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, touching, sentimental, realistic, sincere and tense films and TV shows about / with love, family relations, love and romance, couples, love affair, friendship, secret, husband wife relationship, suspense and kiss plots mostly in Drama, Romance and War genres shot in Turkey, Germany, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as turkey: Fatmagul (2010), Wounded Love (2016), Erkenci Kus (2018), Mustang (2015), Sultan of My Heart (2018), Only You (2014), Istanbullu Gelin (2017), Rise of Empires: Ottoman (2020), Waiting for the Sun (2013), Endless Love (2015).
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List of movies set in turkey
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
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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, sentimental
Plot:
rape victim, court case, prejudice, rape and revenge, rape, loss of loved one, relationships, love, secret, tragic love, love and romance, husband wife relationship ...
Place:
turkey, istanbul turkey
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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, surprise ending
Plot:
spy, marriage, death, family relations, conspiracy, secret, strong female lead, kidnapping, deception, jealousy, patriot, undercover ...
Time:
1920s, 1910s, year 1919
Place:
turkey, greece
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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, captivating, funny ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens
Plot:
workplace romance, love affair, rich man poor woman, relationships, love, couple relations, lovers apart, advertising agency, love and romance, relationship vs career, male female relationship, young girl ...
Place:
turkey, istanbul turkey
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39K
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Germany, Turkey, 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, heartbreaking, realistic, art house, bleak ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot:
sisters, teenage girl, coming of age, virginity, arranged marriage, teenager, women, sister sister relationship, orphan, female protagonist, sexism, children ...
Time:
2010s, 80s
Place:
turkey, istanbul turkey, middle east, israel, california ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, History, Romance
Country: Turkey, Russia
Duration: 150 min.
TV show
Story:
Mahmud brings Anna to his palace to teach his children French. The Russian ambassador also sends him there with the pressure to 'spy on his country'.
Style:
touching, emotional, sincere, captivating, tense
Plot:
sultan, strong female character, love and romance, female teacher, society, love affair, parent child relationship, intrigue, espionage, palace intrigue, love triangle, spy ...
Time:
18th century
Place:
turkey, ottoman empire
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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
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
blindness, boxing, true love, coincidence, opposites attract, couple relations, attraction, estrangement, love, couples, haunted by the past, gangsters ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
turkey, istanbul turkey
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Genre: Comedy, 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, realistic, sweet ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night
Plot:
love affair, love and romance, family relations, wealth, mother son relationship, mother in law, impossible love, destiny, young girl, lie, marriage, wedding ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
turkey
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Genre: Documentary, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 44 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:
epic
Plot:
sultan, muslim, conquering, turk, battles, roman empire, leadership, ancient, women, medieval, sword, castle ...
Time:
15th century
Place:
ottoman empire, turkey, istanbul turkey, constantinople
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Genre: Drama
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, teenage love, couples, love affair, mother daughter relationship, lifestyle change, search for father, family problems, social problems, relationship problems, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, small town life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
turkey
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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:
sentimental, suspenseful, touching, emotional, dramatic ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
true love, forbidden love, blackmailer, tragic love, family life, life, beefcake, love and romance, suspense, life is a bitch, violent husband, brutality ...
Place:
turkey, istanbul turkey
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23K
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 40 min.
TV show
Story:
A painter in Istanbul embarks on a personal journey as she unearths universal secrets about an Anatolian archaeological site and its link to her past.
Style:
disturbing, captivating, psychological, sincere, enigmatic ...
Plot:
archaeology, art, archeological dig, supernatural, massacre, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, disorder, secret, puzzle, secret revealed, uncover truth, mysticism ...
Place:
turkey, ottoman empire
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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
Plot:
friendship, wedding, marriage, jealousy, nobleman, trust, soldier, world war one, hopes, betrayal, marriage proposal, deception ...
Time:
future, post world war one
Place:
istanbul turkey, turkey, russia
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: Iran
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Two Iranian pilots are in a special mission to save the people of a Syrian city who are surrounded by the terrorists. But they have to face many challenges before manage to accomplish their mission.
Style:
captivating, tense, exciting
Plot:
isis, hijacking, pow, terrorist, torture, husband wife relationship, kurd, airplane, terrorism, war crime, female soldier, kidnapping ...
Place:
syria, iran, turkey, israel, kurdistan
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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:
disturbing, serious, captivating, tense
Plot:
sultan, turkish history, historical figure, battles, turk, historical character, fight, power struggle, leadership, government, warrior, empire ...
Time:
11th century
Place:
turkey
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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, sweet, light, romantic, sincere
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
relationships, businessman, change, unlikely couple, new life, brother sister relationship
Place:
turkey
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3K
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, captivating, sentimental, realistic
Plot:
prejudice, farm, love, pride, secret, family relations, revenge, haunted by the past, homecoming, rivalry, society, marriage ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
turkey
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55K
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:
psychological, emotional, bleak, harsh, reflective ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
suicide attempt, love, marriage, culture clash, love story, drugs, relationships, loneliness, sex, love affair, mentally unstable, rebellion ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
germany, turkey, hamburg germany, berlin germany, europe ...
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 120 min.
TV show
Story:
A waitress named Defne Topal (Elçin Sangu) finds herself in a love game when she needs money to pay off her brother's debt. Defne looks after her grandmother, her young sister and her older brother, because her mother and father left her and ...
