Derya Alabora

Third Day (2024)

Elya, who lives in Izmir, dreams of getting a master's degree in gastronomy and working in a corporate environment against her mother's pressure to get married and guarantee life. She learns that she has been accepted for a job in Istanbul. Believing that ...

Elli Kelimelik Mektuplar (2021)

Don't Marry Him (2018)

What would you do if your daughter is marrying a man against your will and doesn't realize you are right about your reasons? Don't Marry Him tells the story of the taxi driver, Adil, who does everything to no limit to prevent his daughter's marriage to a ...

Deliha 2 (2018)

Zeliha is back: Crazy and candid as ever, and she still gets herself into all sorts of trouble. Seeking love in the first film, Zeliha is now after a career in the sequel, as she dreams of becoming a cook and starts working in a luxury restaurant. Will Zel ...

Bygones Be Bygones (2017)

A mother's plan to find her bachelor son a match derails when a new prospect turns up and sinister schemes unfold. ...

91.1 (2016)

The story of 3 different generations living in the same city. Alper, his best friend Soner and his long-time girlfriend Hazan are studying at the same university. Lately the relation between Hazan and Alper do not go well. Soner supports them for the recov ...

Naciye (2015)

On their first night at a new, secluded house, a couple (Esin Harvey, Gorkem Mertsoz) encounter the mysterious woman (Derya Alabora - A Most Wanted Man, When We Leave) who claims it to be her home. ...

But Muzeyyen That's the Deepest Desire (2014)

Arif, who is trying to write his first book, believes that life contains many unanswerable questions, especially about women and relationships. But when Müzeyyen appears unexpectedly, everything he has ever known or tried to learn is suddenly turned upsid ...

Deliha (2014)

A woman desperately seeking for a man to love. When he finally arrives, she overlooks him. ...

A Most Wanted Man (2014)

A Chechen Muslim illegally immigrates to Hamburg and becomes a person of interest for a covert government team tracking the movements of potential terrorists. ...

Thou Gild'st the Even (2013)

In a small town in Anatolia, whose inhabitants possess various supernatural powers but still have to deal with ordinary problems, Cemal helps out in his father's barbershop and, in his free time, acts as a football referee. ...

Black and White (2010)

A painter with a turbulent history, fiercely committed to his ideals and still averse to settling down despite his 70 years; a lawyer who packed in his job after suffering a heart attack and now pursues a quiet life looking after his pet snail; a doctor al ...

When We Leave (2010)

Umay is a young woman of Turkish descent, fighting for an independent and self-determined life in Germany against the resistance of her family. Her struggle initiates a dynamic, which results in a life-threatening situation. ...

In Darkness (2009)

A drama-thriller centered on an advertising agency employee for whom work is an outlet from his life under his overbearing mother's roof. ...

Pandora's Box (2008)

When an aging matriarch starts showing signs of dementia, her dysfunctional family in Istanbul must navigate a minefield of unresolved issues to care for her. ...

Adam and the Devil (2007)

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 h ...

Mrs. Salkim's Diamonds (1999)

During the period of the Wealth Tax, where many non-Muslims in Turkey were forced to pay higher taxes, often in an arbitrary and unrealistic way. Nimet and Durmuş migrate from Niğde to Istanbul and take shelter with Durmuş's friend Bekir, who finds Durm ...

Bana Old and Wise'ı Çal (1998)

A man named Onur, connects to a Radio programme presented by Oguz and requests the song Old and Wise from The Alan Parsons Project. A day later Eda, for whom Onur requested the song, calls in to tell it was a special song for Eda and Oğuz but there is som ...

Innocence (1997)

Yusuf is released from prison after serving a ten year sentence. ...

The 80th Step (1996)

The story of a group of former activist friends who came together after September 12 and questioned the past. ...

Solgun Bir Sarı Gül (1996)

The story of a young man who spends his entire life trying to heal the wound his stepmother left in his soul. ...

Lobster Pot (1994)

An elderly couple invite their adult children to visit their country chateau. Among the children are Omer, his undemonstrative wife who knows about Omer's mistress, and Omer's children. The other son brings his seductive lover, and the daughter, a divorcee ...

The Trace (1994)

Commissioner Kemal, who is nearing retirement, investigates a suicide case. Cezmi Kara, whose face has become unrecognizable, has been found dead in her home. Kemal suspects that this is a murder and obsesses over the dead man's face. ...

Whistle If You Come Back (1993)

A dwarf and a transvestite, both are excluded from the society and doomed to exist at night. Their lives overlap in a strange encounter and this becomes the start of their friendship. ...

A Broken Doll (1988)

Mannequinn doll maker Artin and lightman Remzi are neighbours. Remzi's beautiful daughter Gülizar, who Artin is pretty fond of, gets offered a commercial gig that drastically changes her life, and effects her relationship with the family. ...