Yılmaz Güney

During the 1982 Cannes Film Festival, Wim Wenders asked a number of global film directors to, one at a time, go into a hotel room, turn on the camera, and answer a simple question: "What is the future of cinema?"

Director Hüseyin Tabak explores the legacy of Yilmaz Güney — political dissident, convicted murderer, and visionary Kurdish filmmaker — who directed the 1982 Palme d'Or–winning Yol from inside prison and died in exile just two years later.

The film tells the story of a man trying to find his wife's killer. Returning from a business trip, Yılmaz finds his wife Gülsüm dead. The police then arrive and arrest Yılmaz. At the trial, two neighbors falsely testify against Yılmaz, accusing him of the crime. To avoid being arrested, Yılmaz pretends to be insane. This allows him to avoid going to prison. However, he is admitted to the hospital. Yılmaz will escape from the hospital and attempt to find the killer.

After betraying his social class, denying his peasant roots and fleeing his native village, Ahmed has become a successful businessman and has found a place in the sun among the bourgeoisie. Azem, his childhood friend, has followed a quite different way. refusing the rat race, he has remained close to people of humble origin. Politically committed, he aspires to be useful to his country and more particularly to the forsaken rural world. The two former friends meet again. Due to the influence of Azem, Ahmed gradually becomes aware that his life is a failure.

The story of Halil, who, after his father’s murder, was supposed to take on the blood feud but instead chose to avoid it by wandering the mountains, only to be forced to take up arms as a result of unavoidable events.

An old mafia leader tries to quit his old bloody past after getting out of jail but his rivals don't let him realize his plan. Asim Mavzer, played by Yilmaz Guney has to take the revenge for his daughter.

A kind-hearted local tough, haunted by his reputation, struggles to reconcile his violent past with his desire to protect the vulnerable in his community.

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After losing one of his horses in an accident, an illiterate horse cab driver sets out into the desert in a quest for a mythical lost treasure.

Osman kidnaps Elif with a focus on his goal, but things will not go as expected. A naive and sensitive bond will be formed between this extremely cute and innocent girl and Osman.

Pire Nuri has just been released from prison. However, as soon as he gets out, he gets involved in illegal activities again and ends up at the police station. But he somehow escapes punishment. Meanwhile, Hacıhüsrevli Melahat, a notorious pickpocket, comes to the neighborhood where Pire Nuri lives. Hearing this, Pire Nuri goes after Melahat to attract her to his side. However, this time, things don't go as planned. (Ayşe Pay)

Having spent ten years of his life in prisons, Güney escaped from Isparta Semi-Open Prison in 1981 and went to Paris, where he would spend the last years of his life. The recognition Güney received as a filmmaker in France brought him the Palme D'or at the 1982 Cannes Film Festival for his film "The Road." The documentary builds a bridge between France and Turkey through Yılmaz Güney, tracing his footsteps in Paris, the filming process of "The Wall," the lives he influenced through his political struggle and cinema, and the stories of those who were forced to leave their country after September 12th, who came to France as immigrants, his friends and colleagues, and the life stories of exiled people whose paths somehow intersected with his during this journey.

Aslan Bey infiltrates the headquarters disguised as a Russian lieutenant.

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A documentary detailing the extraordinary life and career of Turkish actor and director Yilmaz Güney, who wrote many of his films from prison and broke out of jail to edit "Yol". The film includes the last interview Guney did before his death.

In Deliviran, a village near Urfa close to the Syrian border, Hidir’s chief is involved in smuggling and gets shot. Hidir tries to stay out of illegal activities but circumstances contrive to push him in the opposite direction until he accepts to take a herd of sheep across the border.

The semi-melodramatic story of three poor friends who met in prison where have been sent to on various offenses. These three friends do not want to get out when they are released. What are Abuzer, Haci and Arap going to do when they will be out? They have no one, no jobs... Apart from Haci and Arap, everything will be the same for Abuzer, who doesn't know where to go. He will still be alone, starving on the streets of the big city.

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A man who has been wanted by the police for a long time disguises himself as a stowaway and hides on a passenger ship. The owner of the passenger ship, where he hides in a cabin, is the spoiled daughter of a wealthy family who has been abandoned by her fiancé. The girl meets the young man hiding on the ship and takes a liking to him. When they arrive in Istanbul, she introduces the young man she has been with throughout the journey to her family. The wealthy family hosts parties at their home for their friends. The girl's boyfriend also attends these parties. However, the man, who is not accustomed to such society parties, cannot seem to fit in.

