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Turkey's shimmering Tuz Lake, the country's second-largest lake, supplies 70% of its salt, even as its waters recede due to climate change. Here villagers still harvest pure, untreated salt. For widower Salih, salt is more than a livelihood – it's survival. Before dawn, he rides out on his loyal horse Fedai with his daughter Zeliş, gathering salt at sunrise and sharing the harvest with neighbours. But when Salih's friend Muhtar yields to the mayor's orders and a greedy corporation claims the lake's salt rights, villagers are barred from the shore and threatened with losing their horses. Salih refuses to give in. He makes forbidden journeys, devises schemes to outwit the ever-watchful gendarmes, and relies on his honest heart and loyal accomplices.

Bihter, who is desperate for love, sees Adnan, a wealthy and respected older guy, as a way out of the stereotype that society and her materialistic mother have given her. But she soon discovers that she is not satisfied with his attention and has other needs.

Taner and Yeşim are a couple who have been married for twelve years. The couple, who live a happy life with their ten-year-old daughter Defne, count down the days to go to their summer house, as they do every year. However, this year's vacation will not be like the others. Upon arriving at the summer house, the family witnesses strange occurrences, and is shaken when Defne begins eating insects she has dug up from the ground. The extraordinary events that befall them cause Tamer to revisit his past. Tamer, who is investigating the mysterious roots that even Yeşim does not know about, is forced to confront Cini İbn-i Cühaşe, the most dangerous of the jinn, and his army.

Yankı is a 17-year-old gay boy. He is under pressure because of his sexual orientation from the neighborhood and his mother. One day, his mom and a neighbor decide to solve this problem. (Wicked Queer Film Festival 2020)

Zeynep, a pregnant woman, is staying with her mother-in-law, Fatma, at her small village when her husband has to return to the city for his work, despite Fatma's warning that demons can harm a mother and her unborn baby if they are left on their own.

The story follows Güven, who works as a manager at an accounting firm in Kavşak. Güven, who has a happy marriage, sees his routine life begin to unravel when the new department manager, Arzu, moves into his office. Meanwhile, the landlord's son is trying to reach an agreement with a contractor to demolish the house they are living in, and accounting clerk Haydar is embezzling company funds. A small slip-up in Güven's life, combined with Arzu's uncontrollable curiosity, causes events to unfold like a snowball effect, leaving Güven cornered.

When a meticulous homemaker hosts a lavish get-together, her family heirloom gets stolen. She teams with her out-of-towner nephew to find the thief.

Valeria works at a laboratory in the Soviet Union in 1984 that studies parapsychological phenomena. Her former lover, Nazım, invites her to Turkey to investigate a mysterious case. Valeria goes to Nalbant Village in Azdavay to investigate Nazife Hanım, whom the locals call "Cinli Nazife," and soon begins her research there. However, Valeria suddenly disappears. Meanwhile, Nazife Hanım has suffered a stroke, and Nazım has gone mad. Thirty years pass. Ceyda, a pregnant woman, comes to this old village with her husband and child, which her grandmother had abandoned at the time. As the young woman's labor pains begin, the dark secrets of the past will also begin to unfold.

Imdat is a poor, uneducated, working class window cleaner who has migrated to the big city. As he cleans the windows of the private TV channel Kanal I, the president of the channel, Berk, discovers that Imdat has an uncanny ability to sense what program will yield the best ratings and what is likely to be panned by audiences, thus Berk begins milking Imdat's unique ability to score ratings. Soon Imdat finds himself replacing the president and leading the TV channel. He goes on to produce some truly tasteless and exploitative programs that enjoy massive ratings, eventually becoming part of the dirty media games himself.

Selçuk and Zeynep fell in love with each other at university and got married at a young age. Selçuk, being jealous of his wife, did not let her work, and Zeynep, out of boredom, turned to shopping and housework. Selçuk, a white-collar worker, eventually grew tired of his wife and decided to separate. Zeynep no longer wanted to stay married to a man who didn’t care about her and agreed to divorce in exchange for a car, a house, and 4,000 lira alimony. Selçuk, eager to divorce his wife as soon as possible, quickly accepted her demands and they divorced.

Yılmaz is a young police officer. Yılmaz and his wife Hülya start a family, which grows with the birth of their children. As their children begin to grow up, the couple observes some unusual behaviors in them. Their children have difficulty communicating with their peers. Their children, who cannot speak until the age of 3, cannot form sentences like their peers when they do start to speak. One day, when the family takes their children to the park, they meet a neurologist, and this encounter leads them to learn about autism.

Deli Dumrul is an epic character in Turkish literature. Dumrul fell in love with "Guncicek", one day Dumrul heard the Reaper took her soul. Dumrul wondered, who is the Reaper, then he challenged The Reaper.

Tarik is a mathematics teacher who is assigned from Anatolia to Istanbul. Director and other teachers explain to him that the school is a difficult one. First of all, the neighborhood is full of unwanted events. Men wait on the corners trying to sell drugs to kids. On top of all, his students hate math class. Tarik's worldview is not only about teaching mathematics but also about turning math into a system that the students can and use in their daily news. As a teacher, he has various ways to get his students interested in the subject. He tries to win them over by reflecting on the mathematical problems and symbols in their daily lives. However, students cannot concentrate on their classes due to the conditions of the school. Tarik finds himself in a huge struggle from the first day on.