Style:
romantic, entertaining, sentimental, captivating, funny ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
love, couples, wooing, happy ending, love affair, workplace, love interest, multiple storylines, save the day, secret, forced marriage, comeback ...
Place:
turkey, istanbul turkey
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: Turkey
Duration: 120 min.
TV show
Story:
Ertuğrul Bey and the Knights Templar in the 13th century Alba and step and step with the struggle against brutal Mongols depicts the process of establishing the Ottoman principality.
Style:
exciting, tense, brutal, stylized, atmospheric ...
Plot:
historical character, rivalry, military coup, life & death, betrayal, heroes, father son relationship, war, suspense, turkish history, vengeance, culture clash ...
Time:
14th century, 13th century
Place:
turkey
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Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 150 min.
TV show
Story:
In the past, the impossible love of Tahir has been told, with Nefes escaping from the persecution of the man whose money was sold in the past and taking refuge in the Black Sea with his child, and his family's great reaction because he ...
Style:
captivating, rough, touching, sentimental
Plot:
love, kidnapping, escape, domestic violence, torture, courtroom, lawyer, secret, police, baby, strong female character, evil man ...
Place:
turkey, istanbul turkey
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Year 1977, a September morning in Ankara... Yilmaz tries to rush his pregnant wife Neriman to the hospital and he crashes into Omer's car. The causes Omer's pregnant wife Inci, who was in the back seat, to have a pre-term labor. The babies ...
Style:
romantic, inspirational, sentimental, emotional, dramatic ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night, chick flick
Plot:
destiny, true love, life, love triangle, hopes, love and romance, power of love, couples, fall in love, heart disease, love, childhood memory ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
turkey, istanbul turkey
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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, captivating, sentimental, clever ...
Plot:
life is a bitch, culture clash, on the run, starting over, wartime life, pregnancy, terrorism, social relations, village, gay, migration, lgbt ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
turkey, europe, norway, istanbul turkey, oslo norway
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Genre: Crime, 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:
tense, captivating, touching, sweet
Plot:
murder, secret, prison, death, family relations, family feud, couples, love and romance, love, rivalry, friendship, revenge ...
Place:
turkey, istanbul turkey
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Turkey
Duration: 53 min.
TV show
Story:
Two detectives try to unravel the mystery of the murders that followed the discovery of a body in the Bosphorus.
Style:
tense, disturbing, exciting, serious, surprise ending
Plot:
police, murder, friendship, murder investigation, suspense, suspect, fight, mystery killer, police officer, koran, police investigation, serial murder ...
Time:
16th century
Place:
turkey, ottoman empire, istanbul turkey
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 120 min.
TV show
Story:
Three things in life can not be hidden "love, smoke and lack of money". The social society and the events behind the business world are told.
Style:
sincere, captivating, touching, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
parents and children, mansion, wealthy family, love, friendship, ambition, intrigue, family relations, couple relations, love affair, family problems, family life ...
Place:
turkey, istanbul turkey
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Turkey
Duration: 120 min.
TV show
Story:
Three girls in high school made a prank on the fourth girl and caused her to be expelled from the high school with her teacher. After 20 years they got together in a high society environment.
Style:
captivating, enigmatic, psychological, tense
Plot:
secret, murder, uncover truth, love, court, suicide, suicide threat, girlfriend girlfriend relationship, deception, suicide attempt, revenge, rivals ...
Place:
turkey, istanbul turkey
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177K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, War
Country: Spain, USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
Set during the last days of the Ottoman Empire, a love triangle develops between Mikael, a brilliant medical student, the beautiful and sophisticated artist Ana, and Chris, a renowned American journalist based in Paris.
Style:
sad, factual, heartbreaking, sentimental, suspenseful ...
Plot:
armenian genocide, love triangle, world war one, true love, wedding, orphanage, tragic love, genocide, family relations, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, love affair, survival ...
Time:
1910s
Place:
ottoman empire, turkey, istanbul turkey
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3K
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey, France, Germany
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A high school graduate, Yusuf could not pass the university entrance exam. Writing poetry is his greatest passion and some of his poems are being printed in various obscure literary journals. But neither these poems, nor the rapidly falling price of ...
Style:
realistic, art house, psychological, atmospheric, captivating ...
Plot:
youth, coming of age, adolescence vs adulthood, teenage love, introspection, leaving home, teenage life, family relations, farm, small town, unfulfillment, hopes ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
turkey
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Turkey
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
Veteran homicide cop Ferman (Şener Şen) and his hot-headed partner İdris (Cem Yılmaz) team up with rookie cop and anthropology major Hasan (Okan Yalabık) to investigate the murder of a young woman. The suspects include her conservative family, ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, captivating, tense, twisted ...
Plot:
murder, police detective, police investigation, who done it, generation gap, law enforcement, partners, rookie, oldtimer, temperamental, partners against crime, conservative ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
middle east, turkey, istanbul turkey
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Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Onur, who has been deaf since birth, works as a librarian. His father had left him and his mother when he was seven, and Onur has always blamed himself for this. Although being able to speak, he has chosen to stay silent because of the pitying looks ...
Style:
realistic, emotional, captivating, psychological, sentimental ...
Plot:
mute or deaf, love and romance, couples, social misfits, workplace, hopes, leaving home, call center, mute character, self discovery, society, family relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
turkey, istanbul turkey
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