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Atıf Yılmaz
Atıf Yılmaz Batıbeki (9 December 1925 – 5 May 2006) was a renowned Turkish film director, screenwriter, and film producer. He was very much a legend in the film industry of Turkey with 119 movies directed. He also wrote screenplays for 53 movies and produced 28 movies from 1951 right up till his death in 2006. He was active in almost every period of the Turkish film industry. Early life Atıf Yılmaz was born on 9 December 1925 in Mersin, Turkey to a Kurdish family originally from Palu. After finishing high school in Mersin, he attended the Law School of Istanbul University. Because of his interest in arts, he dropped out of Law School and entered the Painting Department of the Academy of Fine Arts in Istanbul. After graduating from the Academy, he did some painting works in workshops. His education in painting helped him when he was directing his movies, as he once remarked. Film career In the beginning, he worked as a film critic, made paintings and wrote film s ...
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Mersin
Mersin () is a large city and port on the Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean coast of Mediterranean Region, Turkey, southern Turkey. It is the provincial capital of the Mersin Province (formerly İçel). It is made up of four district governorates, each having its own municipality: Akdeniz, Mersin, Akdeniz, Mezitli, Toroslar and Yenişehir, Mersin, Yenişehir. Mersin lies on the western side of Çukurova, a geographical, economic and cultural region of Turkey. It is an important hub for Turkey's economy, with Port of Mersin, Turkey's largest seaport located here. The city hosted the 2013 Mediterranean Games. As urbanisation continues eastward, a larger metropolitan region combining Mersin with Tarsus, Mersin, Tarsus and Adana (the Adana-Mersin Metropolitan Area) is in the making with more than 3.3 million inhabitants. Çukurova International Airport (COV), 74 kilometres (46mi) from Mersin city center, is the nearest international airport. There are ferry services from Mersin to F ...
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Şekerpare (film)
''Şekerpare'' (English: Sugar Pie Lady) is a 1983 Turkish comedy film directed by Atıf Yılmaz. Cast * İlyas Salman - Cumali * Şener Şen - Ziver Bey * Yaprak Özdemiroğlu - Sekerpare * Ayşen Gruda - Peyker * Şevket Altuğ - Hursit * Neriman Köksal - Letafet * - Afet * - Galatali * Serra Yılmaz Serra Yılmaz (born 13 September 1954) is a Turkish people, Turkish actress. She has appeared in more than forty films since 1983. On a number of films she collaborated with Ferzan Özpetek. She plays the lead role in the theatre piece ''La Bast ... - Mahmure * Ayten Erman - Hamdune * - Nazir References External links * 1980s adventure films Turkish adventure films {{Turkey-film-stub ...
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Selvi Boylum, Al Yazmalım
''The Girl with the Red Scarf'' () is a 1978 Turkish romantic drama film, directed by Atıf Yılmaz based on the short story ''My poplar in a red scarf'' by Chinghiz Aitmatov. The film is about a village girl who falls in love with a truck driver from Istanbul. The film, which won three awards, including second best film, at the 15th Antalya "Golden Orange" International Film Festival, was voted one of the 10 Best Turkish Films in a poll carried out by the Ankara Cinema Association. Plot İlyas (Kadir İnanır) is a truck driver from Istanbul who comes to a remote village to work in the construction of a dam. When his truck gets stuck in the muddy dirt road, he comes across Asya (Türkan Şoray), a woman from the village who he nicknames Al Yazmalım ('red scarf'). They fall in love, get married and have a child called Samet. One day İlyas stops to help some stranded bystanders, but in doing so, he is delayed and ends up getting fired. When Asya goes to his boss and pleads for İ ...
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Nejat Saydam
Nejat Saydam (15 September 1929 – 25 October 2000) was a Turkish film director, screenwriter and actor from Istanbul. He began as a theater actor in 1946 and became an assistant in movies four years later. In 1957, he began directing films. Saydam starred in two Turkish film Cinema of Turkey or Turkish cinema (also formerly known as ''Yeşilçam'', which literally means ''Green Pine'' in Turkish language, Turkish), () or Türk sineması refers to the Turkish film industry, film art and industry. It is an importa ...s and wrote 85 film scripts. References External links * Nejat SaydamaSinema Türk 1929 births 2000 deaths Turkish male stage actors Turkish film directors Turkish male screenwriters Turkish male film actors 20th-century Turkish male actors 20th-century Turkish screenwriters Burials at Aşiyan Asri Cemetery {{Turkey-film-director-stub ...
