Yavuz Turgul (Director)

To Love, To Lose

A star-crossed romance seals the fate of two families when a woman trying to save her family restaurant falls for the surly heir of a debt collector.

Release Date2026-01-15

DepartmentCrew

JobCreator

Episode Count8

Vote Count13

İffet

Iffet lives in a low income neighbourhood of Istanbul with her sister and father under the strict rules of her father. She can not even go visit her aunt since she is not allowed to leave home without permission. She nevethless falls in love with Cemil…

Release Date1982-01-01

DepartmentWriting

JobScenario Writer

Vote Count12

The Bandit

The film tells the story of a group of bandits captured in the Cudi Mountains 35 years ago. All of them have died, either from illness or vendettas; only Baran (Şener Şen) survives. After serving his 35-year sentence, Baran is released from Viranşehir Prison and learns that his birthplace is now submerged under the waters of a dam. Ceren Ana (Zübeyde Erden) tells him about the past. Baran is imprisoned because of the betrayal of his old friend Berfo (Kamran Usluer). Berfo stole the bandits gold, bought his childhood love Keje (Sermin Hürmeriç) from her father, and fled to Istanbul. While Baran is searching for Keje, he encounters a young man named Cumali (Uğur Yücel). These two men find solace in each other to avoid being swept away by the storms of the big city. And in this world where violence, betrayal, passion, boundless love and hatred intertwine, they try to survive.

Release Date1996-11-29

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count357

Super Dad

A family father struggles in maintaining lifelong relationships with three of his growing children ,after he divorced with his wife. In the unique Çengelköy district Fikret struggles with life, beside love, pain, hope.

Release Date1993-09-25

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count39

Vote Count26

For Love and Honor

Ali Osman is a former bully of city of Istanbul. But lately he gives up bully and starts to operate a synthetic pitch. He often meets his old friends, former bullies, too. One day Ali Osman receives a news which is related with his previous passionate life. Then the whole action stats as a chain of events.

Release Date2007-12-13

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count115

Hunting Season

Veteran homicide cop Fermanand his hot-headed partner İdris team up with rookie cop and anthropology major Hasan to investigate the murder of a young woman. The suspects include her conservative family, who might have killed her for honor, her drug-dealing boyfriend and aged billionaire Battal who had taken the victim as his second wife.

Release Date2010-12-02

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count191

Sultan

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.

Release Date1978-12-01

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count35

Davaro

Memo returns from Germany to get married with his love but his fathers killer Sulo is being released from jail. As a village rule he has to get revenge for his fahter or he can not get married but he doesn't want to kill so they stage a fake death with Sulo and after that his luck runs out.

Release Date1981-11-09

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count76

Abbas in Flower

While working as an assistant to swindling driver Şakir, ingenuous Abbas falls for the same woman his boss loves.

Release Date1982-09-01

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count94

Fork in the Road

He is a boss who dedicates his life to grow up the textile empire he inherited from his father and does not hesitate to follow ruthless methods for it. He decides to choose a different life after a heavy traffic accident.

Release Date2017-11-10

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count33

Tosun Pasha

Late 19th century in Alexandria. Two traditionally rival Turkish families, "Seferoglu"s and "Tellioglu"s are competing for the "Green Valley". The winner will be determined by Daver Bey, who has a beautiful young daughter, Leyla. Both families try to arrange a marriage between a man from their family and Leyla, so that Daver Bey will be inclined to give the green valley to his "relatives". Tellioglus, who are behind in the race, desperately find a final solution: They will fake their idiotic butler, Saban, as the highest ranked Ottoman soldier in Egypt: Tosun Pasha.

Release Date1976-02-01

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count135

The Broken Landlord

The landowner (Agha) of the Haraptar village marries off his old father with the young and beautiful Kiraz. But on the nuptial night, his father dies and everything starts to go bad for the Agha. Due to the long drought and provocations of Kekec Salman (big brother of Kiraz), the peasants steal the crops and run away to Istanbul. Without the peasants and crops, Agha is also forced to sell the village and move to Istanbul. But he cannot keep up with the big city life and consumes all his money and belongings. Agha's wife and relatives leave him during this downfall.

Release Date1985-04-07

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count99

The Chaos Class: Bye Bye

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.

Release Date1981-05-01

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count66

Bilo the Banker

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.

Release Date1980-01-01

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count76

Aile Kadını

Release Date1983-04-02

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count4

Lovelorn

A retired teacher who returns to Istanbul after years away, Nazim tries to reacquaint himself with his hometown, which has changed significantly. While waiting for his pension to begin, Nazim takes a temporary job as a taxi driver and frequently ends up in the seedier parts of the city. …

Release Date2005-01-07

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count59

Sister Fahriye

A victim of a forced marriage who has stabbed her husband finishes her sentence. When she is released from the prison she starts working at a factory under harsh conditions. Soon a poet falls for her, and gives her a new hope in love.

Release Date1984-01-02

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count10

Tarkan and the Armless Hero

Atilla the Hun, Tarkan its power in order to bring the sword to the floor at the pursuit of the enemy's appointed.

Release Date1973-10-31

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count20

Handsome Poor Bilo

Bilo is released from prison..

Release Date1979-09-07

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count39

Mr. Muhsin

An ingenuous countryman Ali Nazik migrates to Istanbul and meets producer Mr. Muhsin to have his first album.

Release Date1987-05-01

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count89

Sugar Pie Lady

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.

Release Date1983-09-02

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count70

The Unforgettable Director of Love Movies

Hasmet, director of love stories, wants to make a film which is different than the movies he made before. This movie has a social message. He tries to find a producer but film industry is mainly out of money. When he thinks he finds one, nothing goes as it planned.

Release Date1990-01-02

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count35

The Shadow Play

Mahmut and Abidin work as comedians at a night club, Mahmut is honest yet Abidin is sly. A deaf and mute girl named Kumru is brought to work in the night club.

Release Date1992-09-02

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count40

A Thousand Years Later.

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.

Release Date1985-07-21

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Yalan Dünya

The film tells the story of a life-and-death struggle between two brothers who grew up apart. Kemal, whose parents separated years ago, grew up with his mother. He is a tough young man. For years, he is plagued by trouble and spends a long time in prison. When he is released, his son, whom he has never seen, has grown up. But the child is sick. The mafia, seeking to eliminate Commissioner Murat, who has disrupted the established order of the criminal underworld, approaches Kemal. However, he is determined to leave his troubled past behind. That is, until he needs a substantial amount of money for his son's heart surgery.

Release Date1972-01-01

Vote Count2