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Mert Fırat
Şahabettin Mert Fırat (born 10 January 1981) is a Turkish actor and screenwriter. Life Fırat is of Turkish, Circassian and Arab descent. His father is singer Nihat Fırat. After finishing high school, he studied radio and television broadcasting in Sweden. He then returned to Ankara and took acting classes in Ankara University. Fırat graduated from the theatre department of Ankara University and took his master's degree in Film and Drama from Kadir Has University. He founded the "Moda Theatre" and "Das Das" in Istanbul, and "Sanat Mahal" in Bursa. He has appeared in more than fifteen films since 2005 and has won many awards. In October 2017 the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Turkey chose Fırat as a Goodwill Ambassador in Turkey. Filmography Screenwriter *'' Başka Dilde Aşk'' (2009) *'' Atlıkarınca'' (2010) *''Bir Varmış Bir Yokmuş'' (2015) Actor ;Movies * '' İşte Benim'' (2006) – Ali * '' Hayattan Korkma'' (2007) – Engin * '' Başka Dilde Aşk ...
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Ankara
Ankara ( , ; ), historically known as Ancyra and Angora, is the capital of Turkey. Located in the central part of Anatolia, the city has a population of 5.1 million in its urban center and over 5.7 million in Ankara Province, making it Turkey's second-largest city after Istanbul. Serving as the capital of the ancient Celtic state of Galatia (280–64 BC), and later of the Roman province with the same name (25 BC–7th century), the city is very old, with various Hattian, Hittite, Lydian, Phrygian, Galatian, Greek, Persian, Roman, Byzantine, and Ottoman archeological sites. The Ottomans made the city the capital first of the Anatolia Eyalet (1393 – late 15th century) and then the Angora Vilayet (1867–1922). The historical center of Ankara is a rocky hill rising over the left bank of the Ankara River, a tributary of the Sakarya River. The hill remains crowned by the ruins of Ankara Castle. Although few of its outworks have survived, there are ...
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The Water Diviner
''The Water Diviner'' is a 2014 drama film starring and directed by Russell Crowe, in his directorial debut, and written by Andrew Anastasios and Andrew Knight. The film is loosely based on the book of the same name written by Andrew Anastasios and Dr. Meaghan Wilson-Anastasios. It follows an Australian farmer, Joshua Connor (Crowe), who travels to Turkey soon after World War I to find his three sons who never returned. The film co-stars Olga Kurylenko, Jai Courtney, Cem Yılmaz, Yılmaz Erdoğan, and Jacqueline McKenzie. ''The Water Diviner'' had its world premiere at the State Theatre in Sydney, Australia on 2 December 2014. It opened in Australian and New Zealand cinemas on 26 December 2014. The film had a limited release in the United States on 24 April 2015. Plot The film begins in 1919, just after World War I has ended, and centres around Joshua Connor (Russell Crowe), an Australian farmer and water diviner. His three sons Arthur (Ryan Corr), Edward (James Fraser), and H ...
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AÅŸk 101
''Love 101'' ( tr, Aşk 101, link=no) is a Turkish teen comedy-drama, starring Mert Yazıcıoğlu, Kubilay Aka, Alina Boz, Selahattin Paşalı, İpek Filiz Yazıcı, Pınar Deniz, Kaan Urgancıoğlu and Ece Yüksel (2nd season). Its first season, which consists of 8 episodes, is directed by Ahmet Katıksız and Deniz Yorulmazer, written by Meriç Acemi and Destan Sedolli. The series started streaming on Netflix on 24 April 2020. The second and final season premiered on 30 September 2021. It's directed by Umut Aral and Gönenç Uyanık and consists of 8 episodes. Plot The story begins in today's Istanbul when a woman called Işık ( Bade İşçil) arrives at an old house. There she recalls the past and friends of her youth. Back in 1998, a group of young people (Eda, Osman, Sinan, and Kerem) studying in a school of Istanbul are at risk of expulsion because of their poor behavior. They are very different from their classmates, therefore, very lonely. The headmaster and mos ...