It tells the story of Gülcemal, who lives alone in nature, and the comical, dangerous, and crazy events that befall him after inheriting his father's estate, whom he has never met.

Turkey's series about the events experienced in the 1980s

Two sisters with contrasting values are drawn into Istanbul's glamorous and treacherous high society. Yıldız craves wealth and status, while principled Zeynep falls for her cold, powerful boss Alihan. When Yıldız becomes entangled with married tycoon Halit and his scheming wife Ender, a web of desire, manipulation and betrayal unfolds across Istanbul's elite world. A addictive soap opera that ran for six seasons and 177 episodes, driven by sharp dialogue and constantly escalating drama.

In cosmopolitan 1950s Istanbul, a mother with a troubled past works at a nightclub to reconnect with and help the rebellious daughter she couldn't raise.

Taner is a young inventor living in a small town named Gedelli in the middle of the moor. He had lost his father so he was forced to support his family therefore he was not able to attend the Science High School, to which he was admitted, although he wanted it badly. Taner’s mother always tried to get him married, but Taner had no intention to do it as there was a love in his heart, which he had not been able to forget for years. His childhood sweetheart Dilek.

Umutsuz Ev Kadınları, is a Turkish comedy drama TV series. Turkish version of Desperate Housewives, is a Turkish television series.

“Kızıl Goncalar” tells the poignant story of Meryem, married off at 14 in an Islamic sect, and now battling bravely to prevent her daughter Zeynep from suffering the same fate as the bride of the sheikh’s grandson. Guided by her sister-in-law, a former sect member, they realize they must flee to save Zeynep from the sect’s powerful clutches. Fearfully hiding her plans from her cruel husband, Meryem must first earn money as a carer in the home of secular psychiatrist Levent, who agrees to help her. Despite their clashing religious and progressive beliefs, Meryem and Levent are drawn together emotionally, but the turmoil in their lives deepens as the identity of his daughter is revealed.

The paths of city businesswoman Haziran and Poyraz, a handsome and helpful young man, intersect on Swallow Island, and love arises from the disagreements of these two opposite characters.

Gülümse Yeter is a comedy series in which family and love are prominent.

Ada is a young girl who believes that if she is abandoned by her first love, she will be unhappy forever like the women of her maternal side. While trying to escape the fate of her family, Ada falls in love with Rüzgar, a student from Albania at the same university who is threatened with deportation. Believing that Rüzgar is her first love, Ada proposes him and they have a fake marriage to prevent his deportation. She believes that Rüzgar will literally propose to her on the 3rd anniversary of their fake marriage and then their real marriage adventure will finally begin. But unfortunately, all the dreams and hopes of Ada will be ruined when she is abandoned by Rüzgar on their 3rd wedding anniversary. Ada immediately takes action to get her first love back. But fate has its own way and will put Bora in Ada's way at an unexpected moment... A workaholic, callous, self-righteous alpha male with tightly closed doors for love...

A Turkish mortician in his 30s, Baki is an introverted man content with his isolation from society. However, when he comes up against death at close range, a troubling question strikes him: who would wash his body after he dies? This realization pushes him to venture out into the world, hoping to connect with people and perhaps even find a spouse. Yet, his life-changing decision proves difficult to go through with, leading to a series of awkwardly humorous and sometimes bizarre situations.

Cemre’s life is turned upside down when her husband mysteriously disappears right after their wedding. Her quest for the truth leads her to Tarsus and the mystery-filled Mercan Mansion.

A woman struggles to survive for her children after losing everything.

Cennet, who has been abused by her husband for years, calls Zeynep, the lawyer whose sign she sees from the window of her hospital room. He gives a letter to be opened after he dies. Zeynep's testament is this letter; It's actually a criminal complaint. After that day, the lives of Cennet's husband Yilmaz, and her children Birsen, Halil and Feride will change irreversibly.

Yasin Gencer is a peddler selling chickpeas between Taksim and Tepebasi. He lives with his beloved Çigdem, on the edge of opening the restaurant they have planned for a long time, and is at the very end of marketing his pilaf, which everyone loves with his special recipe from his grandfather, to a wider audience and to meet their dreams.

Bartu I; it tells the story of a ‘little celebrity’, becoming even less famous. Bartu, who once made his mark on numerous episodes and art-house movies, was relieved to play in the series which could be seen as a serious gateway and a short life gate for many players.

Making plans for the future of her children, Yeşil's path crosses with the famous football player Yasin Bıçakçı. However, life has other plans for Yeşil, who has been trying to implement the plan she has designed for years.

The show tells the story of Meriç and Deniz, two very different personalities in their late twenties living in Istanbul, and their relationship with each other and with life. We watch them confront themselves in absurd situations. We see how these two women, mostly with completely different, opposing views and stubbornness, come together in shared worries and problems, and support each other.

After a terrible heartbreak, Raya, a young fashion designer, decides to go to Konya to calm down and heal her broken heart by trying to forget her lover. But there, he instead meets someone who is very similar to his ex.