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, serious, romantic and touching films and TV shows about / with love and romance, couples, family relations, love, love affair, kiss, husband wife relationship, turk, friendship and boyfriend girlfriend relationship plots mostly in Drama, Romance and Action genres shot in Turkey, France, Germany and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as turkey: Queen of the Night (2016), Head-On (2004), Only You (2014), Love in Another Language (2009), Turkish Passion (1994), Fatmagul (2010), Endless Love (2015), Daydreamer (2018), Istanbullu Gelin (2017), Wounded Love (2016).

List of movies set in turkey

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Queen of the Night (2016)
Genre: Action, 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: couples, love and romance, businessman, older man younger woman relationship, breakup, one night stand, meeting, brother, orphan
Time: 21st century
Place: turkey
Is relevant ?
 7.9
 57K
Head-On (2004)
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, depressing, bleak, breathtaking, serious ...
Audience: adult
Plot: suicide attempt, marriage, immigrant, culture clash, love story, relationships, loneliness, sex, love affair, drug, self esteem, self destructing ...
Time: year 2004, 2000s, 21st century
Place: turkey, germany, hamburg germany, europe, frankfurt germany ...
Is relevant ?
 7.3
 6K
Only You (2014)
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 105 min.
Story: The passionate love between a former boxer and a beautiful blind woman.
Style: emotional, touching, realistic, sentimental, romantic drama ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: blindness, true love, boxing, attraction, disabled, coincidence, opposites attract, blind girl, couple relations, estrangement, love, couples ...
Time: 21st century
Place: turkey, istanbul turkey
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Love in Another Language (2009)
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, psychological, captivating, sentimental ...
Plot: mute or deaf, love and romance, couples, workplace, social misfits, hopes, leaving home, call center, mute character, self discovery, family relations, society ...
Time: 21st century
Place: turkey, istanbul turkey
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Turkish Passion (1994)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 112 min.
Story: A young woman’s passion forms the basis of this erotic Spanish drama adapted from a popular novel by Antonio Gala. The night before Desideria’s marriage, her girl friends give her some valuable advice on sex. The marriage takes place, and while ...
Style: sexy, manga, sensual, serious, realistic ...
Plot: cuckolded husband, family problems, love affair, obsession, belly dancer, unfaithful wife, cheating wife, sexual exploration, attraction, male female relationship, infidelity, affair ...
Time: 90s
Place: turkey, middle east, cappadocia turkey, istanbul turkey
Is relevant ?
 5.9
 8K
Fatmagul (2010)
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, soap opera, novela ...
Plot: rape victim, court case, prejudice, rape and revenge, rape, relationships, loss of loved one, love, secret, tragic love, love and romance, sexualized violence ...
Place: turkey, middle east, istanbul turkey
Is relevant ?
 7.4
 10K
Endless Love (2015)
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, touching, emotional, dramatic, suspenseful ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night
Plot: true love, forbidden love, tragic love, blackmailer, family life, life, beefcake, love and romance, life is a bitch, violent husband, brutality, life philosophy ...
Place: turkey, istanbul turkey
Is relevant ?
 7.4
 11K
Daydreamer (2018)
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: workplace romance, romantic relationship, rich man poor woman, couple relations, relationships, love, lovers apart, advertising agency, love affair, relationship vs career, young girl, love and romance ...
Place: turkey, istanbul turkey
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Istanbullu Gelin (2017)
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, sweet, funny ...
Audience: chick flick, date night, girls' night
Plot: love affair, love and romance, family relations, wealth, bride and groom, mother in law, mother son relationship, impossible love, destiny, young girl, parents and children, wedding planning ...
Time: 21st century
Place: turkey
Is relevant ?
 8.4
 5K
Wounded Love (2016)
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: marriage, death, conspiracy, family relations, strong female lead, secret, kidnapping, patriot, undercover, deception, trust, jealousy ...
Time: 1920s, 1910s, 20th century
Place: turkey, greece, ottoman empire
Is relevant ?
 7.1
 14K
Climates (2006)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Turkey, France
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, serious, realistic, contemplative, aesthetic ...
Plot: family relations, couples, family problems, couple relations, crumbling marriage, unsupportive spouse, dishonesty, sexual relations, rape, winter, realism, lonely ...
Time: 2000s
Place: middle east, turkey, sarajevo, istanbul turkey
Is relevant ?
 7.6
 41K
Mustang (2015)
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, social ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: sisters, teenage girl, teenager, coming of age, sexism, running away from home, sister sister relationship, islam, women, teen suicide, female protagonist, virginity ...
Time: year 2015, 2010s, near future
Place: turkey, istanbul turkey, middle east, maghreb
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Rise of Empires: Ottoman (2020)
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: historical drama, epic, costume drama
Plot: sultan, muslim, conquering, turk, roman empire, battles, medieval, women, world history, history lesson, talk show, leadership ...
Time: medieval times, 15th century
Place: ottoman empire, turkey, constantinople, istanbul turkey
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Waiting for the Sun (2013)
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, couples, love affair, teenage love, search for father, lifestyle change, mother daughter relationship, family relations, changing lives, family problems, social problems, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: turkey
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Kurt Seyit and Şura (2014)
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
Plot: friendship, marriage, wedding, world war one, nobleman, trust, jealousy, hopes, betrayal, marriage proposal, deception, secret ...
