Erdem Akakçe

Suna (2022)

Suna, fifty year old, a poor woman with no income, finds a place to stay by marrying an old man. Suna hates making love with her husband. Her restless heart won't give her or anyone close to him peace. She gets depressed. She drinks alcohol secretly. She m ...

Two Types of People (2021)

Duygu and Bahadır work for a company that acquires banks' receivables and their job is to corner the debtor using psychological pressure and maximizing the money collection. Ceren, a young woman deep in debt, is their new target. ...

Cicadas and Ants (2017)

Sibling visit their father who is in edge of death and face what they have done in past. ...

Ve perde! (2016)

A film on Haldun Taner, a respectable, democratic intellectual and a brilliant author of political essays, various genres and kinds of literary texts and especially theatre plays all of which have been a masterpiece in Turkey art history. ...

Ya Nasip Ya Kısmet (2015)

G.D.O. KaraKedi (2013)

Three brothers living in Balat, one of Istanbul's old neighborhoods, each struggling to make ends meet in their own way: Gürkan, who earns a living as a taxi driver; Orhan, who runs a rice shop; and Duran, who is hopelessly in love. While continuing their ...

The Pomegranate (2011)

"The Pomegranate" tells the story of a woman; seeking her own justice. "The Pomegranate" questions the justice of four people with different beliefs in a house, in half a day and in their own realms of faith. Asuman is a fortune-teller with uncanny psychic ...

Ya Sonra? (2011)

Onların da aşkı masallar gibiydi ve evlendiler. Yani masallara göre sona geldiler… Adem'le Didem birbirlerini hala sevmektedirler. Ama evlilik, Adem'in sevgisini ve ilgisini açığa çıkartma reflekslerini köreltmiştir. Didem ise özgüveni ve ö ...

The Turks Must Be Crazy (2009)

The famous businessman Fahri and his family are kidnapped by Somali pirates. The pirates demand a large ransom from Turkey for the release of the businessman and his family. The Turkish government decides to form an illegal team for this task. Colonel Mehm ...

The Shadowless (2009)

A barber working in Istanbul longs to be 'both here and far, far away'. One day, he takes the day off and disappears abruptly without warning anyone. He then settles in a far-flung village. Some mysterious events start happening in the village as people di ...

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. ...

Ara (2008)

Ara is the story of four people and an empty house. These people are stuck between their past and stormy relationships, between Istanbul and the "homes" they can't get back, between their innermost secrets and the lies they tell, between east and west. The ...

Zincirbozan (2007)

The political drama "Zincirbozan" was written by journalist Avni Özgürel, and depicted the period between 1979 and 1983, the most tumultous years in the recent Turkish history. Zincirbozan shows a chronology of the most significant events in this period ...

Mommy, I'm Scared (2006)

Reha Erdem's innovative group portrait of the inhabitants of an apartment building in Istanbul serves as a comic exploration of what it means to be human. The drama revolves around hapless taxi driver Ali, who suffers from amnesia as a result of an acciden ...

İstanbul Tales (2005)

Five interconnected stories set in modern-day Istanbul based on the fairytales Snow White, Cinderella, Pied Piper, Sleeping Beauty and Little Red Riding Hood. ...

Kolay Para (2002)

Yalınayak Sokrates (1998)