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Die Stadt (1983)
Character: N/A
Merlyn Solakhan’s feature documentary The City offers an unusual narrative on Istanbul. Solakhan roams every inch of the city, witnessing separate instances of standing stones, balloons, kites, cars, roads, and neighborhoods with her camera, whilst looking into the city’s nature, yesterday and today. The city from her perspective is intertwined with history. An essay film as well as a documentary, The City is a daring gaze on Istanbul. The movie goes beyond observation to working through and reflecting on the city, with no hesitation in bestowing a new image on it and seeing it in a new light.
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Kılıbık (1983)
Character: Marketçi Tahsin
Father of two kids who looks exactly like a rowdy takes advantage of this and go into different and funny events.
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Gırgıriye'de Cümbüş (1983)
Character: Komiser
Another story of Gırgıriye Neighbourhood. Güllü, her mother Sabahat, her uncle Bekir, Bayram, her father Emin, her sister Sevim, and her aunt Rabiş. Sabahat has completely lost her mind over money. They pool their earnings in a shared purse, and if anyone takes even three cents from it, she will gouge out their eyes. However, once the drums and flutes start playing, they stop fighting and start dancing... The Gypsy women are very troubled by their husbands... Bayram, Güllü's husband, is useless except for chasing after women, Sabahat's husband Münir is useless except for drinking himself into a stupor in taverns, and Bekir is useless except for gambling away their money. Güllü also has her share of admirers. Especially the boss, Deli Ömer, is deeply infatuated with her. One day, Sabahat loses her temper and kicks Münir, Bayram, Sevim, and Rabiş out of the house.
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Gırgıriye'de Büyük Seçim (1984)
Character: N/A
In the historic Roma quarter of Sulukule, its colorful residents, led by matriarch Sabahat, her niece Güllü, and rival chieftain candidates Uncle Bekir and family friend Bayram, face their first ever democratic election for “çeribaşı,” erupting into drunken brawls and police interventions. When desperate for funds Sabahat forces Güllü to perform at drug-smuggler Tayfur’s nightclub, a suitcase mix-up reveals hidden cash that spares Bayram from suicide and upends the entire community’s fortunes.
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Gırgıriye (1981)
Character: Komiser
A bear-leading gypsy from the slums struggles to get back his sweetheart who works for a pavilion runner in the city, until she feels a wistful longing for where she thinks she is belong to and turns recalcitrant against the pavilion runner.
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Her Şeyim Sensin (1985)
Character: N/A
Ferdi works as a school bus driver in his local neighborhood. One day, Billur, a young woman, moves into the neighborhood and Ferdi falls in love with her. Ferdi wants to marry Billur but she sharply rejects his advances. Her reluctance isn’t because she doesn’t care — there’s a painful reason behind it.
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Taşı Toprağı Altın Şehir (1978)
Character: Kuyrukcu
The story of Ökkes who leaves his small village for Istanbul with his wife Fatma, his son Mehmet, and his brother Cemal. They buy a tractor and work hard to pay it off. Fatma takes a job as a maid for a bar owner, a situation that unsettles Ökkes, while Mehmet becomes involved in selling illegal cigarettes, and Ökkes starts a fruit-selling business.
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Hababam Sınıfı Uyanıyor (1976)
Character: Görevli
A sincere and hardworking student joins the Chaos Class, but acceptance seems unlikely when he becomes the target of their pranks.
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Talih Kuşu (1989)
Character: Görmemiş Komşu
Osman, who lives a poor life with his wife, children, and mother-in-law, earns his living as a porter. His debts to the local shopkeepers and his landlord have piled up like a mountain. To make matters worse, he is constantly belittled by his wife Leman and mother-in-law! One day, the neighborhood ticket seller Şakir forces him to buy a lottery ticket. Osman hides the ticket somewhere but forgets where he put it. When Osman learns that the jackpot has been won by one of the tickets sold by Şakir, he mistakenly believes it is his and is overcome with joy.
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Zübük (1980)
Character: Belediye Reisi
This is the story of the politician named Zübük. He gets expelled from the political party that he is a member of, due to corruption. The journalist Yaşar wants to make a news story about his case and investigates Zübük's doings. Yaşar gets baffled at the sly tricks Zübük played on his village people. In the end, he feels sorry about Zübük's present situation, however, as things happen he becomes aware that Zübük has been tricking him.
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Şabaniye (1984)
Character: Bakkal Halil
A poet, who works as a waiter to make ends meet, postures as a female singer to end a blood feud between two families.
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Öğretmen (1988)
Character: N/A
Husnu has got issues and inabilities about the complex and expensive metropolitan life who was a successful teacher in his little town and got a promotion and appointment to Istanbul.
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Zagor: Kara Bela (1971)
Character: Chico
Zagor is a costumed hero in the tradition of Batman or the Phantom who has been transplanted to the old west, with perhaps a bit of Tarzan thrown into the mix for extra pop cultural resonance. The son of a white army officer and his wife who were slain by Indians, Zagor was raised by a trapper who taught him to be murderously handy with an ax, a task that would come in handy when he embarked on his planned mission of vengeance against his parents' killers. Upon reaching adulthood, however, Zagor discovered that his father had also been responsible for the deaths of many Indians, and that the moral line was not drawn as clearly as he had initially thought. As a result, he vowed to become an equal opportunity protector of the oppressed, whether they be white settlers or Indians.
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