Ezel Akay (Director)

Unfinished Love Circle

A young and Idealist journalist Ozan loses his life in an unfortunate traffic accident. But not everything is finished for him just yet. He gets a second chance in life. He’ll come back to life and find answers to the question marks he left behind his mysterious death. But he will not be in his own body. When Ozan uses his chance to come back to life, he’ll find himself in Kadir’s body. Meanwhile Ozan’s girlfriend Elif who is also a journalist will already be after the people who took Ozan’s life. The two lovers who have crossed paths again will have a stranger’s body between them. Kadir. In Kadir’s body, Ozan, tries to unveil the mystery of his death together with Elif. Not only does he suffer facing the woman he loves in a different body, but also encounters with Kadir’s past. Not just adapting to a new body, adapting to a whole new life will not come easy for Ozan.

Release Date2020-09-10

Charactersd İsmet

Episode Count8

Vote Count16

Kral Türkiye Müzik Ödülleri

Release Date1995-03-06

Charactersd Winner

Episode Count1

The Net 2.0

The life of a young computer systems analyst is thrown into turmoil after arriving in Istanbul to start a new job. She soon finds her passport missing, her credit cards useless, her bank account empty and her identity stolen. As the story progresses we find people and events may not be what they seem.

Release Date2006-02-15

Charactersd Street Vendor

Vote Count89

July 14

Turkey, after the 1980 military coup. In the notorious Diyarbakır prison, the prisoners decide to resist the torture. 14 July 1982 is the day when the biggest resistance starts.

Release Date2017-05-23

Charactersd Film Director

Vote Count5

Galip Derviş

Release Date2013-03-21

Charactersd Hamdi "Fil Hamdi" Dönmez

Episode Count1

Vote Count7

Adam and the Devil

Imam Hasan, his wife Hacer and his daughter Fatma arrive at Karaağaçlı, a small railway town in the middle of the Anatolian wilderness. Besides carrying out the duties of the imam, Hasan will be teaching religion to the children of the town during the holy month of Ramadan. His unusual behavior towards his wife and little daughter arrests the attention of the townsfolk. Meanwhile Adem, the son of the stationmaster who is crazy for trains begins to learn about and get into a world he has never heard of before in the lessons given by Hasan: trains, sin, good deeds, heaven and hell.. everything gets jumbled. Condemned of being harsh and merciless towards his family, Hasan one day finds himself obliged to reveal the "secret" about himself and his family and this changes everything in the eyes of people. Yet there has remained another secret of which anyone, even Hasan is hardly aware. The people of the town, including Adem, will remember this Ramadan throughout their lives.

Release Date2007-03-02

Charactersd Tilki Hasan

Vote Count13

Killing the Shadows

Killing The Shadows is a bawdy comic fable set in the Ottoman Empire during the mid-14th century based on two legendary figures in Turkish folkore, the jester Hacivat (Beyazit Ozturk) and the nomad Karagoz (Haluk Bilginer), men who apparently lived and died by their sense of humour.

Release Date2006-02-17

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Charactersd Eşrefoğlu Süleyman Bey

Vote Count84

7 Husbands for Hurmuz

Remake of a well-known Turkish musical comedy loved by generations, the film is about the adventures of flirtatious Hurmuz in late 1800's Istanbul. Hurmuz who lives in Taskasap, Istanbul has six husbands in a plot to solve her economic problems. She arranges to meet each of her husbands one day of the week. However, suddenly, she falls in love with the town's doctor whom she meets at her husband's barber shop. The doctor falls in love with her too... But, one night all six husbands come home at the same time, and Hurmuz and Safinaz - Hurmuz's "go-between/accomplice/friend" - find themselves in a series of very awkward yet funny situations.

Release Date2009-11-20

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Charactersd Redif Çavuşu Mehmet Ali

Vote Count43

Where's Firuze?

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...

Release Date2004-02-20

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Charactersd Kaveci

Vote Count88

Eve Giden Yol 1914

During the years when World War I began to turn the Ottoman Empire's territories into a war zone, the pain of a great love story that unfolded in southeastern Anatolia and present-day Syria burned as fiercely as the war itself in the hearts of those involved. Mahmut leaves his home, abandoning everything—including the person he loves—because he refuses to commit murder. After being caught up in the relentless war raging across Anatolian lands and fighting for years in the struggle for liberation, he sets out to return home. His sole desire is to reunite with the one he was forced to leave behind and to seek revenge for the injustice he suffered years ago.

