Fikret Hakan

Remake, Remix, Rip-Off: About Copy Culture & Turkish Pop Cinema (2019)

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 work ...

Karanlıkta Uyananlar (2016)

A group of paint worker can't take their salary from the fabricator and they go on strike. ...

Two Hearts As One (2014)

A look inside the story of two newlyweds who are parted from each other and spend the next half-century of their lives trying to reunite. ...

We Hit The Road (2014)

Laborers of the film industry have decided to march against the new censorship act in 1977. 60 years of silence in cinema was going to be interrupted for good. From actor/actresses to set workers, 400 women and men have started a 5-day-long walk to Ankara. ...

Umut (2009)

The story of an illiterate man and his family, whose existence depends on his income as a horse cab driver. When one of his horses is killed by an automobile, and when it is clear that neither justice nor charity will prevail, the man begins a slow slide i ...

Dün Gece Bir Rüya Gördüm (2006)

Deniz is a young, confused, and lovesick computer engineer. He has left his small town and come to Istanbul, where he lives according to his own set of rules. The woman he loves, Lale, is a troubled young woman with a drug addiction. At the end of a night ...

Ayın Yıldızı (2006)

Borrowed Bride (2005)

Ali is 18. His feet are firmly off the ground. The very idea of marriage seems like a game. But the bride's parents are ready and willing. Business ventures will be set up between the families; the arrangement will pay off all round. Ali, meanwhile, is mor ...

Yaşama Hakkı (1999)

Zuhal and Ali Osman live a peaceful, happy life with their two children, but when Zuhal becomes pregnant with a third child, a deep conflict arises—Zuhal wants an abortion, fearing it will disrupt their lives, while Ali Osman strongly believes the unborn ...

Please Don't Go (1996)

In 1930s Antioch during the last days of French Mandate of Syria, Please Don't Leave is the story of Triyandafilis, a fifteen year old mentally disabled daughter of a French merchant named Antoin. Triyandafilis, Not having much freedom because of her situa ...

Ekmek (1996)

The story of how Zonguldak miners took action in 1990-91. Opposing privatization, the miners fought a "bread war" as a result of their joint resistance. The second film in the "Work-Bread-Freedom" trilogy. ...

Yalancı (1994)

Through the eyes of a child, the story of his uncle who left an indelible mark on his life. Little Faik learned from his uncle Ali to look at the world with a smile and to love. ...

Gerilla (1994)

The story of a former police detective who has left his job and a businessman who smuggles weapons and receives threatening letters from an unknown person. The detective takes action to save the businessman from death. Torn between his sense of duty and lo ...

Eskici ve Oğulları (1990)

The film depicts the struggles of a poor family. A father who repairs shoes works alongside his two sons. The father wants his eldest son, Mehmet, to find another job. Mehmet decides to work as a cotton picker with his wife and children. Ali, the younger s ...

Yalı (1990)

Night of Horror (1989)

The police question Cemile, a young girl who was taken to the hospital with injuries and found to have alcohol and drugs in her blood, as well as evidence of rape, but they do not believe her. There is insufficient evidence and no witnesses. The person who ...

İstiyorum (1989)

A love story between a singer and a model. ...

Sessiz Fırtına (1989)

The film tells the story of an old sailor and a young girl who takes refuge in his home. Harun is a retired sailor who lives alone in a remote coastal town. One night, a young girl named Güneş takes refuge in Harun's home. Güneş claims she was kidnappe ...

Severek Öldüler (1987)

The tragic love story of a man who kills his bedridden, sick wife with the help of a young and beautiful nurse... ...

Bitter Bread (1987)

A woman's journey to make a better living by moving to Istanbul from her village ...

Defense (1986)

Çiğdem, who is married to Cengiz, who is younger than her, is a wealthy businesswoman. Her troubled marriage, Cengiz's infidelity, and threatening phone calls and letters received at home have pushed her to the brink of despair. Cengiz, who refuses to ac ...

Fidan (1984)

Ramazan, together with his children, migrate to the big city, Istanbul in order to give them a better life. His daughter Fidan begins working as a clerk at a shop. But she could not adapt to the life of big city. She runs away with the son of the shop owne ...

Düşkünüm Sana (1983)

Nükhet and Orhan are two young people who love each other. Orhan's father pressures Orhan to break up with Nükhet, and they separate. Nükhet becomes a famous singer. Orhan marries another woman and has a child. They meet Nükhet on a business trip, and ...

Illicit (1983)

It is the story of a worker girl who chooses to stay between two men as a result of unexpected events and eventually choose to escape with her truck driver lover. ...

