Movies: Gürkan Uygun

From defecting to the Olympics, an underdog weightlifter powers through adversity to raise up his community in this biopic of Naim Süleymanoğlu....

After the Freedom Flotilla attempts to bring humanitarian assistance to Gaza refuses to turn back, it is attacked by the Israeli military. In a dramatic battle scene, activists resist and are killed by the Israeli soldiers. A Turkish commando team le...

The film covers through fiction real-life events like the occupation of Iraq, the execution of Daniel Pearl, the Hood event and the Abu Ghraib torture scandal....

An old pop singer who has Alzheimer's returns to her old house where she remembers her old days of climbing the stairs of fame and fortune while trying to deal with her older sister who holds her responsible for her ruined life....

After being released from prison, where they had been incarcerated for many years, Fırat Doğulu and his companion Akın find themselves embroiled in a relentless quest for revenge....

The story of Barış Telli, who suffered an unfortunate accident at a young age and, through his intense struggle after the accident, became not only a member of the Amputee Football National Team but also one of the most inspiring athletes in the coun...

Corporal Muhsin is a sharp shooter who previously fought in the Balkan War. When mobilization is declared again, he joins the war alongside his brother Hasan. The two brothers support each other in the fight against the enemy....

Temmuz is an openly gay sculptor living at a flat with his dog in Istanbul. He lives a bohemian lifestyle and has a happy go lucky, carefree, eccentric (such as believing in good luck charms) character, frequently distracting him from his work as a c...

Fed up with South America’s heat, the Maya, lured by rumors of golden soil, migrate to Anatolia, settling near Bağcılar and blending their advanced techniques with Turkish tribal culture. Their rapid rise, however, alarms Byzantium: peace-loving Empe...

The story of a minibus driver and a fairytale princesss nestling under the wing of timeless friendship in an ordinary neighborhood....

After a tragic loss and a long career hiatus, a champion boxer crosses paths with an anchorwoman and returns to the ring....

Brother Gokhan, Accountant Servet, Meatball Necmi and Del Piero Hikmet are released from prison on probation and they join group therapy in order to be reintegrated to society....

The duty of taking the tax return forms of the villagers to the big city is assigned to a naive young guy. The villagers trust him, and hand their tax return forms to him. Taking the forms along with the lunchbox full of beans his mother cooked for h...

Based on a real life story of sufi dervish Somuncu Baba, who lived in Aksaray in Turkey....

On August 10, 1978, a coffeehouse frequented by leftists in Ankara was raided. Even the strict rule in the country could not prevent this and similar atrocities. A few hours after the incident, which would later be known as the Balgat Massacre, the p...

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13-year-old Fidan learns that she has earned the right to attend the country’s most prestigious high school. However, it is not easy for her to leave behind her father, who has disappeared under the shadow of tragic events, and her little brother, to...

During the reign of Sultan Abdulhamid II, education based in Istanbul was spread to Rumelia, Anatolia and the Middle East through education reform. The aim was to provide better education for Muslim children and to train loyal civil servants for the ...

Temel, who wants to win Fadime's father's favor, makes a "hamsirone" to support Trabzonspor. However, while he thinks that this will lead to something good, an unfortunate accident causes the "hamsirone" to hit the Trabzonspor bus and things get comp...