Release Date2006-12-22

Charactersd Kel Ömer

Vote Count7

The Waterfall

The story takes place in Harbiye town of Antakya just before the 1960 military coup d'etat. The economic and political crisis of those days are reflected by the both funny and sad story of a family. The story is told from the eyes of Cemal. Now a famous painter, Cemal goes back to his hometown years later and remembers his childhood. In those days Cemal's father and uncle, member of rival political parties, are in a continious struggle with each other. The film depicts this absurd struggle and the strange stories of people in Harbiye together with the lyric story of the famous waterfall of the town.

Release Date2001-11-14

Charactersd Kasap Callud

Vote Count8

Robbery Alla Turca

With the death of a billionaire engaged in illegal practices, his billion-dollar fortune is up for the grabs. As his art collection is being prepared to be sold at an auction, two Turkish thieves from Germany are hired to steal valuable paintings from the art collection. Meanwhile, Seckin the fashioner designer - also the brother of Binnur, wife of the late billionaire - prepares for a fashion show in the same hotel that the robbery is going to take place. With the intervention of police, the beautiful model and her ex-lover, a hip papparazi, the two "Laz" mafia bosses seeking revenge, and the getaway driver straight out of Selcuk Erdem caricatures, the robbery is bound to go wrong. Prepare for a twist at the end as the plot unfolds towards a climactic ending...

Release Date2005-02-10

Charactersd Aşçıbaşı

Vote Count32

Sözün Bittiği Yer

Turgut is an actor who performs in school shows to support his son Umut, earning a living by clowning around at parties. Umut's mother, Simay, left him and started living with someone else, enjoying her life. One day, in the middle of a show, he receives a phone call informing him that Umut has fallen ill at school and been taken to the hospital. Umut is diagnosed with leukemia. Now Turgut has only one goal: to find the money needed for his son's treatment. Meanwhile, years later, Umut's mother Simay reappears, complicating matters further for Turgut.

Release Date2007-05-04

Charactersd 2. Doktor

Vote Count6

Rimo and Zimo Peace In Town

Rimo and Zimo are two towns that are not very far from each other, divided by a small desert. Both towns’ people have stayed away from each other for a long time, feeling mutual hatred and fear. One day, two little rascals from Rimo, Bızdık and Minnik, decide to go to the desert for an adventure. Meanwhile, the Zimo Family enjoys a family picnic at the desert with their baby egg and little daughter.

Release Date2014-10-01

Charactersd Kaktüsçü Amca/Sanatçı (voice)

Hicran Sokağı

A neighborhood story with loves and fights.

Release Date2007-12-14

Charactersd Niyazi

Vote Count2

Elephants and Grass

Elephants and Grass (Turkish: Filler ve Çimen) is a 2001 Turkish drama film, written and directed by Derviş Zaim, about six different stories that merge into a common theme. The film, which went on nationwide general release across Turkey on January 5, 2001, won awards at film festivals in Antalya and Istanbul, including the Golden Orange Behlül Dal Jury Special Award.

Release Date2000-10-22

Charactersd CIA Agent

Vote Count21

F Tipi Film

Nine stories of resistance against solitary confinement of political prisoners in Turkey.

Release Date2012-12-21

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Charactersd

Vote Count9

Çatal Sofrası

Release Date2022-02-25

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Charactersd

Episode Count2

Vote Count1

Beginner

Retired taxi driver Faruk is still working into his 60s. Having lost his wife ten years earlier, he leads a monotonous life. His only wish is to learn English, for which he is sometimes ridiculed and sometimes appreciated. His life will change a lot as he meets people throughout that difficult process, as learning a new language brings new experiences.

Release Date2017-11-17

Charactersd Garson

Vote Count4

Remake, Remix, Rip-Off: About Copy Culture & Turkish Pop Cinema

Turkey in the 1960s and 1970s was one of the biggest producers of film in the world. In order to keep up with the demand, screenwriters and directors were copying scripts and remaking movies from all over the world. This documentary visits the fastest working directors, the most practical cameramen and the most hardheaded actors to have a closer look into the country's tumultuous history of movie making.

Release Date2019-04-17

Charactersd Self

Vote Count7

Anadolu Masalları

Release Date2015-11-05

Charactersd Self

Bir Zamanlar Osmanlı: Kıyam

Bir Zamanlar Osmanlı: Kıyam is a Turkish historical television series about Assassins, Tulip period and Patrona Halil rebellion in 18th-century Ottoman Empire. It was originally broadcast on Turkey's state television TRT.