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Muzaffer Aslan
Muzaffar, Muzaffer, or Mozaffar (; "the Victorious") may refer to: People Given name *Al-Muzaffar Umar (died 1191), Ayyubid prince of Hama and a general of Saladin * Muzaffar Shah of Malacca (ruled 1445–1459), sultan of Malacca * Muzaffar II of Johor (1546–1570), Sultan of Johor *Mozaffar al-Din Shah Qajar (1853–1907), Qajarid Shah of Persia * Muzaffar Ahmed (economist) (1936–2012), Bangladeshi economist * Muzaffar Ahmed (politician) (1889–1973), Bengali politician, journalist and communist activist *Mozaffar Alam (1882–1973), Iranian governor and politician *Muzaffar Alam (born 1947), American linguist *Muzaffar Ali (born 1944), Indian filmmaker * Muzaffer Atac (1933–2010), Turkish-American physicist *Muzaffar Hussain Baig (born 1946), Indian politician * Mozaffar Firouz (1906–1988) *Muzaffar Hassan (1920–2012), Pakistani naval officer * Muzaffar Hussain (other) *Muzaffar Iqbal (born 1954), Pakistani-Canadian scientist and philosopher * Muzaffer İzgü ...
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Memduh Ün
Arif Memduh Ün (14 March 1920 – 16 October 2015) was a Turkish film producer, director, actor and screenwriter. His film, '' The Broken Pots'', was entered into the 11th Berlin International Film Festival The 11th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 23 June to 4 July 1961. The Golden Bear was awarded to the Italian film '' La Notte'' directed by Michelangelo Antonioni. Juries The following people were announced as being on .... Selected filmography * '' The Broken Pots'' (1960) References External links * 1920 births 2015 deaths Vefa High School alumni Turkish film producers Turkish film directors Turkish male film actors Turkish male screenwriters Film people from Istanbul Best Director Golden Orange Award winners Golden Orange Life Achievement Award winners Best Director Golden Boll Award winners 20th-century Turkish screenwriters {{Turkey-film-director-stub ...
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Hacettepe University
Hacettepe University () is a public research university in Ankara, Turkey. It was established on 8 July 1967. It is ranked first among the Turkish universities by University Ranking by Academic Performance in 2021. The university has two main campuses. The first campus, located in the old town of Ankara, hosts the Medical Centre. The second campus, Beytepe Campus, is situated 13 km from the city center. Beytepe Campus spans of green land and woodland and houses the faculties of Economic and Administrative Sciences, Law, Education, Engineering, Fine Arts, Letters, and Science. In addition to these two main campuses, the School of Social Work is located in Keçiören, and the Turkish State Conservatory, affiliated with the university since 1982, is situated at the Beşevler Campus. The current rector of the university, appointed by the Presidency on 24 June 2020, is Mehmet Cahit Güran. History The history of Hacettepe University dates back to the establishment of the Institute ...
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14th Moscow International Film Festival
The 14th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 28 June to 12 July 1985. The Golden Prizes were awarded to the Soviet film '' Come and See'' directed by Elem Klimov, the American film ''A Soldier's Story'' directed by Norman Jewison and the Greek film '' The Descent of the Nine'' directed by Christos Siopahas. Jury * Sergei Gerasimov (USSR – President of the Jury) * Shyam Benegal (India) * Renate Blume (East Germany) * Paulin Vieyra (Senegal) * Jerzy Hoffman (Poland) * Daisy Granados (Cuba) * Giuseppe De Santis (Italy) * Nikos Koundouros (Greece) * István Nemeskürty (Hungary) * Kōhei Oguri (Japan) * Badrahin Sumhu (Mongolia) * Francois Chavan (France) * Eldar Shengelaia (USSR) * Rostislav Yurenev (USSR) * Robert Young (USA) Films in competition The following films were selected for the main competition: Awards * Golden Prizes: ** '' Come and See'' by Elem Klimov ** ''A Soldier's Story'' by Norman Jewison ** '' The Descent of the Nine'' by Christos Si ...
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Istanbul International Film Festival
The Istanbul Film Festival () is the first and oldest international film festival in Turkey, organised by the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts. It is held every year in April in movie theaters in Istanbul, Turkey. As mentioned in its regulations, the festival aims to encourage the development of film, cinema in Turkey and to promote films of quality in the Turkish cinema market.Istanbul Film Festival regulations
, retrieved December 15, 2007
The 40th edition of the festival was held from April 1 to June 29, 2021, in hybrid format.


History

The Istanbul International Film Festival was first organized in 1982, within the frame of the International Istanbul Festival as a "Film Week" consisting of six films.
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Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival
The Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival (), known for a few years from 2015 as Antalya International Film Festival, is a film festival, held annually since 1963 in Antalya, and is the second most important film festival in Turkey. Since 2009, the event, which takes place in the autumn months at the Antalya Cultural Center (Antalya Kültür Merkezi, AKM), has been organised solely by the Antalya Foundation for Culture and Arts (Antalya Kültür Sanat Vakfı, AKSAV) and has included an international section within the main body of the festival. History Cultural activities like concerts and theatre plays, which started to take place in the 1950s at the historical Aspendos, Aspendos Amphitheatre, formed the cornerstone of the Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival of today. These events held in the summer months under the honorary patronage of Avni Tolunay, found ever increasing interest from people and became traditional at the beginning of the 1960s. In 1963, the festivities turned ...
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