While our agenda is elections and politics, shedding light on different periods of our country; We have compiled some movies that will make you feel both our social problems and the political climate.
Describing the biggest problems of society in Turkish cinema in a unique language, shedding light on the political climate of the period Brave movies were made. Some remained banned for years; some of them have created controversy since the first day they were published.
When we look back now, we see that all of these films are still valid today. Economy, migration, corruption, marginalization When you watch these movies, which touch on the basic problems of society, you will see some scenes from your own life in many scenes.
Films About Turkey’s Political History
‘We are wasted people’: Beyond the Nights (1960)
- Director: Metin Erksan
- Players: Erol Tas, Kadir Defense, Suphi Kaner, Oktar Durukan
- IMDb score: 7.7
“Beyond the Nights”, the film written and directed by Metin Erksan, one of the unforgettable directors of Turkish cinema, of six young men, each with different dreams and lives. it centers around their lack of money and their involvement in crime by forming a gang to ‘fix’ their living conditions that have hit rock bottom. This story is a critique of the conditions of the period and the source of social and cultural corruption.
”I am not money, you will be cold on a summer day”: Hope (1970)
- Director: Yilmaz Guney
- Players: Yilmaz Guney, Tuncel Kurtiz, Gulsen Alniaccik
- IMDb score: 8.0
Going down in history as the first realistic film of Turkish cinema; Despite this ban, it was screened at the 1970 Adana Golden Boll Film Festival.‘Best Movie’ And ‘Best Director’ Umut, who received many awards, including one, tells the story of Cabbar, who lost his ‘bread vat’ after his horse was hit by a car and decided to become a treasure hunter, thinking that there was no way to earn money ‘honourably’.
While the film paints the political and social portrait of the period, even when we watch it today. maintain its validity It tells us a lot…
”Is it a shame to work?”: Bride (1973)
- Director: HE. Lütfi Akad
- Players: Hülya Koçyiğit, Kerem Yılmazer, Ali Şen
- IMDb score: 7.7
Although it seems to focus on the issue of migration from the village to the city, the family structure, the place of women in the family and women’s economic freedom by working Bride, which deals with topics such as the bride, is the first film of Lütfi Akad’s trilogy, which continues with the films Wedding and Diet.
In the film, the struggle of a family who migrated from Yozgat to Istanbul combines with the anger of a mother who lost her child, and ‘traditional, the woman is at home’ We are watching the collapse of the family structure.
“It’s been 30 years since my military service ended, we still don’t have underpants”: The Wall (1983)
- Director: Yilmaz Gunay
- Players: Tuncel Kurtiz, Ümit Kandemir, Nicolas Hossein
- IMDb score: 8
Yılmaz Güney’s movie The Wall is a shocking production that tells about a real event. In Ankara Closed Prison in the 70s about the rebellion that started in the children’s ward The production also tells about Turkey’s oppressive regime, tortures and traces of social collapse.
“If you two gave one vote, where did my vote go?”: Zuğurt Ağa (1985)
- Director: Nesli Çölgeçen
- Players: Sener Sen, Erdal Ozyagcilar, Nilgun Nazli
- IMDb score: 8.7
You may have seen the above scene on social media lately. Zuğurt Ağa, starring Şener Şen in the lead role, is a successful production that deals with the collapse of the traces of feudalism in Turkey and humorously criticizes the authority of the ‘ağalık’ and migration from the village to the city.
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“You’ll see, one day I’ll turn into a kite”: Let them not shoot the kite (1989)
- Director: Tunc Basaran
- Players: Ozan Bilen, Nur Sürer, Füsun Demirel
- IMDb score: 8.3
While his mother was sent to prison, he suddenly found himself with her. Peace found between four wallsHere he begins to live a tragic life with prisoners imprisoned for different crimes. Peace is the joy of their lives for these women, each of whose stories are more painful than the other. Barış’s best friend is a young woman named İnci.
Through the story of İnci and Barış, the period was filled with coups, corruption and tension. the production, which also describes its political climate; It questions concepts such as freedom and peace within its own framework.
“We gave you a house, a job, a meal, a place to sleep. You are still rebelling!”: Taqwa (2006)
- Director: Ozer Kiziltan
- Players: Erkan Can, Meray Ulgen, Guven Kirac
- IMDb score: 7.4
Muharrem, who lives on his own, isolated from the outside world, becomes a part of a sect and is appointed by the sheikh of the sect for an important job. However, this task throws him out of his solitary life into the middle of the modern world. This brings about an unstoppable transformation.
”I don’t know…I’m whatever you say…”: Homecoming (2006)
- Director: Omer Ugur
- Players: Memet Ali Allabora, Altan Erkekli, Sibel Kekili
- IMDb score: 7.4
Although they live in a time when the political tension is at its peak in Turkey, they have no ties to politics; Mustafa and Esma, who live a happy life with their little daughter on their own, wake up one morning and there are soldiers in the streets; has been a blow. This situation, which radically changes everyone’s life, brings with it more devastating events and Mustafa suddenly finds himself in custody, being tortured…
”There was a revolution, didn’t you hear? -We know, we know. We also came for the good.”: Let It Be the Last (2012)
- Director: Orçun Benli
- Players: Mustafa Uzunyılmaz, Engin Altan Düzyatan, Hazal Kaya
- IMDb score: 5.9
Describing the 80’s coup and the conditions of the period with a humorous language, Bu Son Olsun is the story of a group of people living on the streets. for not complying with the curfew on the morning of the coup tells what happened after he was arrested and suddenly found himself together with political prisoners. Behind this humorous story, the film also criticizes the losses of the period and the persecution.
“You played with me like a cat plays with a mouse, shame on me!”: Blockade (2015)
- Director: Emin Alper
- Players: Mehmet Ozgur, Berkay Ates, Tulin Ozen
- IMDb score: 7.2
Kadir, who was released on parole after serving 20 years in prison, is in political turmoil. To act as a scavenger in the suburbs of Istanbul. and begins to share information by searching the garbage for bomb-making materials. While dealing with this job, he finds his brother Ahmet. However, the fact that Ahmet enters his life will confuse Kadir.
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