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Ottoman Miniature or Turkish miniature was an art form in the Ottoman Empire, which can be linked to the Persian miniature tradition, as well as strong Chinese artistic influences. It was a part of the Ottoman...

Islamic Art varies substantially from Western Art due primarily to restrictions in the Koran on depicting the human form. Rather than being representational of the profane world, the perfection of Ottoman art lies in...

1960   Susuz yaz (Dry Summer) (Turkey (Turkish), 1967, 90 mins.) Director: Metin Erksan and David E. Durston Cast: Ulvi Dogan, Erol Tas, Hülya Kocyigit THEMES:   1970   Umut (Hope)*...

1897 Sigmund Weinberg (Romanian) hosts the first public screening of a film in Beyoglu, Istanbul. 1914 First film made by a Turk in Turkey. 1922 Kemal Film (Seded Brothers)...

Cinema speaks out within each country’s culture even if it is perceived to be an international language. All remarkable movements in the film industry in Turkey were affected by...

The museum, which was created in 2001 as part of Turvak, founded by the 50-year veteran producer-director of Turkish cinema Turker Inanoglu, greets visitors with a cinematic presentation on...

Beginning in 1908, cinema halls began to be opened by  foreigners and individuals from the minorities living mainly in  İstanbul. But in March 1914, two Turks, Cevat Boyer and...

Cult films 3 Dev Adam Ayşecik series Dünyayı Kurtaran Adam ("Turkish Star Wars") Kilink: Soy ve Öldür Malkoçoğlu series Nuri Alço movies Tarkan series Turist Ömer series Yıkılmayan Adam

Modern era films Anlat İstanbul Beş Vakit Bornova Bornova Eşkıya Film Gemide Gönül Yarası Head-On İki Genç Kız İklimler Kader Kasaba Masumiyet Mayıs Sıkıntısı Mustafa Hakkında Her Şey Sıfır...

Yesilçam ("Green pine") is a metonym for the Turkish film industry, similar to Hollywood in the United States, and Pinewood in the United Kingdom. Yeşilçam is named after Yeşilçam Street in theBeyoğlu district of Istanbul where many actors, directors, crew members...