Time: future, edwardian era, 20th century, 1920s, post world war one
Place: istanbul turkey, turkey, russia, ottoman empire
Is relevant ?
 8.1
 20K
Insider (2016)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Turkey
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Even though two brothers are completely separated from each other after the imprisoning of their father and the kidnapping of their twin brother, they meet by coincidence years after when both choose to enter the police academy.
Style: captivating, disturbing, exciting, suspense, tense ...
Plot: brother brother relationship, death, sting operation, twists and turns, police officer, fall in love, marriage, mafia, interrogation, arrest, chase, hostage ...
Time: 21st century
Place: turkey, istanbul turkey
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Brave and Beautiful (2016)
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: couples, murder, secret, prison, death, family feud, love and romance, love, rivalry, danger, friendship, revenge ...
Place: turkey, istanbul turkey
Is relevant ?
 6.5
 59K
Conquest 1453 (2012)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: Turkey
Duration: 162 min.
Story: After 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.
Style: tense, realistic, exciting, serious, captivating ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: rise to the top, emperor, sultan, conquering, muslim, medieval, prophet, siege, turk, sword fight, politics, military ...
Time: 15th century, middle ages, medieval times
Place: ottoman empire, turkey, constantinople, middle east, istanbul turkey
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Time of Happiness (2017)
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: sweet, emotional, light, romantic, sincere ...
Audience: girls' night, chick flick
Plot: businessman, relationships, unlikely couple, new life, brother sister relationship
Place: turkey
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Damascus Time (2018)
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: suspense, tense, captivating, exciting
Plot: isis, pow, terrorist, torture, husband wife relationship, hijacking, jihad, airplane, terrorism, syrian war, war crime, female soldier ...
Place: syria, iran, turkey, israel, kurdistan
Is relevant ?
 7.3
 10K
Love for Rent (2015)
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, funny, sentimental, captivating ...
Audience: girls' night, chick flick
Plot: couples, love, wooing, happy ending, love affair, workplace, love interest, save the day, forced marriage, secret, multiple storylines, comeback ...
Place: turkey, istanbul turkey
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Sultan of My Heart (2018)
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, sincere, captivating, emotional, tense ...
Plot: sultan, female teacher, society, love and romance, strong female character, parent child relationship, espionage, palace intrigue, male female relationship, couple relations, relationships, love triangle ...
Time: 18th century, 1800s, 19th century
Place: turkey, ottoman empire
Is relevant ?
 6.8
 23K
Alone (2008)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Alper is in his mid 30s and a good chef at his own restaurant. He loves luxury and spends his life with one-night stands and paid love. One day, his life changes utterly as he walks into a second-hand shop where he first encounters Ada who is in her ...
Style: serious, realistic, romantic, sentimental, melancholic ...
Audience: date night
Plot: couple relations, couples, bittersweet, cooking and food, chef, love and romance, turk, estrangement, casual sex, free spirited, singleness, chief ...
Time: 21st century
Place: istanbul turkey, turkey
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Love Likes Coincidences (2011)
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: true love, destiny, life, couples, love triangle, hopes, love and romance, power of love, fall in love, childhood memory, love, life & death ...
Time: 21st century
Place: turkey, middle east, istanbul turkey
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Alparslan: The Great Seljuks (2021)
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, tense, serious, captivating, suspense
Plot: sultan, historical character, government, empire, turk, warrior, fight, power struggle, leader, battles, ruler, historical figure ...
Time: 11th century
Place: turkey
Is relevant ?
 7.2
 4K
Asi (2007)
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, realistic, captivating, soap opera
Plot: prejudice, secret, pride, love, family relations, haunted by the past, farm, marriage, marriage proposal, husband wife relationship, homecoming, revenge ...
Time: 21st century
Place: turkey
Is relevant ?
 7.3
 23K
Three Monkeys (2008)
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, political corruption, family secret, injustice, family life, workplace, innocence lost, life is a bitch, boss and employee, hidden identity, hidden truth, politics ...
Place: turkey, middle east, maghreb, balkan, istanbul turkey
Is relevant ?
 6.6
 3K
Milk (2008)
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 life, introspection, teenage love, leaving home, unfulfillment, family relations, hopes, small town, farm ...
Time: 21st century
Place: turkey
Is relevant ?
 7.2
 3K
10 to 11 (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey, France, Germany
Duration: 110 min.
Story: 10 to 11 is the story of a passionate collector Mithat and the concierge of the building, Ali. For Mithat Istanbul is as vast as his collections and for Ali is nothing more than a few blocks around the building. When the neighbors decide to have the ...
Style: contemplative, realistic, sentimental, psychological, captivating ...
Plot: obsession, friendship, concierge, city life, collector, aging, neighbor, lgbt, unlikely partners, obsessive quest, elderly, lifestyle ...
Time: 21st century
Place: turkey, middle east
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The White Angel (2007)
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Beyaz Melek’ filmi; bir aşkın öyküsüdür.Bu aşk öyküsü, iki insanın birbirine duyduğu aşk değil, bir grup insanın hayata ve birbirlerine duyduğu aşkın ve sevginin hikayesidir.Filmde, doğudan batıya, mekteplisinden köylüsüne, ...
Style: touching, realistic, psychological, captivating, serious ...
Plot: family relations, hospital, aging, terminal illness, friendship, retirement home, death, old age, wedding, bittersweet, love and romance, elderly lovers ...
Time: 21st century
Place: turkey, istanbul turkey, middle east
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