Yaşar Kemal

Writing

Yaşar Kemal

Born October 6, 1923 · Hemite, Osmaniye, Türkiye

Died February 28, 2015 · aged 91

Yaşar Kemal (born Kemal Sadık Gökçeli;(6 October 1923 – 28 February 2015) was a Turkish writer and human rights activist of Kurdish origin. He was one of Turkey's leading writers. He received 38 awards during his lifetime and had been a candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature on the strength of Memed, My Hawk. An outspoken intellectual, he often did not hesitate to speak about sensitive issue…

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White HandkerchiefWhite Handkerchief · 1956
White Handkerchief
★ 6.21956
Movie
This film tells the story of who are young people fall in love each other in enemies two villages. There is hostility between Ören village and Alaca village. Even so, no one knows what is problems between two villages. Hasan is from Alaca village, he loves Rüstem's girl which is name Zeliha from other village. These two youngs sometimes meet each other and everyone knows that. But no one tells anything because of Murat, is friend with Hasan and he lives at the Ören village. Elders of Alaca went to Ören village for want to girl from her father. Everyone hope hostilities will end between the two villages through this marriage. But Rüstem be unwilling to this marriage. So it goes...
Kara ÇalıKara Çalı · 1956
Kara Çalı
★ 9.01956
MovieDrama
Memed My HawkMemed My Hawk · 1984
Memed My Hawk
★ 6.01984
MovieDrama
In 1920s Turkey, a young peasant is smitten with a beautiful young girl, who has been promised in marriage to the fat, dullard cousin of the province's powerful and corrupt governor. When an assassination attempt is made against the official, the young man flees his village and joins up with a group of outlaws fighting against the wealthy and powerful landowners who control the lives of the locals and make life miserable for them. The outlaws' successes prompt the governor to call in the Turkish army to capture or kill them.
Iron Earth, Copper SkyIron Earth, Copper Sky · 1987
Iron Earth, Copper Sky
★ 5.21987
MovieDrama
In this deeply symbolic and visually lush film, as far as Tashbash is concerned, he's just a malcontent, a fairly ordinary hell-raiser who has gotten into trouble with the law in the past. Sure, he hates the village headman who is a toady to the region's oppressive landlord, and he dislikes the fact that everyone looks to the headman for help because they have no place else to turn, but he's just an ordinary guy and has no solutions for his fellow villagers. However, after one of them has a vision in which Tashbash is shown to be a manifestation of one of their more important local saints, the villagers unite as one in seeking him out for help with the upcoming visit of the landlord to collect rents which they can't pay. Their adulation and reverence is so persistent that eventually even Tashbash becomes a believer.
Ala GeyikAla Geyik · 1969
Ala Geyik
★ 7.11969
MovieDrama
Halil is a man who is passionate about deer hunting.
Ölüm TarlasıÖlüm Tarlası · 1966
Ölüm Tarlası
★ 10.01966
MovieDramaCrime
The film deals with the bleeding wound of smuggling in the Southeast.
To Crush The SerpentTo Crush The Serpent · 1981
To Crush The Serpent
★ 6.01981
MovieDrama
Esme, the most beautiful woman in her village, is in love with Abbas, the valiant young man of the village, but she is married to the village lord Halim. When Abbas kills Halim, the people of the village lynch Esme and pressures Esme's son to kill her.
The Fallow DeerThe Fallow Deer · 1959
The Fallow Deer
★ 10.01959
MovieAdventureRomance
During a day of deer hunting, Karaca Ali Aga (Talat Gözbak) finds a girl wandering around, and immediately falls in love with her. Some time later, when Aga goes back to marry her, he instructs his men to eliminate the obstacle, namely Halil (Yilmaz Güney)...

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Iron Earth, Copper SkyIron Earth, Copper Sky · 1987
Iron Earth, Copper Sky
★ 5.21987
MovieDrama
In this deeply symbolic and visually lush film, as far as Tashbash is concerned, he's just a malcontent, a fairly ordinary hell-raiser who has gotten into trouble with the law in the past. Sure, he hates the village headman who is a toady to the region's oppressive landlord, and he dislikes the fact that everyone looks to the headman for help because they have no place else to turn, but he's just an ordinary guy and has no solutions for his fellow villagers. However, after one of them has a vision in which Tashbash is shown to be a manifestation of one of their more important local saints, the villagers unite as one in seeking him out for help with the upcoming visit of the landlord to collect rents which they can't pay. Their adulation and reverence is so persistent that eventually even Tashbash becomes a believer.

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