Historical Turkish Movies About Ottoman Times - Osmanlı Dönemini Anlatan Tarihi Filmler
Here is the list of Turkish Movies since 1990 somehow mention or tell a story from Ottoman times. (1990'dan itibaren Osmanlı dönemini anlatan Türk filmleri listesi)
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- DirectorJoseph RubenStarsMichiel HuismanHera HilmarJosh HartnettThis movie is a love story between an idealistic American nurse and a Turkish officer in World War I.
- DirectorAlphan EseliStarsUgur PolatNergis ÖztürkSerdar OrçinThe Long Way Home is set on the outskirts of Kars in Eastern Anatolia in the winter of 1915 and takes us to the immediate aftermath of the Battle of Sarikamis. The film follows a group of seven people from different walks of life on their quest to escape the war zone and find a safe path back home.
- DirectorRussell CroweStarsRussell CroweOlga KurylenkoJai CourtneyAn Australian man travels to Turkey after the Battle of Gallipoli to try to locate his three missing sons.
- DirectorFaruk AksoyStarsDevrim EvinIbrahim CelikkolDilek SerbestAfter the death of his father Murat II, Mehmet II ascends to the Ottoman throne. After braving internal and external enemies, he decides to complete what he was destined to do - conquer Constantinople.
- DirectorDervis ZaimStarsSerhat TutumluerMelisa SözenMesut AkustaIn 17th century Istanbul, a renowned miniature artist is forcefully brought to a vizier's mansion, where he becomes entangled in political intrigue involving a rebellious Ottoman prince.
- DirectorFerzan ÖzpetekStarsMarie GillainAlex DescasLucia BosèIn Constantinople in the early 1900's, a young woman is brought into the sultan's harem and she manages to become his favorite. But the love she begins to feel for a eunuch ventures the outcome of her plan.
- DirectorFatih AkinStarsTahar RahimSimon AbkarianMakram KhouryIn 1915 a man survives the Armenian genocide in the Ottoman Empire, but loses his family, speech and faith. One night he learns that his twin daughters may be alive, and goes on a quest to find them.
- DirectorKudret SabanciStarsVolkan KeskinMüge BozÖzlem YilmazKaraoglan is a Turkish historical comic book and drawn by Suat Yalaz.
- DirectorKemal UzunStarsGürkan UygunBerrak TüzünataçUmut KurtApril, 1915. First World War in Canakkale, Ottoman Empire. Two brothers leave their mountain village to fight on the front line. One is an experienced sniper fighting for Ottomans against the invasion, while his brother finds it much tougher to cope with life in the trenches. Meanwhile, landing of the occupation forces in the shores of Gallipoli has begun...
- DirectorGani MüjdeStarsAta DemirerVildan AtaseverRuhsar ÖcalThe life of Osman VII, the emperor of an imaginary country.
- DirectorEzel AkayStarsHaluk BilginerBeyazSebnem DönmezA story about the tragedy and the danger of humor and the humorist - A comedy as grand as the Lands of Rome.
- DirectorMustafa AltioklarStarsEge AydanBeatriz RicoOkan BayülgenThe story takes us back to the 17th century Istanbul, and the powerful times of the Ottoman Empire under the rule of Sultan Murad IV. Hezarfen Ahmet Celebi, Logari Celebi, Bekri Mustafa and Evliya Celebi are four good friends who do research to enable human beings to fly.
- DirectorEzel AkayStarsNurgül YesilçayGülse BirselHaluk BilginerHürmüz lives in Taskasap, Istanbul and has six husbands in a plot to solve her economic problems.
- DirectorMustafa Sevki DoganStarsKenan ImirzaliogluCansu DereEngin SenkanStory about an ottoman WWI veteran, who resistances against the occupiers.
- DirectorZiya ÖztanStarsMeltem CumbulMehmet KurtulusHalil ErgünThe film, which started with the declaration of the Constitutional Monarchy, reflects events such as the dethronement of Sultan Abdulhamid, the events of March 31 and the arrival of the Operation Army in Istanbul.
- DirectorTarkan ÖzelStarsSelda AlkorSebahat AdalarMünir AkçaThe life story of Kosem Sultan, a slave girl who will be a female sultan and rule the Ottoman Empire.
- DirectorsÖzhan ErenMurat SaraçogluStarsÖzge ÖzberkBurak SergenCansel ElcinDuring the Sarikamis Battle, the Ottoman army runs out of ammunition and appeals to the people of Van for help, who happen to have supplies. However, the First World War is on and all men are fighting at four corners of the empire and therefore can not respond to to the appeal.
- DirectorSemir AslanyürekStarsMetin AkpinarErdal BesikçiogluMelisa SözenMahmut, who does not want to commit murder because of tradition, is forced to leave his love and his village. When he enlists in the military, he finds himself in a relentless war in the Syrian deserts.
- DirectorÖmer Faruk SorakStarsCem YilmazOzan GüvenDemet EvgarIn 1881, two Ottoman Secret Agents travel to the USA, at the Sultan's request, to deliver a valuable diamond as a gift for the President.
- DirectorHakan SahinStarsMark DacascosEmanuel BettencourtSinan AlbayrakThe film tells the story of an American professor, Ciano Depp, who learns the secrets of Ottoman Sultan Abdulhamid II about crude oil. The professor comes to Istanbul and begins to work hard to find the sultan's mysterious chest, kept in the depot of the Topkap 305; Palace Museum.
- DirectorSinan ÇetinStarsHaluk BilginerOktay KaynarcaYavuz BingölThe story of two soldiers fighting on two different fronts and a mother's struggle against time.
- DirectorYesim SezginStarsBaran AkbulutÖzgür AkdemirRiza AkinThe story of the film is about the Gallipoli Campaign during World War I on the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey in 1915. The film covers the resurrection of Turkey following its defeat in the Balkan War, through depictions of Sergeant Mehmet Ali from Biga, Corporal Seyit and many others.
- DirectorOrhan Bal
- DirectorTomris GiritliogluStarsHülya AvsarZuhal OlcayKamran UsluerThe film is set during the period of the Varlik Vergisi where many non-Muslims were forced to pay higher taxes, often in an arbitrary and unrealistic way. Around 2,000 non-Muslims who could not pay the amount demanded for the tax within the 30-day time limit were arrested and sent to a forced-labor camp in Askale in the Erzurum.
- DirectorDavid LeanStarsPeter O'TooleAlec GuinnessAnthony QuinnThe story of T.E. Lawrence, the English officer who successfully united and led the diverse, often warring, Arab tribes during World War I in order to fight the Turks.