Yasemin Alkaya

Sidewalk Sisters (2008)

Elif and her sisters Funda and Aysun have spent much of their adult life coming to terms with a traumatic childhood in which their parents were killed during a bus accident that left the siblings terrified but physically unhurt. In time Funda and Aysun bec ...

Vizontele (2001)

The story takes place in the small town of Hakkari in Turkey at the beginning of the '70s. The time has come to bring technology to that small town. The first Television (called Visiontele by the citizens) arrives and the chaos begins. ...

Muhallebicinin Oğlu (2000)

Roofless Women (1999)

The story of the intersecting lives and friendships of two women who are completely unlike each other. ...

Wax-Scented Women (1996)

The movie is about the troubles of a group of people living in the same neighborhood. Ihsan has turned in upon himself by the death of his lover and he is waiting for the day when he will die in the mansion where he lives. Fatma sometimes goes to help Ihsa ...

Babam Askerde (1995)

The story of three children whose parents are arrested during the coup... ...

Kurt Kanunu (1992)

1926, Turkey. Anatolia is undergoing a difficult and harsh process marked by turmoil and uncertainty. Alongside the decisive and conscious directives to establish the new infrastructure of the new Turkey, there are also examples of resistance that cause an ...

Denize Hançer Düştü (1992)

The story of two female theater actors, Deniz and İpek. The events that take place during the rehearsals and staging of Jean Genet's play "The Balcony" are intertwined with love, indifference, passion, sexuality, and the lust for power, just like in the p ...

Küçük Balıklar Üzerine Bir Masal (1990)

Feryal and her husband Sinan have one rule in their relationship. They can have any relationship they want, but they must be honest about it. In a way, this is much more difficult than simply being faithful in marriage. ...

Don't Let Them Shoot the Kite (1989)

Sent to prison along with his mother after her drug conviction, a young boy develops a warm, tender relationship with a political prisoner. ...

The Woman Has No Name (1988)

Işık visits a friend's summer home to spend some time alone after growing up under the strain of her surroundings and family. Here, she reflects on her prior issues and the challenges she has encountered as a woman. ...

Iron Earth, Copper Sky (1987)

In this deeply symbolic and visually lush film, as far as Tashbash is concerned, he's just a malcontent, a fairly ordinary hell-raiser who has gotten into trouble with the law in the past. Sure, he hates the village headman who is a toady to the region's o ...

How to Save Asiye (1986)

After receiving a letter from a woman named Asiye asking for help to save her, the President of the Associations Against Prostitution visits the brothel to save Asiye. However, she finds herself in a strange musical show. ...

Sidewalk Sisters (2008)

Elif and her sisters Funda and Aysun have spent much of their adult life coming to terms with a traumatic childhood in which their parents were killed during a bus accident that left the siblings terrified but physically unhurt. In time Funda and Aysun bec ...