Scriptwriter of the movie Ayla Wins the Case Against the Producer

The movie Ayla, which was released in 2017 and achieved great success both in our country and internationally, also hosted a discussion. Yiğit Güralp, the project owner and screenwriter of the film, claimed that he had made all the success his own and did not include his name in the tag of the film. He filed a lawsuit against Mustafa Uslu.

According to the news of Hürriyet, the case ended today. Yiğit Güralp vs. Mustafa Uslu, who is also the producer of Müslüm and Pocket Hercules: Naim Süleymanoğlu movies won his case. It was decided that Uslu should pay compensation to Güralp.

Mustafa Uslu will pay Yiğit Güralp 100 thousand TL compensation:

According to the shared details, the court decided that Mustafa Uslu was going to Yiğit Güralp. 75 thousand TL additional royalties and 25 thousand TL non-pecuniary damages. ruled.

Yiğit Güralp was Ayla’s original idea, but her name was not even mentioned in the initial materials of the film:

Yiğit Güralp came up with the idea for the movie Ayla after watching the documentary ‘My Korean Girl Ayla’ he watched in South Korea. According to what was presented to the court, Güralp also worked intensively for the film for 5 years.

However, some of Güralp’s acquaintances watched the short film he prepared. without permission from Güralp He made Mustafa Uslu watch it. Uslu called Güralp and said that he aspires to the project as a producer. However, Güralp’s name was not included in the tagline of the film and Uslu’s name was brought to the fore.

Although Yiğit Güralp’s name started to appear on new posters and on the tagline at the end of the movie, it was not present in its original form. Moreover, Güralp, in his statement to the Aykırı Academy in 2017, even claimed that the film that was shot was not watched by him.