''Köçek'' is a 1975 Turkish

romantic drama film Romance films involve romantic love stories recorded in visual media for broadcast in theatres or on television that focus on passion (emotion), passion, emotion, and the affectionate romantic involvement of the main characters. Typically their ...

written and directed by

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. Sayda ...

and starring the famous Turkish actress

Müjde Ar Kamile Suat Ebrem (born 21 June 1954), better known as Müjde Ar, is a Turkish film actress. Biography She is the oldest daughter of the dramaturge and song writer Aysel Gürel. She left school at the age of 20, while she was pursuing a German ...

Plot

A romantic drama about an

androgynous Androgyny is the possession of both masculine and feminine characteristics. Androgyny may be expressed with regard to biological sex or gender expression. When ''androgyny'' refers to mixed biological sex characteristics in humans, it often r ...

boy named Caniko (Müjde Ar), who is abducted by a gang and forced to dress like a woman and be a

köçek The ''köçek'' (plural in Turkish) was typically a young, male, and physically attractive enslaved dancer (''rakkas''), who usually cross-dressed in feminine attire, and was employed as an entertainer. Roots Turkish ''köçek'' derives ...

. A mob attempts to rape Caniko, but when they find out he's really a boy, they stab him. He's taken to hospital where he undergoes a

sex change operation Gender-affirming surgery (GAS) is a surgical procedure, or series of procedures, that alters a person's physical appearance and sexual characteristics to resemble those associated with their gender identity. The phrase is most often associated ...

. Now he works as a belly dancer and by chance, meets his buddy Adnan (Mahmut Hekimoğlu), who falls in love with him without recognizing that they are old friends.

Cast

as Caniko *

Mahmut Hekimoğlu Mahmut Hekimoğlu (25 October 1955 – 10 September 2016) was a Turkish actor and film producer. Filmography As actor * ''Çakma Hayat'' (Film) 2013 * ''Sevgi Bağlayınca'' (TV series) - Cemil 2010 * ''Hür Adam'' (Film) - Doctor Tahir 2010 * ...

as Adnan * Nisa Serezli * İlhan Daner * Nevin Güler * Senar Seven * Yılmaz Gruda * Asuman Arsan * Yüksel Gözen * Handan Adalı * Nevin Nuray

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