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Elif and Doğan, who love each other, want to get married. However, Elif’s father considers giving his daughter to someone else. Doğan kidnaps Elif, and they get married. As time goes on, rumors begin to spread in the village about Elif and Doğan, who have no children. Unable to bear these rumors, Doğan’s father will want to remarry his son.
Woodcutter Rıza gets embroiled in a property dispute with his relative, Satılmışoğlu İbrahim, that will last for years. Rıza is legally entitled to half of the Satılmışoğlu family’s estate. However, İbrahim Ağa uses a deed in his possession to stall Rıza for years. After Rıza’s death, his daughter Hatice takes over the property dispute. Ibrahim Ağa’s son, Kamber, is prepared to try every means to turn the case in his favor.
Cellat, the Turkish version of Death Wish, sticks fairly close plot wise to the template of the American film, with some scenes and bits of dialogue being almost identical. However, it also deviates from its inspiration at times and is at its most interesting and valuable in these little moments, providing lurid snapshots of a place and a culture.
In 1973, Dursun Çavuş, who lived in Adıyaman, was a simple citizen who made a living as a postman. Things got complicated when his son Abuzer fell in love with the daughter of the mayor, Reşat Ağa. Dursun Çavuş, who had fallen out with Ağa, was persuaded by his wife Server and his friends to retire and run for mayor.Throughout the election campaign, thousands of Adıyaman residents who never left Dursun Çavuş's side were certain he would become mayor. However, Dursun Çavuş had fallen into an election trap. He lost by three votes.
Ömer Kavur's first film Yatik Emine (Emine, The Leaning One), relates the story, set in the years of World War I, of a prostitute exiled in a small town.
“Hür Adam” or “Free Man” in English is the real-life story of a very influential Kurdish scholar in Turkey that had lived between 1877-1960, 'Said Nursi'. A writer, philosopher, and philanthropist, he compiled many books on Islam covering various themes of faith, brotherhood, and philanthropy and exploring the reasons behind societal weakness, poverty, ignorance, and divisions.
It tells the story of Ayşe, who makes a living selling cigarettes, and how her life changes when she becomes a famous singer. Ayşe is a young woman who sells cigarettes at a nightclub. While Ayşe and her friends are singing among themselves, the nightclub owner, Murat Bey, hears Ayşe's voice. Murat Bey is deeply moved by Ayşe's voice and decides to make her a big singer. As Ayşe climbs the ladder of success, she realizes that Murat Bey is in love with her. However, Ayşe is in love with a young engineer named Metin. Murat and Metin, who are unaware of each other, will eventually meet.
Berna, a theater artist, struggles for the sake of acting only for art at a time when popular culture is dominant. Meanwhile, during a visit to a museum on 'The First Women of History', she is very impressed by the hand-painted portrait of Afife Jale, the first Muslim Turkish actress to appear on stage.
Hayri Bey accuse an innocent young man for a murder committed by his son Metin. Hülya, the sister of the accused, is joined by Orhan in a fight for justice against the powerful Hayri Bey.
A young woman is trying to build a decent life for herself, but has to deal with the sexual advances of men all around her, including her stepfather.
A widower has problems with a businesman, who wants to take over her house with the purpose of turning it into a gambling house. She hires a man, known to be tough guy formerly, to defend the family against the powerful businesman. But the foreigner has some drinking problems.