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Ä°ntikam (dizi)
''İntikam'' () is a Turkish primetime drama television series that aired on Kanal D, starring Beren Saat and Yiğit Özşener. It debuted on January 3, 2013. ''İntikam'' is the Turkish version of the ABC TV series ''Revenge'' created by Mike Kelley. The plot is inspired by Alexandre Dumas' 1844 novel ''The Count of Monte Cristo''. Overview Yağmur Özden moves to a yalı A yalı ( tr, yalı, from Greek ''yialí'' (mod. ''yialós''), literally "seashore, beach") is a house or mansion built right on the waterside (almost exclusively seaside, particularly on the Bosphorus strait in Istanbul) and usually built with ... in a rich neighborhood on the shore of the Bosphorus in Istanbul. Her real name is Derin Çelik. Her father, Adil was framed for a crime he didn't commit and sent to prison. Derin was sent to an orphanage and believed that her father was guilty. Adil wanted his daughter to learn the truth and kept a diary to be given to her. Derin learned the truth about her f ...
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Kapalıçarşı (dizi)
The Grand Bazaar ( tr, Kapalıçarşı, meaning ‘Covered Market’; also , meaning ‘Grand Market’Müller-Wiener (1977), p. 345.) in Istanbul is one of the largest and oldest covered markets in the world, with 61 covered streets and over 4,000 shopsMüller-Wiener (1977), p. 349. on a total area of 30,700 m2, attracting between 250,000 and 400,000 visitors daily. In 2014, it was listed No.1 among the world's most-visited tourist attractions with 91,250,000 annual visitors. The Grand Bazaar at Istanbul is often regarded as one of the first shopping malls of the world. Location The Grand Bazaar is located inside the walled city of Istanbul, in the district of Fatih and in the neighbourhood () bearing the same name (). It stretches roughly from west to east between the mosques of Beyazit and of Nuruosmaniye. The Bazaar can easily be reached from Sultanahmet and Sirkeci by trams (Beyazıt-Kapalıçarşı stop). History The construction of the future Grand Bazaar's co ...
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Binbir Gece (dizi)
''Binbir Gece'' ( en, One Thousand and One Nights) is a Turkish soap opera revolving around four main characters: Sehrazat, Onur, Kerem and Bennu. The story is loosely based on the story of ''One Thousand and One Nights'', better known as ''Arabian Nights''. It stars Halit Ergenç as Onur, Bergüzar Korel as Şehrazat, Tardu Flordun as Kerem and Ceyda Düvenci as Bennu. Title The title is the name of the story better known to the English-speaking world as ''Arabian Nights''. The film's storyline is loosely based on the story, containing references thereto. Synopsis Şehrazat is an aspiring architect who is in desperate need for money to pay for the treatment of her son, Kaan, who is suffering from leukemia. After pleading to borrow money from several sources, she is stuck with her boss, Onur, who agrees to give her the money she needs for Kaan's treatment on the condition that she spends a night with him. Episodes Cast * Halit Ergenç as Onur Aksal * Bergüzar Korel as Š...
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Kilit
Kilit is an extinct Iranian dialect of Azerbaijan that is closely related to Talysh. It is probably a dialect of Iranian Tati, otherwise found only in Iran, specifically a subdialect of Harzandi. It was spoken in the villages around Kilit, located 12 kilometers southwest from the city of Ordubad in a district with the same name of Nakhchivan in Azerbaijan. It was still used by non-native speakers as a second language in the 1950s.Stilo, D. L. 1994. Phonological systems in contact in Iran and Transcaucasia. In ''Persian studies in North America: Studies in Honor of Mohammad Ali Jazayery'' By Muhammed Ali Jaza'iri, Mehdi Marashi, Mohammad Ali: Festschrift Jazayery, Published by Ibex Publishers, Inc., p. 90. , History The language has been long known to the Russian historians and travelers since the middle of nineteenth to the mid-twentieth centuries. The historian Chopin, first mentioned it back in 1852. He states the inhabitants of the village as amounting to 104. Zelinsk ...
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