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Bin Yıl Sonra (1985)
Character: N/A
Tarkan and the Roman (Byzantine) Emperor clash in the musical "A Thousand Years Ago" directed by Haldun Dormen in 1985. Popular names of the period such as Sezen Aksu, Aysen Gruda, Sener Sen, Ilyas Salman and Adile Nasit also play in the play. The play "A Thousand Years Later" is the prequel to the play "A Thousand Years Ago" which was shown in the same year.
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Lal Gece (2012)
Character: N/A
Having just entered puberty, bride (Dilan Aksüt) had been forced to marry with groom (Ilyas Salman) whom returned to his hometown after doing many years of jail time and more than fifty years older than her. At first she was afraid, she cries, even resists, having equipped with patchy and second hand sayings, she did not know what is going to happen to her. Sitting in the nuptial chamber with horror, she will start to face with realities after grandfather-aged groom steps into the room.
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Gece (2014)
Character: Ekrem
A family forcibly displaced from their village struggles to stay together when Süsen, the daughter of an already broken home, defies her kin to marry her childhood love Yusuf. As her father and brother abandon the family and marriage fails to bring the dreamed-of salvation, Süsen and Yusuf must confront mounting responsibilities and learn to adapt, or risk losing each other entirely.
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Şeytanın Pabucu (2008)
Character: Halil
The film tells the tragicomic story of Burhan, who lives with his elderly sister Nebahat and spends his time losing money gambling. It takes place in an atmosphere where fake identities abound and swindlers who have been swindled themselves attempt to walk a tightrope. In this environment, which resembles a masked ball, the film's protagonists are trying to "outwit the devil."
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Uyanıklar Dünyası (1985)
Character: İlyas / Baba
A good and a naive villager, Ilyas, comes to a big city to buy a minibus. But he meets Dolap Osman who is a big cheater and also cheats Ilyas buy selling him a stolen minibus.
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Aptal Kahraman (1983)
Character: N/A
Şahan is a simple, innocent young man. One day, he is falsely accused of a crime he did not commit. The prison where he is unjustly imprisoned becomes the birthplace of a new hero. Şahan, who becomes legendary for his murder story, suddenly becomes the solution to all the problems of the neighborhood. Every incident that occurs in prison is recounted in the neighborhood in an extraordinary manner. His release is just days away. The neighborhood awaits Şahan as if he were their savior. The owner of the houses and businesses in the area is forcing the people to leave the neighborhood. Their only hope for salvation is Şahan. Yet he has no idea what to do.
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Ekmek Elden Su Gölden (1985)
Character: N/A
A comedy about a father who wants to marry his daughter off to a business partner, and a mother who opposes the marriage.
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Tatil Belası (1997)
Character: N/A
A father who goes on vacation with his family is left alone with his brother-in-law when his wife leaves the resort town after hearing that her mother-in-law has fallen ill. The hilarious adventures of the brother-in-law who causes chaos at the resort town and the brother-in-law who goes crazy because of it.
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Ya Ya Ya Şa Şa Şa (1985)
Character: İlyas
Selami works as a doorman in an apartment building. He does not want his son İlyas to play soccer instead of helping him. İlyas secretly starts playing soccer for an amateur team without his father's knowledge. Meanwhile, he falls in love with Ayşe, the daughter of Enver Bey, a bank manager who lives in the same apartment building. Bakkal Şevket writes a letter to İlyas on behalf of the girl. Ilyas, who is discovered while playing for the amateur team, transfers to the third-division team Çelikspor. Once he starts earning money from football, Ilyas wants to marry Ayşe. Enver Bey believes his daughter is not worthy of Ilyas. When they come to ask for her hand in marriage, he kicks Ilyas and his family out of the house. However, the roles will later reverse.
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Kızlar Sınıfı (1984)
Character: İlyas Çiçek
In the film, which takes place between students and teachers in a girls' high school, İlyas replaces the teacher who was expelled from the school because he had a relationship with a female student. Students who do not forgive the expulsion of their previous teacher do their best to have İlyas fired as well.
