''The Dark World'' ( tr, Karanlık Dünya), also known as ''Aşık Veysel'ın Hayatı'', is a 1953 Turkish biographical drama film directed by

Metin Erksan İsmail Metin Erksan (1 January 1929 – 4 August 2012) was a Turkish people, Turkish film director and art historian. Biography Erksan was born in Çanakkale. Following his graduation from Pertevniyal High School in Istanbul, he studied art hi ...

, and written by Bedri Rahmi Eyuboglu. It stars

Âşık Veysel Âşık Veysel (born Veysel Şatıroğlu; 25 October 1894 – 21 March 1973) was a Turkish people, Turkish Alevism, Alevi ashik and highly regarded poet of the Turkish folk literature. He was born in the Sivrialan village of the Şarkışla dist ...

, Ayfer Feray, and Kemal Öz. Erksan's debut film, it is often described as being "a realistic account of the life of the bard Veysel, shot in his native village". The film was censored because of the showing of the meagre growth of crops in Anatolia.

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* * 1950s biographical drama films Films directed by Metin Erksan 1953 films 1953 drama films Turkish biographical drama films Turkish black-and-white films {{1950s-drama-film-stub