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Bebek (1979)
Character: Apo
The film tells the story of Apo's difficulties after coming to Istanbul to find his father.
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Öğrenci İşleri (2015)
Character: N/A
Kısmet, who struggles to run her father's legacy (a valuable piece of land), always refuses her contractor brother İsmet's insistence that she buy the land. Until she reaches the brink of bankruptcy and accepts her brother's bet: If İsmet wins, he will buy the land; if Kısmet wins, the tutoring center’s debts will be paid off, and the medical expenses for the poor student’s brother will also be covered. Which class will win more exams? The construction worker İsmet, who formed his class ("Titans") by paying the university, or the educator Kısmet, whose class ("L") consists of students who have failed the exam for three years? To make matters worse, the mentor teacher Kısmet relied on was kidnapped by the fugitive Bobinci Nuri, and thus the exam motivation techniques are now being taught by a prisoner.
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Babba (2006)
Character: N/A
A comedy that intertwines hilarious and extraordinary situations, particularly amusing in certain parts, and worth watching.
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Ona çirkin kral derlerdi (1987)
Character: N/A
A mockumentary about Turkey-based Kurdish film director, scenarist, novelist, and actor Yilmaz Güney, shot three years after the filmmaker's death. It's also a political portrait of 20th century Turkey.
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Mavi Mavi (1985)
Character: N/A
A poor bus drive falls in love with a rich but the customs of his world forces him otherwise.
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Japon İşi (1987)
Character: Mahalleli
Veysel loves a singer named Basak. But she doesn’t love him back. One day Veysel saves the life of a Japanese tourist. Later, the tourist sends a gift to Veysel from Japan. The gift is a robot that looks exactly like the singer he loves, Basak.
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Çıplak Vatandaş (1985)
Character: Taraftar
A family man, driven to the edge by his inability to financially support his family, is found running about on the street naked. Suddenly, he turns into a nationwide celebrity and an inspiration for millions of people in poverty.
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Varyemez (1991)
Character: Cengiz
Ragıp Elibol is a wealthy and stingy businessman. He separated from Melek, the mother of his children, and married Dürdane. His son Cengiz is studying at university, while his daughter Zeliha is at home waiting for a husband. One day, Ragıp is hit by a car while driving. Four young people, who have many things they want to do but cannot afford, kidnap Ragıp, thinking he can provide them with the means to do so. They claim to be a secret organization and demand a ransom. His wife Dürdane informs the police, explaining that she is being threatened for ransom. Everyone he knows, including his family and business partner, is delighted about the ransom. No one contributes to the demanded ransom. Ragıp learns that he has no one who loves him thanks to those who kidnapped him. When the young people lose hope of getting the money, they release Ragıp.
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Bizim Aile (1975)
Character: Tuncay
A love story between a poor man and a rich girl. The rich girl's father tries to prevent their marriage and he declares a war against the poor boy's family.
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Babamın Ceketi (2018)
Character: N/A
Facing pressure to marry immediately, an unemployed man must find a way to pay for a wedding by any means necessary.
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Gülen Gözler (1977)
Character: Tuncay
A couple who dreamed of having a son had five daughters in a row. When girls reach the age of marriage, there are moments that make them laugh and sometimes make them sad.
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Gizli Yüz (1991)
Character: N/A
A woman is searching for a face in photographs taken by a photographer. The face she hopes to meet one day belongs to a watch repairman, but the shop has long since closed.
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Bir Yudum Sevgi (1984)
Character: Cemal’s Brother
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.
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Ada (1988)
Character: İsmail
Eser, who wants to talk to her husband while making a decision about the future of her daughter, decides to go to the island for this. On this occasion, a great reckoning begins between the couple, who come together again years later.
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Neredesin Firuze (2004)
Character: Komik Tiyatrocu
Hayri and Orhan are two music producers head over heels in debt. In an attempt to find the next big thing to turn the business around, they contact Ferhat, a gastarbeiter in Germany, and desperately bring him to Istanbul to sign him. As they are struggling to find the necessary funds to promote Ferhat's debut album, a mysterious rich woman named Firuze shows up and starts supporting them. The future now seems bright, but things are not always what they seem...
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Hayallerim, Aşkım ve Sen (1987)
Character: Arif
Coşkun has been in love with the famous star Derya Altınay since his childhood. So much so that the fictional melodrama film heroines, who have opposite characters, have infiltrated the young man’s life. Coşkun has the opportunity to meet Derya; he pens an imaginary love story with her in mind. This script is eventually made into a film, and Derya plays the lead role, but the resulting film is far from his expectations.
