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Sayın Başkan (1990)
Character: N/A
A contractor from the countryside who rises to become mayor is drawn into a conflict with his election advisor, with whom he is having an affair.
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Hafız Yusuf Efendi (1988)
Character: Adil Paşa
Based on the life of Hafiz Yusuf Efendi, a religious scholar and musicologist.
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Elveda Dostum (1982)
Character: Sibel'in Babası
Dursun is an idealistic teacher. He has a happy family with his wife and son (Arkadaş). Despite being unemployed and penniless, he neither looks for work nor accepts any job. At the urging of his friends, he begins giving private lessons to a student. He starts to earn some money. The student's aunt, Sibel, is next in line for lessons, and she is attracted to Dursun, who reciprocates her feelings. This budding love cannot be hidden for long; it becomes public knowledge and makes headlines in the newspapers. The time has come to make a decision, but he refuses, returns home, yet his family, who knows everything, abandons him. He is shocked, regretful, and falls apart. While intoxicated, he is involved in an accident, and his condition is critical. Everyone is at his bedside in the hospital. They ask the doctor, "Will he survive?" The doctor replies, "He needs a reason to live." His friend hugs him and cries. Dursun opens his eyes and smiles.
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Bataklıkta Bir Gül (1983)
Character: Haluk
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.
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Gönülden Gönüle (1988)
Character: N/A
The film tells the love story between the daughter of a pasha and a young hafiz. Yusuf is born from the relationship between Adil Pasha's driver and his concubine. After his birth, his mother dies and his father is expelled from the mansion by Adil Pasha. Years later, Yusuf becomes one of the most important hafız in Istanbul. When his fame reaches Adil Pasha's ears, Yusuf is taken to the mansion to give music lessons to the Pasha's daughters. Meanwhile, the Pasha is preparing to marry his daughter Handan to his aide Necip. However, the marriage does not take place due to Handan's insistence, as she is in love with Yusuf. Necip, who discovers the relationship between the two, plots to expel Yusuf from the mansion.
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Garip Bir Koleksiyoncu (1991)
Character: Doktor Bey
Beşir, a cemetery keeper and a collector. Every dead person who comes to the cemetery becomes a part of his collection.
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Yalnız Değilsiniz (1990)
Character: Doktor
The story of a girl who faces pressure from those around her because of her faith.
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Aylaklar (1995)
Character: Davut Bey
A film depicting the final days of the Ottoman Empire through the eyes of the heirs living in a mansion left behind by an Ottoman pasha. The pasha's grandson, his dreamer husband, his alcoholic daughter, and many unemployed and idle friends sell their last possessions and live a pleasant but melancholic life.
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Beşinci Boyut (1994)
Character: N/A
The film tells the epic struggle of Musa, who makes a living as a doorman in a big city, for the sake of a hadith. It brings to the fore the instructive contradictions we live with, the hypocrisy and indifference in human relationships. With his sometimes excessive sensitivity, Doorman Musa tries to convey the virtues that society needs.
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Yağmur Beklerken (1992)
Character: N/A
A story based on the transition to a multi-party political system in the 1930s.
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Kelebekler Sonsuza Uçar (1993)
Character: N/A
The story of İskilipli Atıf Hoca, who was sentenced to death by the Independence Court for opposing the hat law after the proclamation of the Republic.
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Çanakkale Aslanları (1964)
Character: N/A
The film focuses on the epic struggle that took place during the Battle of Gallipoli. The Dardanelles Strait was surrounded by British forces from the Allied Powers. The British, who landed at the Arıburnu coves, intended to advance into the interior. British attacks on many fronts were repelled with great sacrifice. Those behind the front lines also assisted those on the front lines with all their might. During this time, the Turkish navy ship Muavenet-i Milliye succeeded in sinking the British navy ship Goliath. These sacrifices would herald that victory was not far off.
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İhtiras Fırtınası (1984)
Character: Recai Bey
Recai has raised his daughter Seref like a man. She secretly attends the meetings of the patriots. Seref and her cousin Mujgan take music lessons from the journalist Feyyaz. Seref and Feyyaz fall in love but Mujgan is in love with Feyyaz as well. Feyyaz gets arrested in an assassination attempt against the Sultan.
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Abdülhamid Düşerken (2003)
Character: Mehmet Şahabettin Paşa
Şefik, a successful soldier, is one of the leading figures of the Committee of Union and Progress. When Abdulhamid II declares a constitutional monarchy, Şefik and his friends go to Istanbul. They plan to closely monitor the events unfolding there. However, it is here that Şefik will part ways with the society.
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Karanlık Sular (1994)
Character: Haşmet
An American in Istanbul gets entangled in the affairs of a melancholic aristocrat and her son Haldun, leading him slowly into a dangerous web through many secret layers of the city.
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Bir Yudum Mutluluk (1982)
Character: Sadık
The story of a worker fighting to save a young girl addicted to morphine from a life of crime.
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Reis Bey (1990)
Character: Reis Bey
A pitiless judge makes a wrong judgement and makes an innocent man sentenced to death. After, with the help of his conscience he changes his view of law and his whole life.
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