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Köfteci Holding (1985)
Character: Ali
The film tells the story of two innocent and poor young men. Ali and Veli are two brothers who cannot hold down a job. Due to their clumsiness and innocence, they are fired from every job they take. Veli, a cunning man from the East, is also an indomitable entrepreneur. However, no one is better than these two friends at ruining every job they take. Finally, they start a mobile kebab business. This time, it seems like they might make some money. Around the same time, they come to the rescue of two wealthy girls whose bags have been stolen by pickpockets. Pınar and her cousin are very taken with Ali and Veli, who introduce themselves as wealthy businessmen. The two brothers will have to work hard to keep their lies from being exposed.
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Kınalı Hanzo (1989)
Character: İlyas
The story of a villager who comes to the city to earn money for a dowry, and a girl he meets...
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Fakir Milyoner (1985)
Character: N/A
The film tells the story of the lives of kind-hearted young men from the suburbs. İlyas, Necmi, and Şemsi are three close friends. They make a living by fishing and street vending in one of Istanbul's suburbs. İlyas, who grew up without parents, is the sole heir to a wealthy factory owner. His uncle wants him to live with him and take over the factory business. However, that life is not for Ilyas. When Ayşe, whom he finds at the door of a shack one night, enters their lives, they have everything they need to be happy. Although Ayşe introduces herself as an orphaned girl, her intentions are different.
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Çirkinler de Sever (1981)
Character: Mazlum
The story is based on a fictional account of the events that unfold between a film crew who come to shoot a movie in a remote village in Anatolia and the villagers. It attempts to convey the pure and innocent feelings that Mazlum, a young villager, has for the film actress Müjde. After the filmmakers finish their work and the crew returns to Istanbul, Mazlum follows Müjde to Istanbul due to his longing for her, leading to some interesting developments...
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Hababam Sınıfı Dokuz Doğuruyor (1979)
Character: Mehmet Bülbül
Lazy, uneducated students mostly coming from money, share a very close band. They live together in the dormitory of this private highschool, where they daily plan their latest pranks on teachers or the other classes. When one of the students get his girlfriend pregnant, the whole class acts together to help him. The mother has to leave the baby for a while with the father, and this leads to a series of funny events.
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Sultan (1978)
Character: Bekçi Kolombo
A portrait of a young, depressed Turkish widow in the slums whose infinite dignity alone looks after her orphan kids is depicted by the son of the town sheriff, who is in love with her.
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სიმინდის კუნძული (2014)
Character: Old man
The Inguri River forms a natural border dividing Georgia from Abkhazia. One of the spring floods has created a little island in the middle of the river, as if made for the cultivation of corn. At least, this is the belief of an old peasant, whose sunburned face resembles the landscape he has trodden for dozens of years.
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Talihli Amele (1980)
Character: Mehmet Ali
A depiction of social satire, Talihli Amele [The Lucky Worker] (1980) shows the transformation of a young man who immigrated to Istanbul to provide a better life for his family. With hopes to become a successful mason, he suddenly finds himself the star of a TV commercial. Drawing attention to the rising consumerism culture and its effects on individuals in Turkey, the film was allowed to be shown with a State Council verdict.
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Kibar Feyzo (1978)
Character: Bilo
To bid for his beloved's hand in marriage, poor villager Feyzo must come up with an enormous dowry to appease her father.
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Şekerpare (1983)
Character: Cumali
In the harsh times of the small time crime in Istanbul, a conscientious police officer Cumali is recognized by the police chief Ziver Bey who sees Cumali as a threat and matches him with Sekerpare, a famous harlot.
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İbişo (1980)
Character: N/A
Ibişo is a servant working for a wealthy and powerful landowner. One day, he distributes all of the cruel landowner's fuel reserves to the villagers for free. Some time later, Ibişo rises from servant to member of parliament.
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Oy'una Geldik (2025)
Character: N/A
In the town of Ovacık, where the overwhelming majority are leftists, left-wing candidates and parties are unable to reach an agreement and end up running multiple candidates in the election, resulting in a right-wing candidate winning the mayoral election and attempting to govern the district for five years. Hıdır Diri, who wants to win the new election, mobilizes all his power to win the election through various schemes, including having his ultra-leftist nephew Şilan imprisoned so that he cannot run as a rival. A few days before the election, Şilan is released from prison and hitchhikes with a director, through whose eyes we see the workings of municipalities in Turkey, power relations, rent disputes, and how a people's vote is swayed in a colorful town like Ovacık, all told with a humorous tone.
