran

The Lord of the Seagull (2017)

The Lord of the Seagull (MEF) is a man living a calm life on the seashore in Istanbul. There is someone he has been waiting for years. Finally the guest he waits will come out. In white, a woman who shoots on the shore like a tale will change the whole life of the MEF.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mehmet Ada Öztekin
CAST:  Mehmet Günsür  •  Bige Önal  •  Timuçin Esen  •  Nejat İşler

The Lord of the Seagull (MEF) is a man living a calm life on the seashore in Istanbul. There is someone he has been waiting for years. Finally the guest he waits will come out. In white, a woman who shoots on the shore like a tale will change the whole life of the MEF.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mehmet Ada Öztekin
CAST:  Mehmet Günsür  •  Bige Önal  •  Timuçin Esen  •  Nejat İşler

Miracle in Cell No. 7 (2019)

Separated from his daughter, a father with an intellectual disability must prove his innocence when he is jailed for the death of a commander's child.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mehmet Ada Öztekin
CAST:  Aras Bulut İynemli  •  Nisa Sofiya Aksongur  •  Deniz Baysal  •  Celile Toyon

Separated from his daughter, a father with an intellectual disability must prove his innocence when he is jailed for the death of a commander's child.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mehmet Ada Öztekin
CAST:  Aras Bulut İynemli  •  Nisa Sofiya Aksongur  •  Deniz Baysal  •  Celile Toyon

Love Me Instead (2021)

Accompanied by a ward, a prisoner travels to his hometown to reconnect with his daughter and make amends, but a tragic truth mars his journey.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mehmet Ada Öztekin
CAST:  Sarp Akkaya  •  Ercan Kesal  •  Ushan Çakır  •  Songül Öden

Accompanied by a ward, a prisoner travels to his hometown to reconnect with his daughter and make amends, but a tragic truth mars his journey.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mehmet Ada Öztekin
CAST:  Sarp Akkaya  •  Ercan Kesal  •  Ushan Çakır  •  Songül Öden

Godspeed (2022)

An ex-army captain travels to Dalyan to stop his friend's beloved from marrying another man, but grief and trauma from a combat tragedy mar his journey.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mehmet Ada Öztekin
CAST:  Engin Akyürek  •  Tolga Sarıtaş  •  İlker Kızmaz  •  Belfu Benian

An ex-army captain travels to Dalyan to stop his friend's beloved from marrying another man, but grief and trauma from a combat tragedy mar his journey.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mehmet Ada Öztekin
CAST:  Engin Akyürek  •  Tolga Sarıtaş  •  İlker Kızmaz  •  Belfu Benian