Sait Faik Abasıyanık was one of the greatest Turkish writers of short stories and poetry and considered an important literary figure of the 1940s. He created a brand new style in Turkish literature and brought new life to Turkish short story writing with his harsh but humanistic portrayals of labourers, fishermen, children, the unemployed, and the poor. His stories focused on the urban lifestyle and he portrayed the denizens of the darker places in Istanbul. He also explored the "...torments of the human soul and the agony of love and betrayal..."
Ümit Ünal, is a film director, screenwriter and author. He is the scriptwriter for eight Turkish feature films including Teyzem (1986), Hayallerim, Askim ve Sen (1987). His first feature film as a director is 9 which won many awards in various film festivals and was the Official Turkish Entry for the 2003 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. He wrote and directed seven feature films including Istanbul Tales, Ara, Gölgesizler (Shadowless), Ses and Nar.
This is a timeline list of films produced in Turkey and in the Turkish language ordered by year and decade on separate pages. For a complete A-Z list of films on Wikipedia see List of Turkish films: A-Z.
Derya Alabora is a Turkish actress.
Binbir Gece is a soap opera revolving around four Turkish characters, Sehrazat, Onur, Kerem, Bennu. The story is loosely based on the story One Thousand and One Nights, better known as Arabian Nights. It stars Halit Ergenç as Onur, his wife Bergüzar Korel as Şehrazat, Tardu Flordun as Kerem and Ceyda Düvenci as Bennu.
O da beni seviyor or Summer Love is a 2001 Turkish drama film directed and written by Barış Pirhasan with Gül Dirican.
Nedim Gürsel is a Turkish writer. In the late 1960s, he published novellas and essays in Turkish magazines. After graduating from Galatasaray High School in 1970, he studied at the Sorbonne. In 1974, he graduated from the Sorbonne's Department of Modern French Literature. In 1979, he received his doctorate in comparative literature after completing his dissertation on Louis Aragon and Nazim Hikmet. He returned to Turkey but the unrest there in 1980 persuaded him to go back to France.
Akrebin Yolculuğu is a 1997 Turkish romance film directed by Ömer Kavur. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival.
Pains of Autumn is a 2009 Turkish drama film, directed by Tomris Giritlioğlu, based on the novel by Yılmaz Karakoyunlu. The film, which went on nationwide general release across Turkey on January 23, 2009, was one of the highest-grossing Turkish films of 2009.
The White Angel is a 2007 Turkish drama film, written and directed by Mahsun Kırmızıgül, which follows the story of two Eastern youths who find themselves in a rest home after their father comes down with cancer. The film, which went on general release across Turkey on November 16, 2007, won the Remi Award at the 41st WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival and was the second highest-grossing Turkish film of 2007.
The Azerbaijani diaspora are the communities of Azerbaijanis living outside the places of their ethnic origin: Azerbaijan and the Iranian region of Azerbaijan. The term Azerbaijani diaspora refers to the global community of ethnic Azerbaijanis.
The 47th International Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival was a film festival held in Antalya, Turkey which ran from October 9 to 14, 2010. Prizes were awarded in four competitions in the course of the festival, at which 191 films were shown at 12 venues across the city with the theme Cinema and Social Interaction and Italian actress Claudia Cardinale was the guest of honor.
Beren Saat is a Turkish actress born and raised in Ankara. Since the beginning of her career, she has received critical acclaim and numerous accolades for her acting. While studying at Başkent University, she participated in the acting competition Türkiye'nin Yıldızları and was discovered by Turkish director Tomris Giritlioğlu, launching her professional acting career.
The Sedat Simavi Literature Prize is a Turkish literary award presented annually. It was established in 1977 by Sedat Simavi Foundation, in memory of author and journalist, Sedat Simavi. The prize is given also in nine different areas in sport, TV, radio, reporting, healthy, science, social sciences and visual arts.
Rıza Mahmut Türmen, is a former judge of the European Court of Human Rights and currently an MP for Izmir in the Turkish Parliament, with the Republican People's Party.
Tomris is a Turkic female name used in Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Kazakhstan. The name is a modern Turkish derivation of Tomyris, an ancient Iranian Massagetae queen from Central Asia.
Baba Dittu Ji is the ultimate Guru of the Gadia clan, a section of the Shwetambar Sthanakvasi Jain sect.
Turgut Uyar was a Turkish poet.
A Dog's Way Home is a 2019 American family adventure film directed by Charles Martin Smith and written by W. Bruce Cameron and Cathryn Michon, based on the book by Cameron. The film stars Ashley Judd, Edward James Olmos, Alexandra Shipp, Wes Studi, Chris Bauer, Barry Watson, and Jonah Hauer-King, and follows a dog named Bella who travels more than 400 miles to find her owner. It was released in the United States on January 11, 2019, received mixed reviews from critics and has grossed over $75 million worldwide.