Release Date2012-03-12

DepartmentCreator

JobCreator

Vote Count1

Leyla Everlasting

A resilient housewife, her husband and their marriage therapist become mired in a toxic love triangle and a plot to obtain an antique manuscript.

Release Date2020-12-04

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count47

Boats Out of Watermelon Rinds

In his award-winning debut feature film, director Ahmet Ulucay portrays the innocence of childhood and the lure of the cinema for two teens in a small Turkish village. Working for a watermelon seller by day, Remet spends his evenings trying to rebuild a film projector with his friend Mehmet. Both have big dreams to be famous film directors one day.

Release Date2004-11-26

DepartmentProduction

JobLine Producer

Vote Count52

The Small Town

A story in four parts is told from the perspective of two children, showing life in school, in nature, with family and at home. All of this unfolding along with the seasons. The Small Town depicts life in the village, while also portraying the relationships between members of a small-town family, in a long centerpiece scene around a campfire with family members talking about the past, life and its disappointments. Both brother and sister witness the complexities and darkness of the adult world, as well as the mysteries of nature and wildlife.

Release Date1997-11-28

DepartmentCrew

JobThanks

Vote Count107

Somersault in a Coffin

Mahsun Supertitiz is an unemployed homeless man who steals cars at night so that he can sleep in a heated place during the winter. Mahsun lives in Rumelihisar, an old section of Istanbul, and makes ends meet by getting the local fishermen to help him. Mahsun loves the cars he robs, cleans and polishes them, and drives them through the streets of Rumelihisar during the daytime.

Release Date1996-04-01

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Vote Count75

Osman Sekiz

Osman suffers from agoraphobia. Osman, who lives in an old mansion far from the city, avoids meeting people. Osman, who wants a more peaceful life, decides to leave the mansion. However, in order for him to move from the mansion, he must first fight with the five cute monsters and Nazli that he lives with in the mansion.

Release Date2022-04-01

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count3

Journey to the Sun

Mehmet, a young Turkish man newly migrated from Tire, takes a job searching for water leaks below the surface of the streets of Istanbul. Due to a strange set of events, he is mistaken for a Kurd, imprisoned, and brutally beaten. Upon his release, he becomes an outcast marked as a Kurd.

Release Date1999-02-16

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Vote Count26

The Helix

A man with no recorded memory about his past finds himself in a bar, following a mysterious woman whom he finds familiar. This abrupt encounter leads him to the discovery of his repressed, hidden desires. But his reactions to this unfamiliar world backlash, and he finds himself enclosed in a never ending loop.

Release Date2019-04-07

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Little Black Fishes

A documentary about children in the Kurdish Southeast of Turkey.

Release Date2014-10-01

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count1

Ahmet Mümtaz Taylan ile Empati

Release Date2022-08-17

Episode Count1

Yeşil Işık

The legendary love story of Ali and Elif. Ali, who lost everything due to the impact of September 11 on the stock market, dies of a heart attack and goes to the other side. However, he is not accepted on the other side because his time is not up. He cannot return to the world either because his liver has been transplanted into someone else. Ali's angel, Yakup, tells him that his only chance is to find the person who received his liver and kill them.

Release Date2002-04-05

Vote Count6

Size Baba Diyebilir miyim?

Release Date2004-01-14

Episode Count2

The Lord of the Seagull

The Lord of the Seagull (MEF) is a man living a calm life on the seashore in Istanbul. There is someone he has been waiting for years. Finally the guest he waits will come out. In white, a woman who shoots on the shore like a tale will change the whole life of the MEF.

Release Date2017-12-22

Vote Count6

Flirting with Danger

A failing band plans a bank robbery in order to make it big with a record deal.

Release Date2015-05-01

Vote Count5

Lal

Release Date2013-04-25

Vote Count2

Toprağın Çocukları

Release Date2012-09-14

Vote Count3

What a Wonderful World

A group of chosen people who want to escape a major pandemic that will bring about the end of the world will recount the events that unfolded at the hotel where they took refuge. A secret organization called "The Ancients" builds a futuristic shelter in the form of a hotel to protect 100 specially selected individuals from a deadly virus that will destroy the world. By chance, the taxi driver Noah finds himself caught up in an unexpected adventure when he enters this shelter hotel.

Release Date2024-11-21

Kötüler Konağı

Despite being old and neglected, Emine, the elderly maid of an expensive antique mansion, is mistaken for the owner of the mansion and murdered. The suspects are the two families who are the heirs. The murderer will be found through a letter sent to these two families.

Release Date2007-01-01

4 FACES

Vote Count1