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The Yeşilçam Award was the national film award of
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, which was presented annually by the Turkish Foundation of Cinema and Audiovisual Culture (TÜRSAK) and
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Municipality from 2008 to 2011. The award, which had been named after Yeşilçam Street in the Beyoğlu district of
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where many film studios were based during the 1950s-1970s, was discontinued following the announcement by the Alliance of Cinema Labor Unions' Yeşilçam Film Academy (YEFA) intention to start issuing their own Yeşilçam Academy Award in protest against TÜRSAK's disregard of their suggestions to give the awards a more professional structure.


Awards


Best Film Award

* 2008: ''
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Abdullah OÄŸuz Abdullah Oguz (born 17 June 1958 in Istanbul, Turkey) is a Turkish film director and producer. Oguz studied at Marmara University. From 1990 to 2000 he produced and directed commercials, TV series and music videos, and later, feature films. Films ...
* 2009: '' Three Monkeys'' () directed by
Nuri Bilge Ceylan Nuri Bilge Ceylan (; born 26 January 1959) is a Turkish director, screenwriter, photographer and actor. His film ''Winter Sleep (film), Winter Sleep'' (2014) won the Palme d'Or at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival, 67th Cannes Film Festival, while s ...
* 2010: ''
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* 2011: ''
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Best Director Award

* 2008:
Fatih Akın Fatih Akin (, born 25 August 1973) is a Turkish-German film director, screenwriter and producer. His films have won numerous awards and accolades, including the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival for his film '' Head-On'' (2004), Best Scr ...
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Nuri Bilge Ceylan Nuri Bilge Ceylan (; born 26 January 1959) is a Turkish director, screenwriter, photographer and actor. His film ''Winter Sleep (film), Winter Sleep'' (2014) won the Palme d'Or at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival, 67th Cannes Film Festival, while s ...
for '' Three Monkeys'' () * 2010:
Reha Erdem Reha Erdem (born 1960 in Istanbul) is a Turkish film director and screenwriter. Biography He attended Galatasaray High School and studied history at Boğaziçi University before leaving to study film in 1983. He participated in two Ateliers V ...
for '' My Only Sunshine'' () * 2011:
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Best Actor Award

* 2008:
Şener Şen Şener Şen (born 26 December 1941) is a Turkish film and theatre actor who has won the Golden Orange for Best Actor twice for his roles in '' Muhsin Bey'' (1985) and '' Gönül Yarası'' (2005), the Golden Orange for Best Supporting Actor for ' ...
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For Love and Honor ''For Love and Honor'' () is a 2007 Turkish drama film, written by Yavuz Turgul and directed by Ömer Vargı, starring Şener Şen as a retired gangster who learns that he has a son in need of protection. The film, which went on nationwide gener ...
'' () * 2009:
Onur Saylak Arif Onur Saylak (born 12 May 1977) is a Turkish people, Turkish actor, filmmaker and Film director, director. He was married for six years to Tuba Büyüküstün, with whom he has twin daughters. Personal life On 28 July 2011, Saylak married th ...
for ''
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'' () * 2010:
Mert Fırat Şahabettin Mert Fırat (born 10 January 1981) is a Turkish actor and screenwriter. Life His father is singer Nihat Fırat. After finishing high school, he studied radio and television broadcasting in Sweden. He then returned to Ankara and took a ...
for ''
Love in Another Language ''Love in Another Language'' () is a 2009 Turkish drama film directed by İlksen Başarır, starring Mert Fırat as a young deaf man who falls in love with a call-center worker. The film, which went on nationwide general release on , won awards at ...
'' () * 2011:
Cem Yılmaz Cem Yılmaz (, born 23 April 1973) is a Turkish actor, stand-up comedian, musician, filmmaker, screenwriter, and cartoonist. He has four franchise film series '' G.O.R.A.'', '' Karakomik Fimler'', '' Organize İşler'', '' Vizontele''. Also, H ...
for ''
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Best Actress Award

