Movies and TV shows set in turkey
The list contains the best, new and most relevant movies set in turkey ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out captivating, realistic, sentimental, art house, disturbing and suspense films and TV shows about / with love and romance, couples, family relations, love, husband wife relationship, relationships, turk, revenge, friendship and betrayal plots mostly in Drama, Romance and Comedy genres shot in Turkey, France, Germany and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as turkey: Head-On (2004), Envy (2009), The Confession (2001), What is Fatmagul's Fault? (2010), Climates (2006), Daydreamer (2018), Three Monkeys (2008), Brave and Beautiful (2016), Queen of the Night (2016), Only You (2014).
Best films
New films
| Kraven the Hunter (2024) | 5.5 | |
| White Pill (2023) | 7.2 | |
| Fate (2024) | 6.9 | |
| 3391 Kilometres (2024) | 4.4 | |
| Chokehold (2023) | 5.7 |
List of movies set in turkey
60K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany, Turkey
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Head On is German director Fatih Akin’s story of the alcoholic Cahit and Turkish Sibel. Akin tells the story of a love that can never be between two people who are too alike to not be together.
Style:
depressing, sexy, breathtaking, harsh, bleak ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
suicide attempt, ethnicity, marriage, sex, immigrant, love story, relationships, culture clash, passion, extramarital affair, marriage of convenience, loneliness ...
Time:
year 2004, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
turkey, germany, hamburg germany, europe, frankfurt germany ...
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4K
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Seniha lives with her brother Halit and his wife Mükerrem. When Nüzhet, the handsome son of the richest family in town, sets his eyes on the married Mükerrem, she is at first disgusted with Nüzhet’s overt sexual innuendo. However, it isn’t ...
Style:
captivating, disturbing, psychological, art house, twisted
Plot:
envy, family relations, dysfunctional family, husband wife relationship, costume ball, relationship problems, family problems, moral dilemma, small town life, sister in law sister in law relationship, depression, sex scene ...
Time:
1930s
Place:
turkey
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Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A taut, beautifully acted psychological drama about a husband who suspects his wife of having an affair, but is terrified that confronting her about it might prove she really is.
Style:
realistic, serious, art house, touching, exciting ...
Plot:
extramarital affair, love affair, midlife crisis, unsupportive spouse, dishonesty, love and romance, crumbling marriage, couples, family problems, illicit affair, confession, affair ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
turkey
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story:
Fatmagül'ün Suçu Ne? is a Turkish television drama series produced by Ay Yapım and broadcast on Kanal D. The series is based on Vedat Türkali's novel, Fatmagül'ün Suçu Ne?, which was made into a film in 1986. The series is ...
Style:
touching, captivating, sincere, novela, soap opera ...
Plot:
court case, rape and revenge, prejudice, rape victim, relationships, rape, loss of loved one, sexualized violence, love, secret, tragic love, love and romance ...
Place:
turkey, middle east, istanbul turkey
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15K
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey, France, Netherlands
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Man was made to be happy for simple reasons and unhappy for even simpler ones – just as he is born for simple reasons and dies for even simpler ones... Isa and Bahar are two lonely figures dragged through the ever-changing climate of their inner ...
Style:
psychological, realistic, serious, erotic, contemplative ...
Plot:
family relations, couples, family problems, crumbling marriage, couple relations, unsupportive spouse, dishonesty, sexual relations, crazy love, rape, winter, rough sex ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
turkey, middle east, sarajevo, istanbul turkey
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 120 min.
TV show
Story:
Sanem is young girl who hadn't succeeded in landing a permanent job yet, and chooses to work at her father's grocery store in hopes to become a famous writer one day. When her parents give her a choice to either get a proper job or an ...
Style:
romantic, sentimental, sweet, funny, captivating ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens
Plot:
romantic relationship, couple relations, lovers apart, relationships, workplace romance, rich man poor woman, love story, advertising agency, love affair, love, relationship vs career, love and romance ...
Place:
turkey, istanbul turkey
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Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey, France, Italy
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A family battles against the odds to stay together when small lies grow into an extravagant cover-up. In order to avoid hardship and responsibilities that would otherwise be impossible to endure, the family chooses to ignore the truth, not to see, ...
Style:
realistic, disturbing, serious, art house, feel good ...
Plot:
family relations, family secret, injustice, family life, hidden identity, innocence lost, workplace, boss and employee, life is a bitch, hidden truth, minimalism, politics ...
Place:
turkey, middle east, istanbul turkey, maghreb, balkan
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 120 min.
TV show
Story:
Tahsin is head of the Korludag family, his wealth and great influence in society makes him feared and respected by everyone. There isn’t a place or person in town that he does not control. Tahsin has two children; his son Korhan is a big ...
