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Ağır Roman (film)
''Cholera Street'' (Original Turkish title: ''Ağır Roman'', literally meaning "Heavy Romani") is a 1997 Turkish film directed by Mustafa Altıoklar, adapted from Metin Kaçan's best selling novel '' Ağır Roman''. Plot The film is set in a rundown, crime ridden neighborhood of Istanbul dubbed "Cholera Street" (Kolera Sokağı). Salih is a mechanic and son of a respected barber Ali. A woman Tina arrives at Cholera street where she takes up residence and works as a prostitute. Deniz is a gangster who gives himself the nickname "Reiss" ("Chief"), tries to take control of the neighbourhood through intimidation. After Reiss takes over a horse stable and causes the suicide of the owner, Arap Sado (a close friend of Salih) challenges Reiss to a knife duel and after defeating him, demands that he leave the neighborhood. One night, a prostitute is murdered with her genitals cut out, and this causes fears of a serial killer on the loose called the "Kolera Canavarı" ("Cholera Monster"). ...
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Mustafa Altıoklar
Mustafa Altıoklar (born 1958) is a Turkish film director, producer and screenwriter. He is the chairman of the Turkish Film Directors Association and is fluent in English. Although he graduated from the medical faculty of Istanbul University and specialised in physiotherapy, he decided to pursue a career as a director, especially after the success of his short film ''The Scar''. Filmography *1988 - ''Lapsus'' *1988 - '' Ayak Sesleri'' (''Tramping of Feet'') *1992 - '' Denize Hançer Düştü'' (''A Dagger Fell Into The Water'') *1996 - '' İstanbul Kanatlarımın Altında'' (''Istanbul Beneath My Wings'') *1997 - '' Ağır Roman'' (''Cholera Street'') *1997 - '' Öldürme üzerine küçük bir film'' (''A Short Movie on Murder'') *1999 - ''Asansör Asansör ( Turkish for "elevator", derived from the French word ''ascenseur'') is a historical building in İzmir's Karataş quarter, within the boundaries of the metropolitan district of Konak. It was built in 1907 as a work of publ ...
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Sevda Ferdağ
Sevda is a Turkish given name. Notable people with the name include: *Sevda Alakbarzadeh (born 1977), Azerbaijani singer *Sevda Altunoluk (born 1994), Turkish goalball player * Sevda Alizadeh (born 1987), Iranian-Dutch singer *Sevda Dalgıç (born 1984), Turkish film and stage actress *Sevda Kılınç Çırakoğlu, Turkish para-athlete * Sevda Shishmanova, Bulgarian journalist and reporter *Sevda Sevan Sevda Sevan ( hy, Սևդա Սևան; November 6, 1945 – May 16, 2009) was a prominent Armenian-Bulgarian writer, the Ambassador of Armenia in Bulgaria from 1994 to 2005. Sevda Sevan was the third wife of Bulgarian writer and editor Varban Stamat ... (1945–2009), Armenian-Bulgarian writer and diplomat {{given name Turkish given names ...
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1990s Turkish-language Films
Year 199 ( CXCIX) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was sometimes known as year 952 '' Ab urbe condita''. The denomination 199 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Mesopotamia is partitioned into two Roman provinces divided by the Euphrates, Mesopotamia and Osroene Osroene or Osrhoene (; grc-gre, Ὀσροηνή) was an ancient region and state in Upper Mesopotamia. The ''Kingdom of Osroene'', also known as the "Kingdom of Edessa" ( syc, ܡܠܟܘܬܐ ܕܒܝܬ ܐܘܪܗܝ / "Kingdom of Urhay"), according to .... * Emperor Septimius Severus lays siege to the city-state Hatra in Central-Mesopotamia, but fails to capture the city despite breaching the walls. * Two new Roman legion, legions, Legio I Parthica, I Parthica and Legio III Parthica, III Par ...
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1997 Films
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1997 LGBT-related Films
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1997 Romantic Drama Films
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Antalya Film Festival
The Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival ( tr, Antalya Altın Portakal Film Festivali), known for a few years from 2015 as Antalya International Film Festival, is a film festival, held annually since 1963 in Antalya, and is the second most important film festival in Turkey. Since 2009, the event, which takes place in the autumn months at the Antalya Cultural Center (Antalya Kültür Merkezi, AKM), has been organised solely by the Antalya Foundation for Culture and Arts (Antalya Kültür Sanat Vakfı, AKSAV) and has included an international section within the main body of the festival. History Cultural activities like concerts and theatre plays, which started to take place in the 1950s at the historical Aspendos, Aspendos Amphitheatre, formed the cornerstone of the Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival of today. These events held in the summer months under the honorary patronage of Dr. Avni Tolunay, found ever increasing interest from people and became traditional at the beginni ...