* 2008:
Özgü Namal Melahat Özgü Namal (born 28 December 1978) is a Turkish people, Turkish actress. Biography Her maternal family are Turkish immigrants from Thessaloniki, Ottoman Empire (now in Greece). Her paternal family are Turkish immigrants from North Mace ...
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'' () * 2009:
Hatice Aslan Hatice Aslan (born 20 February 1962) is a Turkish actress who starred in Nuri Bilge Ceylan's 2008 film '' Üç Maymun (The Three Monkeys)'', for which Ceylan won the best director award at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival The Cannes Film Fest ...
for '' Three Monkeys'' () * 2010:
Binnur Kaya Binnur Kaya (born 19 April 1972) is a Turkish actress. Biography Binnur Kaya graduated in theatre from Bilkent University in 1995. She went to Istanbul where she worked at the Ankara Sahnesi and Karatahta Child Theatres and then at the Bakırköy ...
for ''
Vavien ''Vavien'' is a 2009 Turkish comedy film directed by the Taylan Brothers. Cast and characters * Engin Günaydın as Celal * Binnur Kaya as Sevilay * Settar Tanrıöğen as Cemal * Serra Yılmaz Serra Yılmaz (born 13 September 1954) is a Tur ...
'' * 2011:
Demet Akbağ Demet Akbağ (; born 23 December 1959) is a Turkish theatre, film actress and acting trainer. Biography Demet Akbağ was born on 23 December 1959 in Denizli as the third child of Benan and Oktay İybar. Her family was in Denizli at the time ...
for '' Eyyvah Eyvah''


Best Supporting Actor Award

* 2008:
Tuncel Kurtiz Tuncel Tayanç Kurtiz (1 February 1936 – 27 September 2013) was a Turkish theatre, movie and TV series actor, playwright, and film director. Since 1964, he acted in more than 70 movies, including many international productions. Early yea ...
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Altan Erkekli Reşit Altan Erkekli (born 18 January 1955) is a Turkish theatre, film and television actor. Filmography Films: * 1982 ''Dolap Beyiri'' * 1989 ''Can Şenliği'' * 1991 ''Deniz Gurbetçileri'' * 1993 ''Mavi Sürgün'' * 1996 ''80. Adım'' * 2 ...
for '' O... Çocukları'' * 2010:
Cemal Toktaş Cemal Toktaş (born 14 January 1983) is a Turkish actor. He is a graduate of Istanbul University State Conservatory. Toktaş started his career in 2003 by appearing in the TV film ''Evlat''. He made his cinematic debut with the movie ''Kara Köpe ...
for ''
I Saw the Sun ''I Saw the Sun'' () is a 2009 Turkish drama film, written and directed by Mahsun Kırmızıgül, which tells of a Kurdish family who are forced from their village in southeastern Turkey by the conflict there. The film, which was released on , ...
'' () * 2011:
Okan Yalabık Okan Yalabık (born 13 December 1978) is a Turkish actor. He graduated theater at Istanbul University State Conservatory and master of Film and Drama in Kadir Has University. He has appeared in more than twenty films since 2001. Life and career ...
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Best Supporting Actress Award

* 2008:
Nursel Köse Nursel Köse (born 29 March 1961) is a Turkish-German actress. She studied and worked in Germany. Köse starred in the internationally acclaimed film ''The Edge of Heaven (film), The Edge of Heaven''. She played Keriman Akçatepe in the TV series ...
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'' () * 2009: Yıldız Kültür for '' Alone'' () * 2010: Derya Alabora for ''
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Melisa Sözen Melisa Sözen (born 6 July 1985) is a Turkish actress. Biography Starting her professional career at the very early age of 15, she studied in theatre department of Pera Fine Arts High School. Sözen starred in many Turkish TV hits including ''Ç ...
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Best Cinematography Award

* 2008: Mirsad Heroviç for ''
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'' () * 2009: Gökhan Tiryaki for '' Three Monkeys'' () * 2010: Soykut Turan for ''
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'' () * 2011: Uğur İçbak for ''
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Best Screenplay Award

