''Şeytan'' is a 1974 Turkish

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that is loosely plagiarized off of William Friedkin’s ''

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'' (1973), directed by

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. The film was apparently shot with a low budget, resulting in a grainy and poor image quality. ''Şeytan'' was out of print until 2007, when it was released in

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Synopsis

Canan Perver is a 12-year-old girl named Gul, living a high society life with her mother in

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, who becomes possessed by the

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himself after experimenting with a Ouija Board.

Release

The film, which went on nationwide general release across Turkey on , is commonly known as "Turkish ''Exorcist''" because of plot and stylistic similarities copied from ''The Exorcist''.

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* 1974 horror films Films shot in Turkey Turkish films Turkish horror films Films about exorcism Horror film remakes 1974 films The Devil in film Remakes of Turkish films {{1970s-horror-film-stub

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