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Ali grew up as an orphan in a village in Kapadokia and became one of Haceli´s henchmen who is the village´s mafia boss. On his orders Ali killed the young Avanos’ son Yasin and went to prison for 15 years. The film starts with Ali being released and returning to the village…

The film tells the story of a gang leader who helps in the national struggle. Paşa receives gold from foreign powers in order to neutralize the National Forces. Meanwhile, Captain Murat, gang leader Kuduz Recep, and his men raid Paşa's house. They seize all the gold and set off for Ankara. Kuduz Recep says he cannot continue on the journey because he was wounded in the raid. He takes the gold and flees with his men. Captain Murat pursues Kuduz Recep and his men. Hamza, one of Recep's men, takes advantage of Recep's injury, ties him up, and throws him into the river. He hides the gold and takes over as the leader of the gang. Captain Murat finds Recep in the river and they begin searching for Hamza together. Captain Murat is killed during a clash with Hamza's men. Meanwhile, Recep finds Hamza and takes the gold. He will then set off to transport the gold to Ankara.

It tells the story of how Murat's life changed when he was caught committing a robbery. While searching for a way out of his poverty, Murat gets involved in Yusuf and Sabri's robbery plans. They promise not to betray each other if they get caught. Murat is caught at the last moment. He takes all the blame and is sentenced to twenty years in prison. Yusuf and Sabri break their promise and do not visit Murat in prison. Murat spends years waiting for the day he will be released. During this time, Yusuf and Sabri invest the money they earned and become wealthy. When Murat is released, he demands a share not only of the money from the robbery but of everything they own. When Yusuf and Sabri refuse, a bitter struggle ensues between them.

A fatherless child and his mother struggle to make ends meet meanwhile the fatherless child is not aware that the strange he has met is actually his father who abandoned him and his mother years ago.

The film deals with the hardships of village life, telling of the cruelty of the village chief towards the villagers. Despite these hardships, it tells of the struggle of the young man nicknamed Yabancı (The Stranger).

The daughter of the lord of the village and a poor herdsman cannot get married for traditional reasons, but the village elders find a way out of this dilemma: if the herdsman manages to make his thirsty sheep cross the river without drinking from the water then the marriage will be allowed.

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Arif is a young man who lives with his family in Balat. He supports his family by working as his father's horse carriage driver. Gülşen, the long-time girlfriend of Arif, who is studying at medical school, waits for the day when school ends and they get married. However, Arif falls in love with Çiğdem, the daughter of a rich family, whom he met at school. Caught between two different lives, Arif is forced to make a choice.

Memed is a fugitive with a sole purpose to find and execute bandits in the mountains to avenge the death of his wife. One day he saves a woman from the hands of bandits…

The film tells the story of how Suphi brings together the people around him in the imaginary world he has created. Suphi's girlfriend İffet dies in an accident. Feeling responsible for the accident, Suphi loses his sanity. He begins to construct a story in his mind. In the story, İffet is first killed. The autopsy reveals that İffet was killed using one of the methods that leave no trace. His brother-in-law, Professor İsmail Sami, directs suspicion toward Suphi. Suphi begins to uncover the truth behind the events with the help of Meryem, İsmail Sami's assistant. However, as Suphi himself begins to doubt the truth, the events take a complicated turn.

A photographer who is a well known criminal gets his hands full when an old flame reporter starts throwing him in the headlines.

Yilmaz is released from prison, while trying to talk to the girl he loves, on the other hand, he embarks on a tough struggle against the order established by a landowner.

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The film is about two gangsters facing each other. Yalçın is the most notorious gangster in the city. He plans to leave the city with Figen and give up gangsterism. Ali Duran, on the other hand, is a gangster whose reputation has spread throughout the country. As a result of his nine-year prison sentence, he has been exiled to the city for six months. Rumors that spread upon the news of Ali Duran's arrival provoke Yalçın against him. Ali Duran is waiting for the day he will reunite with his mother, whom he has longed for over the years, and remains silent about the actions taken against him. However, someone is doing everything in their power to pit the two gangsters against each other.

A whole gang of racketeers in Istanbul share their interests in the next amnesty proclamation, for Osman (Yilmaz Güney), lying in prison for murder, belongs to those who are expected to benefit from this amnesty law...

Belma is a beautiful and charming woman who makes everyone's head spin. All the men in the village are in love with her.

The story of a journalist and a prostitution ring that leads young girls astray. Faruk, who is married to the daughter of a media mogul and has one child, also works as a writer for the newspaper. His research topic is a gang involved in trafficking women. Coincidentally, Gülsen's sister has gone missing.

The film tells the story of a man who falls in love with a woman he kidnapped for someone else. Sadık Ağa wants Rasim Ağa's daughter Zeynep. However, Rasim Ağa refuses to give him his daughter. Sadık Ağa, who wants to have Zeynep, finds a solution in kidnapping her. He asks Banuş, a notorious horse thief in the area, to kidnap the girl. Banuş kidnaps Zeynep in exchange for a sum of money and hands her over to Sadık Ağa. Sadık Ağa immediately begins wedding preparations. Meanwhile, Banuş regrets what he has done. He raids Sadık Ağa's estate, takes Zeynep, and returns her to her father. After these events, Banuş and Zeynep will fall in love with each other.