* 2008:
Fatih Akın Fatih Akin (, born 25 August 1973) is a Turkish-German film director, screenwriter and producer. His films have won numerous awards and accolades, including the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival for his film '' Head-On'' (2004), Best Scr ...
for ''
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'' () * 2009:
Ebru Ceylan Ebru Ceylan (, born 26 January 1976) is a Turkish photographer, actress, screenwriter and art director. She is married to collaborator Nuri Bilge Ceylan. Biography Ebru Yapıcı was born in Ankara and studied film and television at Marmara Uni ...
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Nuri Bilge Ceylan Nuri Bilge Ceylan (; born 26 January 1959) is a Turkish director, screenwriter, photographer and actor. His film ''Winter Sleep (film), Winter Sleep'' (2014) won the Palme d'Or at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival, 67th Cannes Film Festival, while s ...
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Ercan Kesal Ercan Kesal (born 12 September 1959) is a Turkish actor, director, writer and physician. Kesal graduated from Ege University's medical school in 1984. He worked as a physician at Keskin State Hospital, and at clinics in Balâ and the districts ...
for '' Three Monkeys'' () * 2010:
Engin Günaydın Engin Günaydın (born 23 January 1972) is a Turkish actor and comedian. Biography Günaydın was born in Erbaa, Tokat Province. He began his university studies at Hacettepe University Conservatory, but in his second year he switched to Mimar ...
for ''
Vavien ''Vavien'' is a 2009 Turkish comedy film directed by the Taylan Brothers. Cast and characters * Engin Günaydın as Celal * Binnur Kaya as Sevilay * Settar Tanrıöğen as Cemal * Serra Yılmaz Serra Yılmaz (born 13 September 1954) is a Tur ...
'' * 2011:
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Best Music Award

* 2008:
Zülfü Livaneli Ömer Zülfü Livanelioğlu (born 20 June 1946), better known as Zülfü Livaneli, is a Turkish musician, author, poet, and politician. Livaneli was imprisoned several times during the 1971 Turkish military memorandum for his political views, ...
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'' () * 2009: Aria Müzik for '' Alone'' () * 2010:
Attila Özdemiroğlu Attila Özdemiroğlu (5 January 1943 – 20 April 2016) was a Turkish composer, arranger and music producer. He was best known for his award winning film scores in the 1970s and 1980s. Career Born on 5 January 1943 in Ankara, Özdemiroğlu got ...
for ''
Vavien ''Vavien'' is a 2009 Turkish comedy film directed by the Taylan Brothers. Cast and characters * Engin Günaydın as Celal * Binnur Kaya as Sevilay * Settar Tanrıöğen as Cemal * Serra Yılmaz Serra Yılmaz (born 13 September 1954) is a Tur ...
'' * 2011: Selim Demirdelen for '' The Crossing'' ()


Digiturk Young Talent Award

* 2008: Saadet Işıl Aksoy for ''
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'' () * 2009: Ahmet Rıfat Şungar for '' Three Monkeys'' () * 2010: Elit İşcan for '' My Only Sunshine'' () * 2011: Esme Madra for ''
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Turkcell First Film Award

* 2008: '' The White Angel'' () directed by
Mahsun Kırmızıgül Mahsun Kırmızıgül (born Abdullah Bazencir, 26 March 1969) is a Turkish singer-songwriter, actor and director, scriptwriter, music composer, and producer of Zaza Kurd descent. Mahsun Kırmızıgül is also known as a businessman for his partn ...
* 2009: ''
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'' () directed by
Özcan Alper Özcan Alper (born 1975) is a Turkish film director and screenwriter of Hemshin peoples, Hemshin descent. He studied at Trabzon Lisesi. In 1992, he moved to Istanbul to study at Istanbul University Engineering Faculty in the Physics Department a ...
* 2010: ''
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* 2011: ''
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'' () directed by
Seren Yüce Seren may refer to: * Seren (name) * Seren Books, a Welsh publishing house * Seren Network, a Welsh educational organisation to assist high-achieving sixth form students * Seren, a lord of the Biblical Philistines * Seren, an Israel Defense Forc ...


Special Achievement Award

* 2010:
Filiz Akın Filiz Akın (born Suna Akın, 2 January 1943 – 21 March 2025) was a Turkish actress, writer and television presenter. Known as Yeşilçam Turkish cinema's "noble, modern, urban and elegant face", Filiz Akın had a large fan base in Turkey. Sh ...


See also

* Yeşilçam Academy Award


References


External links

* for the awards (Turkish) {{DEFAULTSORT:Yesilcam Award Awards established in 2008 2008 establishments in Turkey