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Ve Panayır Köyden Gider (2016)
Character: Veli
A series of strange events begins in a small village with a dark past when a stranger arrives and questions his own past.
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Sis ve Gece (2007)
Character: Cuma
Fog and the Night is the search of an investigator who has lost his confidence in his organization and whose happy "family father" order has been disrupted by his young lover.And introverted man due to his profession, not a big talker or well in expressing his feelings, Sedat is being consumed, going through the hardest time of his life, not able to silence his guilty conscience because he was unsuccessful in solving the murder of his partner, whom he saw as a brother. His faith in his organization is shaken as he witnesses the schemes in machination inside the organization and between the organization and the state. Meanwhile, while trying to find his lover who has disappeared after falling for a former militant, he does not refrain from making use of the filthiest methods of his profession.
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Baskın (1977)
Character: Yunus
Murat is a mafia boss. Commissioner Şahin, newly appointed to Beyoğlu, is after Murat. Murat asks his pregnant wife Nilgün for help with a smuggling job. However, during the job, Nilgün gives birth to a baby boy but dies herself. Before being arrested, Murat entrusts his son Deniz to Şahin. However, Şahin's enemies do not leave Deniz alone.
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Çiçek Abbas (1982)
Character: Abbas
While working as an assistant to swindling driver Şakir, ingenuous Abbas falls for the same woman his boss loves.
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Hababam Sınıfı Güle Güle (1981)
Character: Mehmet Bülbül
Lazy, uneducated students mostly coming from money, share a very close band. They live together in the dormitory of this private highschool, where they daily plan their latest pranks on teachers or the other classes. Especially, the new teacher for literature receives his share.
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Dolap Beygiri (1982)
Character: Ali
Ali, an honest and honorable man, moves to Istanbul when he is transferred there. He moves in with his sister Hacer and brother-in-law Yakup. Yakup's niece Ayşe also lives in the same house. From the day he starts his job as a civil servant, Ali reacts against the swindlers and bribe-takers around him. As a result, his boss and other civil servants become uncomfortable with the situation. When Yakup runs away with the money he collected to build a mosque, Ali and Ayşe are left alone. Not wanting to leave each other, the two get married. Ali is fired from his job for preventing the civil servants from taking bribes and goes to the village with Ayşe. Yakup, who has fled to Istanbul, calls Ali and Ayşe to join him at his insistence. Ali and his family, who go to Yakup's side out of desperation, will never be able to escape their troubles.
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Çöpçüler Kralı (1977)
Character: Kapıcı Şemsi
Going through his daily routine in a stereotypical neighborhood, a street cleaner falls in love with a charwoman. Unfortunately for him, so does his superior officer.
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Sarı Mercedes (1993)
Character: Bayram
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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Elif Ana (2022)
Character: Şeyho Ağa
Mother Elif is known to be philanthropic and wise. She shares deep spiritual values such as love, peace, equality, sharing, tolerance, and compassion with all life she comes into contact with. This film shows her eventful life.
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Banker Bilo (1980)
Character: Bilo
Bilo is a goodhearted man who wants to marry the cutest girl in the village but needs money to take the consent from her father. His best friend Mahmut offers him a way to go to Germany and work in a factory to save up the money he needs.
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Çıngıraklı Top (2009)
Character: N/A
While Semra and President Ahi are reading their local newspapers at the Boğaz Körler Derneği (Boğaz Blind Association), an interesting development takes place that will change their lives. The ministry has sent a fax announcing its intention to participate in the Chinese Paralympics. This fax causes quite a stir among the association members. While jokes about choosing sports like oil wrestling and weightlifting continue, Zeki, who has grown up with the help of the association members, utters the word "football" with the desire to be like the sighted children constantly running around with a ball, which seriousness the topic. The proposal is "Rattling Ball," or in other words, a football team for the blind.
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