A mockumentary about Turkey-based Kurdish film director, scenarist, novelist, and actor Yilmaz Güney, shot three years after the filmmaker's death. It's also a political portrait of 20th century Turkey.

The story of a young man who, influenced by a movie he watched, aspires to become a cowboy.

Coban and his four comrades are smugglers who live in the bleak, inaccesable mountains. They are hard, pitiless men like the county they live in, whose daily commerce is in greed, danger, betrayal and murder.

The heroic epic of Turkish youth against Greek gangs in Cyprus.

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In this rural revenge drama, Güney plays Seyyit Han, a poor man in love with a woman from his Anatolian village who returns his affection. Seyyit Han postpones their marriage so that he can make his fortune elsewhere and return to the village to claim his "bride of the earth." During his prolonged absence, a rich landowner begins to woo the lonely woman, and her brother, intent upon making this propitious wedding happen, spreads the rumor that Seyyit Han has died.

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Mustafa, known by the nickname "Ipsiz," is a drunkard and a wine lover. He spends the 3-5 kuruş he earns in taverns and is despised by everyone around him. Mustafa lives a poor life, sleeping on the beach at night, while completely different lives are being lived right next to him. A wealthy businessman wants to buy a plot of land near Mustafa's neighborhood to build large houses, but the landowner refuses to sell. The businessman, who has decided to kill the landowner, assigns one of his men to carry out the task. One day, this man comes to the tavern where Mustafa drinks every night and, upon seeing him, sets out to train him as a hired killer.

"Baba" is a bitter melodrama set in Istanbul. A father is not able to earn enough money to feed his family. He is waiting to emigrate to Germany. When his landlord's son kills a man while drunk, the father is prepared to answer for the deed himself, provided that the landlord supports his wife and children. As there is little difference for the father between ten years in prison or ten years in a foreign country, he regards this to be the best solution.

During the dark days of the war of independence, Kemal (Ali Ekdal) sneaks his way to deliver the secret letter to Ankara.

The film tells the story of a young man who starts working for a wealthy family. Osman works for a gardener. He begins working at the mansion of a wealthy family who has moved into their neighborhood. The young man quickly becomes the darling of society parties. However, the truths he learns about the family will also reveal secrets about Osman's past.

The story of a detective trying to solve the mafia showdown.

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Hüseyin's father, who is a member of the Kozanoglu tribe, dies when he does not pay the fee requested by the Bey. Upon this situation, Hüseyin takes an oath to avenge.

The Magnificent Seven, Turksploitation style.

A notorious bandit known as İnce Memed falls in love with club singer Sabah, but when he travels to Istanbul to propose, criminals mistakenly murder her instead, prompting revenge.

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Bino is a contract killer. The owners of a dance hall hires Bino to kill Hayati Hamzaoglu, who collects tribute from their business. Bino is paid by the weight of his victims.

The story follows Zaza Seyhmus, whose life is upended when his father is murdered. Driven by the need for revenge, he ventures into Istanbul’s murky underbelly, where danger lurks at every turn and allegiances shift unpredictably. His relentless pursuit of retribution cuts through a city riddled with corruption and hardship, marking each step as both a struggle and a testament to survival.

Gangsters and lovers Black Child (Guney) and Blue Child (Girik) decide to live a quiet and simple life away from crime. But their enemies and police are still suspicious about them. While police are waiting for their mistake, their enemies are determined to give them two choices: work for us or die!

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Raised on the mountain like a son, Alicik's path intersects with pure and clean mayfly. The love between the two becomes a challenge to life.

The story of two profiteers, Kont and Cessi, captures a valuable diamond causing the mafia go after them.

The film is about a cop who switches places with a criminal who robbed a bank. Yılmaz Ali stole a bunch of gold from the bank. He left the gold with his wife Türkan and went abroad. He is attacked by a gang who are after the gold. While in the hospital, he calls for Metin, a police officer who looks exactly like him. He tells Metin that he left the gold with his wife and asks him to take revenge on the gang. Metin returns to Istanbul using Yılmaz Ali's identity. Metin will try to find the gold and take down the gang.

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The film tells the story of Yusuf and Gül, who are planning to get married, and their lives that are turned upside down. Yusuf is a worker at an iron factory. He plans to marry Gül with the money he is owed by the factory. However, his personal accounts do not match those of the factory. To verify the accounts, he obtains the ledger and discovers the corruption taking place. Now both Yusuf and Gül become targets of the factory owners, Remzi and Şevket.