My Friend (1982)

The story of a man who learns that his friend, whom he loves more than his life, is the enemy he was looking for to kill. ...

Bir Damla Ateş (1982)

The film tells the story of Ferdi, who becomes known as a notorious killer while trying to escape a blood feud. Ferdi's uncle is killed by a hired assassin working for his enemies. Although everyone witnesses the murder, no one except Ferdi can identify th ...

Unutulmayanlar (1981)

Fahrettin, Ekrem, Fikret, İzzet, Nejat, Orhan and Eşref work as truck drivers for a company. Guns are loaded into their trucks without their knowledge. They are smuggling weapons without their knowledge. The police seize the trucks in a raid. The drivers ...

Takip (1981)

The film tells the story of two fugitives and the retired police commissioner who pursues them. A vehicle used to transport a group of prisoners is involved in a traffic accident. Two of the prisoners, Blind Mustafa and Condemned Hasan, manage to escape. B ...

Öğretmen Kemal (1981)

Kemal a simple teacher arrives in a remote village to start a new school and teach the young ones, when he gets there he faces a strong opposition to his idea by the village master. Kemal with the help of few villagers tries to fight back the ignorance and ...

Sweating Soil (1981)

Hasan, an engineer who returned to the village from America after years with his child, young and beautiful wife, wants to establish a dairy factory to save the peasant who exploited Salih Aga from poverty. The villagers get money for this job. ...

Story of a Day (1980)

Mustafa, has to marry his brother's widowed wife as per the customs. However, the young man is in love with his new wife's sister Zeynep. Mustafa's friend Nizam is also in love with Zeynep. ...

Demir Yol (1979)

The fight of the striking railroad workers. ...

Yuvanın Bekçileri (1977)

A story of two men, fighting over their love for the same woman. ...

Yangın (1977)

A Yeşilçam adaptation of the episode "Mark of Cain" ("In the Name of Friendship") from the beloved 1970s television series Petrocelli. Selçuk Ünver plays a very strict public prosecutor. Woe betide any defendant he believes to be guilty. He would even ...

Hora (1976)

Bekleyis (1976)

Fikret Hakan is imprisoned, he is visited by his wife and son, he is once taken outside to receive medical treatment from a young woman doctor. ...

Gülşah Küçük Anne (1976)

Gülşah, a sweet girl with a happy family life, comes home one day to an unexpected scene. Unable to find her parents at home, the little girl learns that her father has been unjustly imprisoned and her mother has been taken to the hospital. Shocked by th ...

Darbe (1976)

The film tells the story of two old friends, Ahmet and Kemal, who work together to solve a murder. Ahmet, nicknamed "Baba," makes a living as an accountant. His son Ali, who works as a laborer at the same factory, is a union member. The factory manager pre ...

Delicesine (1976)

Sürgün (1976)

Yatak Hikayesi (1975)

Four for All (1975)

A group of men team up against a ruthless mob. ...

Köprü (1975)

The film tells the story of Ahmet's struggle to build a bridge in his village after losing his mother in the Euphrates River. Ahmet's mother drowns in the Euphrates River while being taken to give birth. Left orphaned, Ahmet is raised by Hasan, a ferryman ...

Pembe İncili Kaftan (1975)

Muhsin Çelebi, wearing the "pink pearl kaftan" he had purchased with his own fortune for the sake of his country, stood before the Safavid Shah Ismail as a proud diplomatic envoy and carried out the gesture he had proudly conceived to deliver the decree h ...

Uncle (1974)

The story of a university lecturer from a poor background, fighting injustice. ...

Ablam (1974)

Kısmet (1974)

A series of events unfolding around a wealthy man who pretends to be someone else in order to win the heart of a female singer. ...

Pir Sultan Abdal (1973)

The film tells the story of Pir Sultan Abdal, a famous folk poet in Turkey, who criticized some Ottoman governors, Hizir Pasha in particular and as a result was hung by him. ...

Cennetin Kapısı (1973)

The film tells the story of a farm owner and his romantic involvement with a woman. ...

Cemo (1972)

A father says that whoever wants to marry his daughter must first beat his daughter in a fight. ...

Elif ile Seydo (1972)

While he was just an ordinary imam, his sister was raped and murdered by bullies. Everything was destroyed, but later he became a skilled swordsman and made his enemies bleed. ...

Cevriye'nin Kızları (1972)

The Legend of Battal Gazi (1971)

Depiction of the life of the legendary Muslim Serdar of Malatya, Battal Gazi. ...