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Hülya Karakaş
Hülya is a Turkish female name. It means "daydream" in Turkish. * Hülya Avşar (born 1963), Turkish actress * Hülya Koçyiğit (born 1947), Turkish actress * Hülya Şenyurt (born 1973), Turkish female judoka * Hülya Şahin (born 1974), Turkish female boxer * Hülya Vurnal İkizgül Hülya Vurnal İkizgül (born 1967 in Istanbul, Turkey), is a Turkish women in fine arts, Turkish mosaicist, sculptor and ceramic artist. Following her graduation from the Faculty of Arts at the Marmara University in 1990, she made her maste ... (born 1966), Turkish mosaicist, sculptor and ceramic nothing * Mesude Hülya Şanes Doğru (born 1963), Turkish Academic {{DEFAULTSORT:Hulya Turkish feminine given names ...
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İlhan Kilimci
İlhan is a Turkish male given name and a surname. It is also used as a feminine given name. Notable with the name include: Title * Ilkhanate, Hulagu Khan's khanate, title of Hulagu Khan. Given name * İlhan Eker, Turkish footballer * İlhan İrem, Turkish singer * İlhan Koman, Turkish sculptor * İlhan Mansız, Turkish football player * İlhan Mimaroğlu, Turkish composer * Ilhan Omar, American politician * İlhan Onat, Turkish chess player * İlhan Parlak, Turkish footballer * İlhan Usmanbaş, Turkish composer Surname * Adem Ilhan, Turkish-English musician * Attilâ İlhan, Turkish poet * Çolpan İlhan Çolpan İlhan (8 August 1936 – 25 July 2014) was a Turkish cinema and theatre actress. In 1998 she was awarded the title of State Artist of Turkey. She acted in more than 300 films and theater plays. First years İlhan received her sec ..., Turkish cinema and theatre actress * John Ilhan, Australian businessman * Marsel İlhan, Turkish tennis player * Mü ...
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Osman Çağlar
Osman is the Persian transliteration and derived from the Arabic masculine given name Uthman ( ar, عُثْمان, , link=no ''‘uthmān'') or an English surname. It may refer to: People * Osman (name), people with the name * Osman I (1258–1326), founder of the Ottoman Empire * Osman II (1604–1622), Ottoman sultan * Osman III (1699–1757), Ottoman sultan * Osman I of the Maldives, the Sultan of the Maldives in 1377 * Osman II of the Maldives, the Sultan of Maldives from 1420 to 1421 * Osman Ali Khan, 7th Nizam (ruler) of the Kingdom of Hyderabad Places * Osmanabad, a district of Maharashtra, India * Osmannagar (alternative name for Sultanabad, Karimnagar), village located in Karimnagar district, Andhra Pradesh, India * Osman, Iran, a village in Kermanshah Province, Iran * Osman, Kurdistan, a village in Kurdistan Province, Iran * Osman, Wisconsin, United States Fish * False osman (''Schizopygopsis stoliczkai'') * Naked osman ('' Gymnodiptychus dybowskii'') * Scaly osm ...
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Yeşim Tan
Yeşim is a feminine Turkish given name and means "jade" in Turkish language. Notable people with the name include: * Dilan Yeşim Taşkın (born 2001), Turkish-Austrian footballer * Yeşim Ağaoğlu (born 1966), Turkish multidisciplinary artist and poet * Yeşim Bostan (born 1995), Turkish archer * Yeşim Büber (born 1977), Turkish actress * Yeşim Demirel (born 1990), Turkish-German footballer * Yeşim Salkım (born 1968), Turkish singer and actress * Yeşim Ustaoğlu Yeşim Ustaoğlu (born 18 November 1960) is a Turkish filmmaker and screenwriter. Life and career Ustaoğlu was born in Kars, Sarıkamış and grew up in Trabzon on the Black Sea. After studying architecture at Karadeniz Technical University sh ... (born 1960), Turkish filmmaker and screenwriter * Yeşim Tozan (born 1975), Turkish actress {{DEFAULTSORT:Yesim Turkish feminine given names Feminine given names ...
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Emrah Kolukısa
Emrah is a Turkish masculine given name. It is the Turkish spelling which originates from the Arabic word ''Imrah'' ( Arabic: اِمْرَة) in the feminine form, generally meaning "right to act in a specific way" but also could mean 'power, influence, authority, command. It is not to be confused with the Biblical figure Imrah. People named Emrah include: * Emrah Başsan (born 1992), Turkish footballer * Emrah Cebeci (born 1989), Turkish footballer * Emrah Eren (born 1978), Turkish footballer * Emrah İpek (born 1971), Turkish pop singer * Emrah Kiraz (born 1987), Turkish footballer * Emrah Kuş Emrah Kuş (born 13 October 1988 in Çorum, Turkey) is a Turkish Greco-Roman wrestler. Competing for İzmir Büyükşehir Belediyespor, he is coached by Cengiz Papağan and Kemal Karadağ. At the 17th Mediterranean Games held in Mersin, Turkey ... (born 1988), Turkish Greco-Roman wrestler * Emrah Yucel (born 1968), Turkish artist {{given name Turkish masculine given names ...
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