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Elmacı Kadın (1971)
Character: N/A
A beggar woman has to pretend to be a society woman to fool her daughter's wealthy prospective in-laws.
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Fatma Bacı (1972)
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The film tells the story of a family who moves from a village to the city. Fatma moves to Istanbul after her husband is killed in a blood feud. There, she starts working as a doorkeeper in an apartment building. Her eldest daughter, Halime, is in a relationship with Rıza, a wealthy married man. Her younger daughter Ayşe, who is studying fine arts, is ashamed of her mother's job as a janitor. Her son Yusuf, on the other hand, is determined to avenge his father's death. He waits for Mahmut, the man who killed his father, to be released from prison. While Fatma tries to protect her daughters, she also struggles to convince Yusuf to abandon the blood feud.
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Bir Ana Bir Kız (1975)
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The film focuses on the lives of Zeynep and Necla, who begin living in the same house. Zeynep is a woman who works at a bank and lives alone. She has not seen her husband and daughter, whom she separated from years ago, since that day. One day, Necla, a university student, moves into Zeynep's house as a tenant. Necla, a beautiful young woman, quickly catches the attention of the men in the neighborhood. A competition begins among the young men in the neighborhood to win Necla’s affection. Eventually, a connection forms between Zeynep and İlhan, a young law student. However, this connection will also reveal the truths about Zeynep’s life.
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Kartal Yuvası (1974)
Character: Makbule
A Turkish version of Straw Dogs (1971), set in a small Cypriot village in the days before the 1974 Turkish invasion.
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Anneler ve Kızları (1971)
Character: Fatma
A tricotage worker Nese who becomes very popular singer and Anatolian woman, Fatma. The story of them and their daughters.
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Güle Güle (2000)
Character: Zarife
Car mechanic Şemsi separated from his wife years ago and lives alone, far away from his only child. Celal is a disciplined retired colonel married to Zarife. İsmet is an introverted film buff who has spent his life on the island, while Galip is a faithful platonic lover who has lived a strange "love" with Rosa, a Cuban woman he saw only once, and has never betrayed this woman with whom he has been corresponding for years. Unable to afford to go to Cuba or bring Rosa there, Galip falls ill and learns he has cancer. His friends do everything they can to make him happy before he dies, even putting their homes up for sale. But when the money still isn't enough, there's only one thing left to do: To obtain the money needed to send Galip to Cuba, they decide to rob five charming elderly bankers!
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Kızım Ayşe (1974)
Character: Nuriye
Huriye Bacı, a poor peasant woman, moves to Istanbul to educate her daughter Ayşe. She struggles to educate her daughter despite financial difficulties. Ayşe, who has grown up with pure feelings, begins to stray from the right path due to her friends, leading to rebellion against her mother. The suffering mother returns to her village in a state of despair. As events unfold, Ayşe finds the right path, realizes her mother's righteousness, and they all strive together for a happy life.
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Sen Ne Dilersen (2005)
Character: Mimi
"Sen ne dilersen" is proving, Turkish movie sector is working and rising..
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Beyaz Melek (2007)
Character: Melek
The film is a love story. However, it is not a story about the love between two people, but rather a story about the love and affection that a group of people feel for life and for each other. The film depicts all kinds of love, from east to west, from schoolchildren to villagers, from young to old, in both an emotional and humorous way.
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Hanım (1988)
Character: Olcay
An elderly piano teacher recently diagnosed with terminal cancer lives in fear of death. But her real fear is who will take care of her cat, her only friend, after her death. As she tries to find someone to take care of her cat, the generational clash of the times and the drastically changing urban identity of Istanbul confront her with an unpleasant prospect.
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Caniko (2022)
Character: Self (Archive Footage)
‘Theatre is my life,’ Yıldız Kenter admits in her biography written by Dikmen Gürün. This is the story of a star, who has dedicated her whole life to her theatre company, students, the stage. Recounting the prizes received as well as the prices paid for pursuing your passion, Sweetie is a testimony to the transforming cultural landscape of the country as it tells Kenter Theatre’s story and thus how a private theatre has managed to survive. Including interviews by family members, students, fellow actors, as well as rare archival images and footage, Sweetie is an homage to the ‘North Star of Turkish theatre.’ The documentary was written by Zeynep Miraç, scored by Murat Evgin, and features Dikmen Gürün as advisor.
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Büyük Adam Küçük Aşk (2001)
Character: Müzeyyen Hanım
An orphaned Kurdish child (Hêjar) and a Turkish pensioner (Rıfat) are thrown together by circumstance. Rıfat, a widowed retired judge, refuses to get involved in politics. He is forced out of his solitude, when Hêjar the only survivor of a police raid on his Kurdish neighbors, takes refuge at his home. Gradually, he warms up to the kid and decides to reunite her with her family.
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Pembe Kadın (1966)
Character: Pembe
While Pembe has been waiting for her husband, who went to the city to work, for 28 years, she does not give her daughter Kezban, whom she has raised according to traditions and customs, to anyone who wants it, even though it is time for her to get married. Meanwhile, Murat Sergeant, the butler of the village lord, is in love with Kezban and wants to buy her. But the Pink Woman does not give up her daughter, hoping that her husband will return one day, and rebels against the lord. It is the story of the Pink Woman's struggle against life, the lord and the system with her traditions.
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