The Stepmother (1971)

Story of an old man who is in love with a young girl. ...

Gülüm, Dalım, Çiçeğim (1971)

Singer Saziye, who fell in love with Orhan, her university teacher, has not completely forgotten the young man, even though it has been years since she left Orhan. Saziye's path crosses with Orhan again. ...

New Yorklu Kız (1971)

Yalnız Değiliz (1971)

The film is about a group of people living in a boarding house. Murat, Mehtap, Turgut, and Kemal's paths cross at a boarding house in Istanbul. Everyone in this group, who live like a family, has a dream. Murat has given up his life of crime. Mehtap wants ...

The Profiteers (1971)

The story of two profiteers, Kont and Cessi, captures a valuable diamond causing the mafia go after them. ...

Sex of the Devil (1971)

After a relaxing anniversary cruise, Andrea and his wife Barbara are dropped off in Istanbul, Turkey. There, they meet Andrea's reserved assistant Silvia and his Turkish colleague Omar, who hasn't been back to his home country in fifteen years. Andrea's se ...

Afacan the Little Tramp (1971)

A vagabond pickpocket befriends an unfortunate kid from the slums, whose mother has been forced to work at a night club, and he tries hard to set up a brighter future for the kid by guiding him enjoy the life no matter what. ...

Şehzade Sinbad Kaf Dağında (1971)

Turkish adaptation of the tale of Sinbad the Sailor as "Prince Sinbad of the Mountains". ...

Hasret (1971)

You Can't Win 'Em All (1970)

During the 1922 Turkish Civil War, two Americans and a group of foreign mercenaries offer their services to a local Turkish governor who hires them as guards for a secret transport. ...

Yemen'de Bir Avuç Türk (1970)

Zalim (1970)

The film tells the story of conjoined twin brothers who want to avenge their father. The Byzantine governor makes a deal with the Russian tsar to avoid paying taxes to the Turks. Led by Zalim, the Russians attack the city of Amuryon. While the Russians are ...

İngiliz Kemal'in Oğlu (1968)

Captain Ayyıldız is an agent belonging to the Turkish National Security Agency. He constantly thwarts the actions of the enemy under Dr. Wong's command. For this reason, Wong plans to seize the secret projects of the weapon and kill Ayyıldız. To this e ...

The Agony of Black Battal (1968)

In Byzantine Empire, a man (hired to repair the caslte) is wrongly accused of killing a young girl and sentenced to death. ...

Kafkas Kartalı (1968)

Set during the Russian Empire's occupation of the Caucasus, the film follows the heroic struggle of the Caucasian Turks against Tsarist forces. The story centers on Sheikh Shamil, who leads the resistance, and the masked avenger known as the "Caucasian Eag ...

Silahları Ellerinde Öldüler (1967)

Babam Katil Değildi (1966)

The story of an innocent young man who escaped from prison to prove his innocence. ...

Nuh'un Gemisi (1966)

A genocide story that falters between a spoiled and rich girl and a poor girl. ...

Ölüm Tarlası (1966)

The film deals with the bleeding wound of smuggling in the Southeast. ...

Toprağın Kanı (1966)

The film addresses the conflicts and problems between machines and humans in an oil region. ...

Male and Female (1966)

Police officer Burhan arrests Recep, a member of a drug trafficking gang. Recep is released after a false witness contradicts Burhan's evidence, leading to Burhan's reassignment to a small village. There, he becomes romantically involved with Sevtap, a bel ...

Black Eyes (1965)

As Türkan watches Fikret's way back to Istanbul, she gets bitter news. ...

Başlık (1965)

Before the Thaw (1965)

After the 60 revolt, the two schizophrenics who had escaped from the mental hospital, who came from an anatolian township, lost their way from snow, explained how they managed the district governor and the gendarmerie and they managed to the township. ...

The Road That Has No End (1965)

The film follows the lives of those who immigrate to the city, leaving their families behind. Ahmet and his friends came to the city with great expectations, but soon confront the difficulties of adjusting to life there. After days of job hunting, they fin ...

Uzakta Kal Sevgilim (1965)

The film tells the relationship of a young man working at the shipyard and his girlfriend who gets pregnant. ...

Murad'ın Türküsü (1965)

Murat and Meliha are two young people who love each other. Murat is a poor villager who hunts for a living, while Meliha is the daughter of a landlord. Zülfikar Ağa knows about their relationship and strongly opposes it. The villagers also want Murat and ...