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Hababam Sınıfı Uyanıyor (1976)
Character: Bacaksız
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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Zehir Hafiye (1989)
Character: N/A
The story of a young man who loves crime fiction books, and the daugher of a mafia leader.
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Asiye Nasıl Kurtulur (1986)
Character: N/A
After receiving a letter from a woman named Asiye asking for help to save her, the President of the Associations Against Prostitution visits the brothel to save Asiye. However, she finds herself in a strange musical show.
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Milyarder (1986)
Character: Celal
A civil servant in a small town, shunned by his family and his friends due to his lack of ambition, hits the jackpot in the national lottery. Not trusting anybody around him, he gradually starts to lose his mind.
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Duruşma (1999)
Character: N/A
The story revolves around the beautiful Nazan, the neighbor's daughter, who manages to remain a virgin despite marrying two of the neighborhood's handsome men, Selami and Cavit; the fierce competition between Selami and Cavit for Nazan; the schemes orchestrated by Nazan's mother, Necla; and the neighbors' curious observation of these intriguing developments, their astonishment, and their simple reactions. Nazan's mother Necla's schemes; the neighbors' curious observation of these intriguing developments, their astonishment, and the sudden media attention their simple lives receive, all told in a humorous tone.
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Şalvar Davası (1983)
Character: N/A
A group of women in a small village get organized against the macho men of the town.
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Yol (1982)
Character: Yusuf
When five Kurdish prisoners are granted one week's home leave, they find to their dismay that they face continued oppression outside of prison from their families, the culture, and the government.
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Hababam Sınıfı Merhaba (2004)
Character: N/A
The year is 2003, and the Private Çamlıca High School, once home to the legendary “Hababam Class”, is still in operation. The school’s founder has passed away, and his son, nicknamed “Mad Bedri,” now runs the place. The time-honored Hababam traditions continue in full force, and every teacher is so exasperated by the endless pranks of that class that they’re constantly looking for a way out. Seeing his chance, Mad Bedri plans to sell the school to a developer in exchange for floor space rights, so that it can be torn down and replaced with a high-rise office complex. When the principal, Fatoş, learns of his scheme, she enlists the help of the original “Hababam” alumni to save the school by taking on its current troublemakers. Tensions rise once Bedri announces the sale, and a huge surprise awaits everyone.
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Selamsız Bandosu (1987)
Character: Kasabalı
Selamsiz (wich means 'no greeting') is a small town in Anatolia. The town has a lot of problems but noone from governments come and see the town. One day the mayor learns that the prime minister will come to the city. They, now, have a chance to solve their problems. However, they think that they should have a band to greet the prime minister.
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Yol Arkadaşım (2017)
Character: Güvenlik Görevlisi 1
Days before Eid, a salesman fired from his job drives to meet his girlfriend's family, but the trip goes astray due to his zany travel buddy.
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Sarı Mercedes (1993)
Character: Kahya
The film is based on 'Fikrimin Ince Gulu', a novel by Adalet Agaoglu, which depicts a first generation gurbetci/guest-worker returning home. It covers his land journey in short bursts from Germany to the Turkey's west border - and extensively from thereon to his village close to Ankara - capital of Turkey. He begins his journey purchasing a second hand yellow Mercedes - possibly his first car - using his meager savings working as a laborer. Offering deep insight into the mind of a manual laborer Bayram (Ilyas Salman) making his first trip back home, resorting to flashbacks in highlighting Bayram's motivation and experiences from his childhood right up to the events leading to his first departure from Turkey to Germany.
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Yer Demir Gök Bakır (1987)
Character: Memidik
In this deeply symbolic and visually lush film, as far as Tashbash is concerned, he's just a malcontent, a fairly ordinary hell-raiser who has gotten into trouble with the law in the past. Sure, he hates the village headman who is a toady to the region's oppressive landlord, and he dislikes the fact that everyone looks to the headman for help because they have no place else to turn, but he's just an ordinary guy and has no solutions for his fellow villagers. However, after one of them has a vision in which Tashbash is shown to be a manifestation of one of their more important local saints, the villagers unite as one in seeking him out for help with the upcoming visit of the landlord to collect rents which they can't pay. Their adulation and reverence is so persistent that eventually even Tashbash becomes a believer.
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Hababam Sınıfı Askerde (2005)
Character: N/A
After the latest prank they pulled on Deli Bedri, the boys are sent to mandatory military service to learn discipline.
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