Style:
captivating, tense, family saga, tension, emotional ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
family feud, couples, death, love and romance, murder, secret, prison, revenge, forbidden love, danger, rivalry, love ...
Place:
turkey, istanbul turkey
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 120 min.
TV show
Story:
Kartal is an orphan who is raised by Aziz the man who killed his father. Kartal married Aziz's daughter Esra but falls to Selin and feels obligated to leaves her.
Style:
emotional, romantic, captivating, sentimental, disturbing ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
love and romance, couples, businessman, breakup, meeting, one night stand, brother, love triangle, betrayal, tragic past, jealousy, infidelity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
turkey, istanbul turkey
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
The passionate love between a former boxer and a beautiful blind woman.
Style:
touching, emotional, realistic, sentimental, romantic drama ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
blindness, true love, boxing, attraction, disabled, blind girl, opposites attract, couple relations, estrangement, coincidence, love, haunted by the past ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
turkey, istanbul turkey
Is relevant?
17K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Turkey
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A group of young high society friends, aged between 18 and 25, are gathered at a friend's bar that they regularly frequent for the night. But when they finish of their last beer and prepare to head home they find themselves held captive at ...
Style:
disturbing, serious, suspenseful, rough, art house ...
Plot:
gang, captivity, vigilantism, sexual abuse, vengeance, life is a bitch, injustice, confined, murder, rivalry, gory, escape attempt ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
turkey
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: Turkey
Duration: 120 min.
TV show
Story:
Azize finds herself with her 3 children and mother-in-law in a difficult fight. She raises her children while fighting the difficulties of the war period and her husband's absence whom she loves more than anything. It's about war, love, ...
Style:
captivating, touching, tense, suspense, surprise ending
Plot:
death, marriage, conspiracy, family relations, secret, kidnapping, deception, undercover, patriot, jealousy, trust, love and romance ...
Time:
1920s, 1910s, 20th century, year 1919
Place:
turkey, greece, ottoman empire
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story:
Two separate worlds lie on two sides of the road in a seaside town. Both too close and way too far from each other. What happens when two young people from these worlds fall in love? Kemal is one of the three children of a moderate family that ...
Style:
touching, sentimental, emotional, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
true love, forbidden love, blackmailer, life, tragic love, family life, love and romance, brutality, beefcake, life is a bitch, violent husband, life philosophy ...
Place:
turkey, istanbul turkey
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 120 min.
TV show
Story:
Faruk is the owner of a bus company and the leader of a powerful family in Bursa which is a metropol in Turkey. Faruk meets a violonist girl and falls in love with her. But the dominant mother of Faruk isn't happy with her son's ...
Style:
romantic, sentimental, emotional, feel good, sweet ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night
Plot:
love affair, love and romance, impossible love, family relations, wealth, wedding planning, mother in law, mother son relationship, bride and groom, marriage proposal, destiny, young girl ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
turkey
Is relevant?
43K
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey, France, Germany, Qatar
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
In a Turkish village, five orphaned sisters live under strict rule while members of their family prepare their arranged marriages.
Style:
sad, realistic, heartbreaking, art house, social ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
sisters, teenage girl, coming of age, sexism, running away from home, sister sister relationship, virginity, teen suicide, islam, women's rights, women, arranged marriage ...
Time:
year 2015, 2010s, near future, 80s
Place:
turkey, istanbul turkey, middle east, maghreb, israel ...
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Genre: Documentary, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II wages an epic campaign to take the Byzantine capital of Constantinople and shapes the course of history for centuries.
Style:
costume drama, epic, historical drama
Plot:
sultan, muslim, conquering, turk, medieval, battles, roman empire, sword, castle, christian, history lesson, turkish history ...
Time:
medieval times, 15th century
Place:
ottoman empire, turkey, constantinople, istanbul turkey
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
What if a revolution will happen in Turkey? "After Revolution" is discussing ordinary, daily life just after socialist revolution in Turkey.
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, political drama
Plot:
revolution, communism, social realism, ordinary people, life, changing lives, lifestyle change, lifestyle, social change, everyday life, working class, class struggle ...
Place:
turkey
Is relevant?
15K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story:
Asi is a Turkish television drama serial. The series originally aired from Jule 21, 2007 to June 15, 2009. It ran for two seasons on Kanal D.
Style:
psychological, sentimental, soap opera, realistic, captivating
Plot:
prejudice, secret, family relations, pride, haunted by the past, marriage proposal, homecoming, love, marriage, husband wife relationship, farm, revenge ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
turkey
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 120 min.
TV show
Story:
Zeynep is a beautiful high school student who has a moderate and ordinary life with her mother Demet in a small city. Zeynep has been raised without knowing her father but she always think about him when she stays alone. She was told that her father ...