Zeliş and Cemal are neighbors. The two young people, who are in love with each other, dream of getting married. However, Zeliş's father, Recep, plans to marry her off to Bekir, one of the wealthy men in the village. Upon learning that Zeliş is in love with someone else, Bekir decides to kidnap her with the help of Fehmi. Zeliş and Cemal, who happen to find out about this plan, decide to run away. However, Bekir and Recep will not give up on the two young people.

The film is about two friends trying to take down a crime gang. Metin, who was recently suspended from his job as a police officer, is making a living doing other jobs. He befriends Münir, a police detective who has recently moved to the same neighborhood. Münir is currently investigating a criminal gang that the police have been tracking. He offers Metin the opportunity to work together. At first, Metin is reluctant to get involved. However, he eventually decides to do everything in his power to help Münir dismantle the gang.

A romance between Firat and Çigdem.

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During a day of deer hunting, Karaca Ali Aga (Talat Gözbak) finds a girl wandering around, and immediately falls in love with her. Some time later, when Aga goes back to marry her, he instructs his men to eliminate the obstacle, namely Halil (Yilmaz Güney)...

The film tells the story of Kara Şahin, a brave hero who fights against injustice and also searches for love.

A man who earns his living as a driver is forced to become a hired killer as a result of unexpected events that befall him. And his struggle to escape this situation.

One year after director Yilmaz Guney escaped from a Turkish prison, he started shooting his film the Wall on the injustices of the military regime in Turkey and at the same time, director Patrick Blossier began shooting this documentary on the techniques used by Guney to elicit the best performances from his actors. Guney himself comes across as often angry and impatient; he slaps a young actor so as to make him cry for a scene and shows about as much warmth as December in Moscow. Unfortunately, none of this contributes to garnering sympathy for his anti-military cause.

Duygu Sagiroglu, known as an art director, depicts the class conflict and exposes the injustice and contradictions of the modern Turkish life. Yilmaz Güney confirms his acting qualities with a pathetic composition.

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During a robbery, Yılmaz is caught by the police. He hides the stolen money for later and flees to a village, wounded. He falls in love with Selma, who takes care of him. They live a quiet life until Yılmaz returns to Istanbul.

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Yılmaz and a friend go to a bar called Maça Kızı. Yılmaz meets a girl there. The girl's mysterious demeanor suggests that she knows something. After a while, the two friends start following her. The girl enters a heroin factory. The man who manufactures heroin is the girl's father. When they decide to raid the secret network uncovered through their surveillance, Yılmaz is trapped and captured. While the smugglers are taking Yılmaz to the marble cutting machines, his friends notice the situation and rescue him. The heroin smugglers set another trap to kill Yılmaz. But Yılmaz escapes this trap as well, and in the ensuing gunfight, the girl's father is killed, but the smugglers are also captured.

The film depicts Kudret's struggle against Ali Bey and his men, as he refuses to leave his neighborhood. Ali Bey, who has made a deal with the Americans, wants to build a factory in the Eşrefpaşa neighborhood. To do so, he must first evict the neighborhood's residents. Ali Bey recruits Hasan, the neighborhood's tough guy, to help him achieve his goal. Kudret, who refuses to leave the neighborhood, organizes the people against Ali Bey. However, Ali Bey lures Kudret's inner circle to his side with various promises. Left to fight alone, Kudret will face his friends one last time.

The story of an undercover cop living with his son.

Kerim Şamil, the head of a notorious executioner syndicate, finds himself in a deadly confrontation when his own organization turns against him.

A wealthy businessman places an advertisement in the newspaper to marry off his college student daughter. The intriguing marriage ad catches the attention of a gangster gang hostile to the girl's father. The gangsters, posing as a wealthy businessman, demand the girl from her father. After some time, the young man marries the girl. The young vagabond, whom the gangsters used as bait for the wealthy father, is actually a kind-hearted person. After taking the girl, whom he was forced to marry under the gang's pressure, to the hotel, he leaves her there and flees. The girl is left as a hostage at the hotel. On the wedding night, she hands over the diamonds and pearls her husband gave her as a gift to the hotel owner in exchange for her debt. However, all the jewels are fake. The girl's father is informed by phone.

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The story of the murderer nicknamed Doctor who escaped from prison.

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A documentary that explore the films and eventful life of the Kurdish director, actor, writer and revolutionary Yilmaz Güney, who achieved international fame by films like Yol (Palm d'Or, 1982) and Sürü (Golden Leopard, 1978). Güney was at constant odds with the Turkish government over the portrayal of Kurdish culture, people and language in his movie.

Yadigar goes to Istanbul from the village to make money. Becomes a famous bully in four years.

Murat and Zeynep are deeply in love, but there is a major obstacle standing in the way of their love. The two lovers have been defeated by a blood feud and are unable to be together.