Affetmeyen Kadın (1964)

The Saga of Ali of Keshan (1964)

The film tells the story of a legendary folk hero from the outskirts of the city. Ali is imprisoned on charges of killing Ihsan, one of the troublemakers of Sineklidağ. During his time in prison, his name becomes legendary in Sineklidağ. When a general a ...

Atçalı Kel Mehmet (1964)

Bücür (1964)

Zehir hafiye (1964)

Turkish adventure crime movie. ...

Badem Şekeri (1963)

Young people who come together for revenge begin to be affected by each other. Young people resort to all sorts of ways to overcome their father's hostility. ...

As they should people (1963)

The young and beautiful Eleni leads a double life, as during the day she works as a nude model for a rich and famous painter, Mina, and at night as a luxury prostitute at the agency of Stamatis Velenopoulos, which is based in a villa in Paleo Psychiko and ...

The King of Mountains (1963)

Bolu Bey asks his groom Yusuf to find a unique horse for himself. However, Bolu Bey does not like the horse brought to him and to punish his groom, he causes his eyes to be blind. ...

Sokak Kızı (1962)

Hüdai Bey and Halit Bey sign a business agreement and start working together. For this reason, they need new warehouses and storage facilities. Hüdai Bey finds a poor neighborhood in Telsizler. He rents all the houses there and sends notices to the resid ...

The Love Race (1962)

Two young people fall in love with the same woman. ...

Ölüme Yalnız Gidilir (1962)

Needing money, Kudret gets involved in a robbery with his friends. According to the agreement he made with them, whoever gets caught will take the blame. He'll collect his share after he's released from prison. After the robbery, only Kudret and his close ...

Camp der Verdammten (1962)

Revenge of the Snakes (1962)

The film follows the life of a poor, old woman defying the hierarchy in the village. Irazca is an old woman who lives with her son Kara Bayram, her daughter-in-law Hatice, and three grandchildren. The headman of the village sells a lot from the common land ...

Yumurcak Faka Basmaz (1962)

Battı Balık (1962)

There's Still Room in Hell (1961)

American Dexter travels to Turkey on behalf of a US client in order to put an end to the drug gang leader Ismail. Dexter brings the beautiful blonde Janet as an erotic bait. Ismail shows great interest in Janet, but Dexter suspects he has been double cross ...

Remember, Darling (1961)

The story of two lovers who had to leave their ways as a result of the painful events they experienced. ...

Zümrüt (1959)

Dokuz Dağın Efesi: Çakıcı Geliyor (1958)

The film traces the life of Çakırcalı Mehmet Efe, a Zeybek (active as an outlaw in the region enclosing İzmir, Aydın, Denizli, Muğla and Antalya in modern western Turkey, from 1893 to 1910) whose father, Çakırcalı Koca Ahmet Efe was murdered by an ...

Three Friends (1958)

Three men live in an abandoned building and try to eke out a living by pooling their meagre resources. They come upon a lonely blind girl one night, befriend her, and take her in as their guest, pretending they are rich. They learn that 800 lira will cure ...

Lejyon Dönüşü (1957)

The story of a doctor who loses his memory in Africa, returns to Istanbul, and falls in love again with his ex-girlfriend, whom he married. ...

The Bride's Murat (1957)

The love of Doctor Murat and Menekse in a village. ...

White Gold (1957)

A man died during the search for the hidden treasure. Upon hearing this news, people left the village in search for gold and all the luxury that came with it. ...

Ölüm Deresi (1956)

White Handkerchief (1955)

This film tells the story of who are young people fall in love each other in enemies two villages. There is hostility between Ören village and Alaca village. Even so, no one knows what is problems between two villages. Hasan is from Alaca village, he lov ...

Battal Gazi Geliyor (1955)

A 1955 Adventure/epic film following the legend of Battal Gazi, a man from Malatia who really lived and fought the Byzantines. ...

Cingöz Recai: White Hell (1954)

The film follows the adventures of a gentleman thief, named Cingöz Recai (Turan Seyfioğlu). With the help of his fiance Jale (Neriman Köksal), he steals from the rich. ...

Sarı Zeybek (1953)

Sarı Zeybek is a 1953 biopic film written and directed by Münir Hayri Egeli. The film specifically showed the last 300 days of Mustafa Kemal's life and portrayed his ordinary human characteristics rather than his military prowess or political talents. ...

Married or Single (1951)

Married or Single? is a 1951 Turkish comedy film written and directed by Muhsin Ertuğrul. ...

Sürgün (1976)

Cennetin Kapısı (1973)

The film tells the story of a farm owner and his romantic involvement with a woman. ...