Style:
romantic, emotional, captivating, talky, sincere
Audience:
girls' night, teens
Plot:
college life, love affair, couples, teenage love, lifestyle change, mother daughter relationship, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, high school, friends, search for father, changing lives, relationship problems ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
turkey
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Turkey, Bulgaria
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
May 22nd, 1963. Unhappy with the existing social and political situation in Turkey, a group of military officers has planned a coup d’état to take down the government in Ankara. Meanwhile in Istanbul, their conspirators have undertaken the vital ...
Style:
black comedy, satirical, thrilling, semi serious, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
military coup, political unrest, satire, coup d'etat, coup, problem, conspiracy, militarism, betrayal, moral ambiguity, realism, radio station ...
Place:
turkey, istanbul turkey
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
When the devastating Kocaeli earthquake occurs, the Turkish government passes a special law allowing people to complete their military service in a month.
Style:
semi serious, thrilling, captivating, sentimental, tragicomedy
Plot:
military, army, soldier, earthquake, wartime life, social problems, social issues, military base, resilience, bonding, army life, humanity ...
Place:
turkey
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, History, War
Country: Turkey
Duration: 120 min.
TV show
Story:
This series about a Sultan of the Great Seltuks. His name is Alparslan. He is the second sultan of the Seltuk dynasty. The serious will mainly explain the key moments of the life of Alparslan
Style:
historical drama, period piece, tense, serious, suspense ...
Plot:
sultan, turkish history, historical character, political intrigue, ruler, power struggle, historical figure, fight, government, battles, turk, warrior ...
Time:
11th century
Place:
turkey
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
In the southeast region of Turkey, the Altun family lives in a small mountainside village plagued by a 25-year war, making their daily life a hellish struggle. As the war continues to intensify, the family is forced to migrate west to the city of ...
Style:
realistic, psychological, sentimental, captivating, clever ...
Plot:
culture clash, on the run, starting over, wartime life, pregnancy, social relations, terrorism, gay, migration, lgbt, turk, immigrant ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
turkey, europe, istanbul turkey, oslo norway
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Turkey
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Celal Tan is a well-respected constitutional law professor who lives in a provincial city has two children from his first marriage. Many years after the death of his first wife, he married a woman much younger than him, a university student, whose ...
Style:
psychological, tragicomedy, thrilling, captivating, dark comedy ...
Plot:
crisis, family drama, moral dilemma, secrets, cover up, male female relationship, social problems, family problems, problem, relationships, family relations, secret ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
turkey
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
True love is not about perfection, it is hidden in flaws. The movie 'Mutluluk Zamani' (Time of Happiness) tells the story of Mert (Baris Arduc) who creates his 'perfect' life without facing his past and Ada (Elcin Sangu) who ...
Style:
emotional, sincere, sweet, light, romantic ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, adult
Plot:
relationships, businessman, love story, unlikely couple, new life, self discovery, chemistry, personal growth, identity, healing, second chance, hopes ...
Place:
turkey
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: Turkey
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story:
A Turkish lieutenant and the daughter of Russian nobles fight for their love against forces of family and social expectation and historical events.
Style:
captivating, romantic, realistic, historical drama, costume drama
Plot:
marriage, wedding, nobleman, betrayal, deception, world war one, friendship, trust, jealousy, forbidden love, marriage proposal, hopes ...
Time:
future, edwardian era, post world war one, 1920s, 20th century
Place:
istanbul turkey, turkey, russia, ottoman empire
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
An idyllic family holiday to Turkey turns into a nightmare when 16 year old son is accused of a serious crime.
Style:
suspenseful, captivating, psychological, crime drama, suspense ...
Plot:
family drama, criminal justice, framed for a crime, accusation, guilty verdict, problem, confined, parent child relationship, suspicion, investigation, moral ambiguity, mistrust ...
Place:
turkey
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
In 1980s, Youths having different ideologies couldn't share universities, streets, dormitories, they however stayed in same prisons and Cells. They fought each other, they killed each other and they restricted their living areas by being ...
Style:
disturbing, captivating, suspense, tense, intense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
idealism, coup d'etat, revolution, prison, political violence, prison life, society, political unrest, social issues, political prisoner, revolutionary, politics ...
Time:
80s
Place:
turkey
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy
Country: Russia
TV show
Style:
humorous, feel good, captivating, sincere, light ...
Plot:
vacation, sea, resort, hotel, friendship, tourist, beach, romantic relationship, prank, love and romance, summer, relationships ...
Place:
turkey
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Muezzin Musa falls for his neighbor, the Catholic nurse Clara. The story gets even more exceptional when Musa meets Yakup, who turns out to be connected with Clara.
Style:
romantic drama, melancholic, independent film, ambiguous ending, art house ...
Plot:
interfaith relationship, loneliness, character study, social realism, religious conflict, male protagonist, unrequited love, forbidden love, identity crisis, humanism, bittersweet, moral dilemma ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
turkey, istanbul turkey
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