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Güz Sancısı
''Pains of Autumn'' ( tr, Güz Sancısı) is a 2009 Turkish drama film, directed by Tomris Giritlioğlu, based on the novel by Yılmaz Karakoyunlu. The film, which went on nationwide general release across Turkey on , was one of the highest-grossing Turkish films of 2009. Plot The story is set in Istanbul, during the Pogrom of September 1955. Behçet (Murat Yildirim) is the only son of a father, in whom the government and the bureaucracy take a close interest due to his strong influence in Antakya. While he is working as an assistant researcher in the faculty of law in Istanbul, he falls under the sway of the extreme nationalist movement as a result of his upbringing and the influential role model of his father. The only thing that causes Behçet to stumble on his convictions is Elena, a woman he secretly observes from his apartment. She is a Greek prostitute, who has been exploited by her grandmother since her mother left them. Elena is aware that she is being observed by B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomris Giritlioğlu
Tomris Giritlioğlu (born 1957) is a Turkish film director and producer. She is best known for directing the 1999 film ''Mrs. Salkım's Diamonds''. Selected filmography References External links * 1957 births Living people Turkish film directors {{Turkey-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antakya
Antakya (), historically known as Antioch ( el, Ἀντιόχεια; hy, Անտիոք, Andiok), is the capital of Hatay Province, the southernmost province of Turkey. The city is located in a well-watered and fertile valley on the Orontes River, about from the Levantine Sea. Today's city stands partly on the site of the ancient Antiochia ( grc, Ἀντιόχεια, , also known as "Antioch on the Orontes"), which was founded in the fourth century BC by the Seleucid Empire. Antioch later became one of the Roman Empire's largest cities, and was made the capital of the provinces of Syria and Coele-Syria. It was also an influential early center of Christianity, The Christian New Testament asserts that the name "Christian" first emerged in Antioch. The city gained much ecclesiastical importance in the Byzantine Empire. Captured by Umar ibn al-Khattab in the seventh century, the medieval Antakiyah ( ar, أنطاكية, ) was conquered or re-conquered several times: by the Byz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dositheos Anagnostopulous
Dositheus (; grc-gre, Δωσίθεος, ''Dōsítheos'') is a Greek masculine given name, and it may refer to: * Dositheos (Samaritan) (fl. 1st century), Gnostic * Dositheus Magister (fl. 4th century), Roman grammarian and jurist * Dositheus of Constantinople (died after 1191), or Dositheus I of Jerusalem, Greek Orthodox Patriarch * Dositheos II of Jerusalem (1641–1707), Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem 1669–1707 * Dositheus of Tbilisi (died 1795), Georgian Orthodox archbishop * Dositheus (Ivanchenko) (1884–1984), bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church, bishop of Brooklyn * Dositej Obradović, Serbian monk, author, and educator. * Dositej Vasić, metropolitan of Serbian Orthodox Church. * Dositej II, Archbishop of Ohrid and Macedonia Dositej II ( mk, Доситеј II; en, Dositheus II, link=yes; 7 December 1906 – 20 May 1981) was the Metropolitan of Skopje, under the canonical jurisdiction of the Serbian Orthodox Church from 1959 to 1967, and Archbishop of Ohrid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Austria
Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous city and state. A landlocked country, Austria is bordered by Germany to the northwest, the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia to the northeast, Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west. The country occupies an area of and has a population of 9 million. Austria emerged from the remnants of the Eastern and Hungarian March at the end of the first millennium. Originally a margraviate of Bavaria, it developed into a duchy of the Holy Roman Empire in 1156 and was later made an archduchy in 1453. In the 16th century, Vienna began serving as the empire's administrative capital and Austria thus became the heartland of the Habsburg monarchy. After the dissolution of the H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated between the Baltic and North seas to the north, and the Alps to the south; it covers an area of , with a population of almost 84 million within its 16 constituent states. Germany borders Denmark to the north, Poland and the Czech Republic to the east, Austria and Switzerland to the south, and France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands to the west. The nation's capital and most populous city is Berlin and its financial centre is Frankfurt; the largest urban area is the Ruhr. Various Germanic tribes have inhabited the northern parts of modern Germany since classical antiquity. A region named Germania was documented before AD 100. In 962, the Kingdom of Germany formed the bulk of the Holy Roman Empire. During the 16th ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greece
Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders with Albania to the northwest, North Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, and Turkey to the northeast. The Aegean Sea lies to the east of the Geography of Greece, mainland, the Ionian Sea to the west, and the Sea of Crete and the Mediterranean Sea to the south. Greece has the longest coastline on the Mediterranean Basin, featuring List of islands of Greece, thousands of islands. The country consists of nine Geographic regions of Greece, traditional geographic regions, and has a population of approximately 10.4 million. Athens is the nation's capital and List of cities and towns in Greece, largest city, followed by Thessaloniki and Patras. Greece is considered the cradle of Western culture, Western civilization, being the birthplace of Athenian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turkey
Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with a East Thrace, small portion on the Balkans, Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe. It shares borders with the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia to the northeast; Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Iran to the east; Iraq to the southeast; Syria and the Mediterranean Sea to the south; the Aegean Sea to the west; and Greece and Bulgaria to the northwest. Cyprus is located off the south coast. Turkish people, Turks form the vast majority of the nation's population and Kurds are the largest minority. Ankara is Turkey's capital, while Istanbul is its list of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city and financial centre. One of the world's earliest permanently Settler, settled regions, present-day Turkey was home to important Neol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Umut Kurt
Umut (; ) is a Turkish gender neutral given name meaning ''hope''. Notable people named Umut include: * Umut Akkoyun (born 2000), Turkish tennis player * Umut apa (fl. 1991–2005), renowned charismatic healer from Kazakhstan * Umut Aral (born 1976), Turkish film director, producer, and screenwriter * Umut Atakişi (born 1981), Turkish Chess Champion * Umut Bozok (born 1996), French-born Turkish footballer * Umut Bulut (born 1983), Turkish footballer * Umut Gündoğan (born 1990), Turkish footballer * Umut Güneş (born 2000), Turkish footballer * Umut A. Gurkan, Turkish–American mechanical and biomedical engineer * Umut Güzelses (born 1987), Turkish-Israeli soccer player * Umut Meraş (born 1995), Turkish footballer * Umut Nayir (born 1993), Turkish footballer * Umut Oran (born 1962), Turkish textile manufacturer and politician * Umut Özkirimli (born 1970), Turkish political scientist * Umut Shayakhmetova (born 1969), Kazakh businesswoman * Umut Sönmez (born 1993), Azerba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belçim Bilgin
Belçim Bilgin (born 31 January 1983) is a Turkish actress of Kurdish origin. Life She was born in Ankara, Turkey on 31 January 1983. She is the great grand niece of Sheikh Said who is known for the Sheikh Said Rebellion. According to her statement, Sheikh Said is the elder brother of her father's grandfather. Her cousin is actress Rojda Demirer. She graduated in 1999 and studied at Mehmet Emin Resulzade Anatolian High School. In 2002, she started to study at the Information and Document Management Department of Hacettepe University in Ankara, Turkey. In these times, Bilgin, who wanted to be a theater actor since high school years, met famous actor Yılmaz Erdoğan through a friend. She married Yılmaz Erdoğan in August 2006. The couple moved to the United States in 2014, where they settled down in Beverly Hills. Career She played the leading role in Iraqi Kurdish director Hiner Saleem's film ' Kilomètre Zéro' and attended the Cannes Film Festival. In 2011 she played in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Political Party
A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology, ideological or policy goals. Political parties have become a major part of the politics of almost every country, as modern party organizations developed and spread around the world over the last few centuries. It is extremely rare for a country to have Non-partisan democracy, no political parties. Some countries have Single-party state, only one political party while others have Multi-party system, several. Parties are important in the politics of autocracies as well as democracies, though usually democracies have more political parties than autocracies. Autocracies often have a single party that governs the country, and some political scientists consider competition between two or more parties to be an essential part of democracy. Part ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prostitute
Prostitution is the business or practice of engaging in sexual activity in exchange for payment. The definition of "sexual activity" varies, and is often defined as an activity requiring physical contact (e.g., sexual intercourse, non-penetrative sex, oral sex, etc.) with the customer. The requirement of physical contact also creates the risk of transferring diseases. Prostitution is sometimes described as sexual services, commercial sex or, colloquially, hooking. It is sometimes referred to euphemistically as "the world's oldest profession" in the English-speaking world. A person who works in this field is called a prostitute, or more inclusively, a sex worker. Prostitution occurs in a variety of forms, and its legal status varies from country to country (sometimes from region to region within a given country), ranging from being an enforced or unenforced crime, to unregulated, to a regulated profession. It is one branch of the sex industry, along with pornography, stri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
