Sinan Çetin (born March 1, 1953) is a Turkish

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, and producer. He won the best director award at the 12th

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. Çetin was born as one of the eight children of a customs officer. He is of maternal

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and paternal

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descent. He studied

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Hacettepe University Hacettepe University is a leading state university in Ankara, Turkey. It was established on 8 July 1967. It is ranked first among the Turkish universities by URAP in 2021. The university has two main campuses. The first campus is in the old to ...

. Çetin has produced full-length

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and

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, and foremost,

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s. He is best known in the English-speaking world for his 1999 film ''

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'', a critically acclaimed libertarian comedy about post-

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eastern Turkey. Çetin both directed and produced this film, as he did for many other films. His 1993 film ''

Berlin in Berlin ''Berlin in Berlin'' is a 1993 Turkish drama film directed by Sinan Çetin. It was entered into the 18th Moscow International Film Festival where Hülya Avşar won the award for Best Actress. Cast * Hülya Avşar as Dilber * Cem Özer Cem � ...

'' was entered into the

18th Moscow International Film Festival The 18th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 1 to 12 July 1993. The Golden St. George was awarded to the French-Belarusian film ''Me Ivan, You Abraham'' directed by Yolande Zauberman. Jury * Claude Lelouch (France – President of t ...

. Çetin is a fan of

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, and has published Rand's books and other

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books in Turkey. Çetin manages and owns the film production company Plato Film Productions. He opened the company in 1986 and it has been expanding ever since. It is one of the most commercially successful Production Companies in Turkey. He is currently working on his 13th feature film named ''Çanakkale Çocukları''. The film will star actors such as

Haluk Bilginer Nihat Haluk Bilginer (; born 5 June 1954) is a Turkish actor. In addition to his acting career in Turkey, he has also worked in the United Kingdom and remains best known for his role as Mehmet Osman in the television soap opera ''EastEnders'' ...

Oktay Kaynarca Oktay Kaynarca (born 27 January 1965) is a Turkish actor. He is best known for his roles in the longest crime series '' Kurtlar Vadisi'' and ''Eşkıya Dünyaya Hükümdar Olmaz'' (2015–2021). His other hit series are "Yeditepe İstanbul" with ...

, Yavuz Bingöl, and Sinan Çetin's two sons Rafael Cemo Çetin and Orfeo Çetin.

Filmography

Films

* 1982 - ''Çiçek Abbas'' (Director) * 1982 - ''Çirkinler de Sever'' (Director) * 1985 - ''14 Numara'' (Director) * 1986 - ''Prenses Gökyüzü'' (Director) * 1993 - ''

'' (Director) * 1995 - ''Bay E'' (Director) * 1999 - ''

(Director) * 2001 - ''Komser'' Şekspir (Director) * 2002 - ''Banka'' (Director) * 2004 - ''Okul'' (Producer) * 2004 - ''Romantik'' (Director) * 2005 - ''Pardon'' (Producer) * 2005 - ''Şans Kapıyı Kırınca'' (Actor) * 2008 - ''Mutlu Ol! Bu bir emirdir'' (Writer & Director) * 2010 - ''Kağıt'' (Director)

Television series

* 2004 - ''

Avrupa Yakası ''Avrupa Yakası'' (''European Side'') is a Turkish sitcom, produced by Sinan Çetin and written by Gülse Birsel. The series was shot at Plato Film studios and its first episode was broadcast on ATV (Turkey), ATV on 11 February 2004. Although the ...

'' * 2006 - ''Sahte Prenses''

Documentaries

* 1977 - ''Baskın'' * 1977 - ''Halı Türküsü''

References

External links

*
''Her 10 yılda bir başka Sinan Çetin''
Asu Maro, January 23, 2008, ''

Milliyet ''Milliyet'' ( Turkish for "''nationality''") is a Turkish daily newspaper published in Istanbul, Turkey. History and profile ''Milliyet'' came to publishing life at the Nuri Akça press in Babıali, Istanbul as a daily private newspaper on 3 ...

'' * Biyografi.info
''Biography of Sinan Çetin''
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cetin, Sinan 1953 births Turkish people of Azerbaijani descent Turkish people of Georgian descent People from Bahçesaray (district) Hacettepe University alumni Turkish former Muslims Turkish atheists Turkish film directors Turkish film producers Turkish publishers (people) Objectivists Best Director Golden Orange Award winners Living people