Metin Erksan

On the Princes’ Islands to the south of Istanbul, the days are rainy and full of longing. Poor but proud painter Halil gets a job in one of the island’s villas, where he encounters the photograph of a beautiful woman and falls in love with her image.

A love story between a ballerina and a writer. Ahu’s greatest dream is to one day modernize and stage the dances of ancient civilizations. Ahu, who needs to train in ballet to pursue this goal, cannot afford the tuition and is forced to put her dreams on hold. However, wealthy men are willing to grant Ahu all her wishes in exchange for marriage. Ahu, however, rejects these offers, which she views as little more than business contracts. One day, she meets a writer who will change her mind about marriage.

A scheming tobacco farmer sets out to ruin his competition by diverting the local water to his own property.

The film follows the life of a poor, old woman defying the hierarchy in the village. Irazca is an old woman who lives with her son Kara Bayram, her daughter-in-law Hatice, and three grandchildren. The headman of the village sells a lot from the common land of the village to Haceli. The family does not want a house to be built in front of their house and struggles against the tricks of the headman and Haceli.

In the mansion of a rich family living in Istanbul, a very valuable necklace is stolen. Suspecting that the thief is someone from inside the house, the owners start to approach the people working in the house with class differences and prejudices. The thieves realize that the necklace is fake.

A wild girl who was raised by bears is found by humans when she rescues an injured man. She is brought to the city against her will, and is put in a stage show. She is discovered and saved by her family, and tries to find a way to take revenge on the people who imprisoned her.

12 year-old Gul becomes possessed by Satan after experimenting with a Ouija board. A troubled psychiatrist and an experienced exorcist become the girl’s only hope for salvation.

Hamlet returns home from drama school in United States, after the cold-blooded assassination of her father by her uncle, who has married Hamlet’s mother. After seeing her father’s ghost, Hamlet decides to feign insanity, in order to get to the truth.

The man wants to die and the woman wants to be famous. According to the man, there could not be a better plan than the woman killing him. This way the man will get his wish to die and the woman will become famous.

The film traces the life of Çakırcalı Mehmet Efe, a Zeybek (active as an outlaw in the region enclosing İzmir, Aydın, Denizli, Muğla and Antalya in modern western Turkey, from 1893 to 1910) whose father, Çakırcalı Koca Ahmet Efe was murdered by an Ottoman sergeant.

Based on the real life story, the director turned his camera towards the real world of Âşık Veysel, the great poet who wandered around the Anatolian villages.

Seven friends living in the same neighborhood with different aims form a gang to rob gas stations in pursuit of their shared desire for money. The film serves as a critique of the socio-economic situation of Türkiye and the approach to the "American Dream" in the period of time before May 27th.

It’s a psychological love story of a woman who’s about to die from cancer and the killer she hired to kill herself.

Fatma is kidnapped several times by a wild man because she cannot be persuaded to marry. A third attempt at forced submission ends tragically for both, due to the young girl's fatal rebellion.

The lawyer falls in love with the singer Melek, who is new to town. He goes to listen to her every evening. He offers all kinds of gifts to persuade the woman, but this woman who adorns his dreams never gives him the answer he expects.

Poor welder Mehmet and manicurist Nermin, who works in a high society hair salon, fall in love. When Nermin is obsessively haunted by a spoiled rich guy, their unadulterated love is disrupted.

Keloglan (Bald Boy) is a dreamer but his only ability is talking, one day The Sultan announces a tournament and best warrior of the land will win his daughter, Keloglan wants to join the tournament to make his dreams come true but didn't know how to fight so he begins a travel to learn fighting from famous warrior Master Ali Cengiz.

Hicran works as a cloakroom attendant at a nightclub. On New Year's Eve, after a year filled with poverty and hardship, she meets Orhan, a flirtatious young man. Orhan finds true love in this beautiful and innocent girl and brings order to his aimless life. However, Orhan's older brother does not approve of him being with a poor girl. Hicran cannot muster the courage to accept the young man's love and commitment due to the differences between them, and she leaves him in despair. However, a coincidence will bring the two lovers together again, and Hicran will be proven right in her fears.

Three men live in an abandoned building and try to eke out a living by pooling their meagre resources. They come upon a lonely blind girl one night, befriend her, and take her in as their guest, pretending they are rich. They learn that 800 lira will cure her blindness. One of the three decides to get the money by any means necessary, because he has fallen in love with her.

The love of a poor girl living in a mountain house in the Taurus Mountains and a city man.

In the first segment, “Yılın Kadını Değil”, a mother risks her own safety by stabbing her friend to protect her daughter from his dangerous influence. The second segment, “İki Günahsız Kız”, follows two innocent young women navigating love and temptation—one’s story remains untold due to production constraints, leaving the anthology incomplete.