Islamic Art varies substantially from Western Art due primarily to restrictions in the Koran on depicting the human form. Rather than being representational...

1960   Susuz yaz (Dry Summer) (Turkey (Turkish), 1967, 90 mins.) Director: Metin Erksan and David E. Durston Cast: Ulvi Dogan,...

1897 Sigmund Weinberg (Romanian) hosts the first public screening of a film in Beyoglu, Istanbul. 1914 First film made by...

Cinema speaks out within each country’s culture even if it is perceived to be an international language. All remarkable movements...

The museum, which was created in 2001 as part of Turvak, founded by the 50-year veteran producer-director of Turkish cinema...

Beginning in 1908, cinema halls began to be opened by  foreigners and individuals from the minorities living mainly in  İstanbul....

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...

Modern era films Anlat İstanbul Beş Vakit Bornova Bornova Eşkıya Film Gemide Gönül Yarası Head-On İki Genç Kız İklimler Kader...

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...

Overview In terms of film production, Turkey shared the same fate with many of the national cinemas of the 20th...