2001 film by Barış Pirhasan

Aygül is an unhappy woman who is trying to raise her four children without the help of her unemployed, no-good husband. She starts working in a factory and this becomes the igniter of her consciousness-raising process.

1999 film directed by Zeki Ökten

Nesrin and Hatun are two Kurdish cleaning women living in Istanbul. While Nesrin tries to survive with her little daughter, trying to understand why her husband left her, Hatun dreams of buying a house in the district where they clean.

A frigid young housewife cannot reconcile her sado-masochistic imagination with her daily life with her submissive husband. While he is at work, she starts working in the afternoons at a local, first-class brothel.

In a poor neighbourhood of Istanbul, a young homeless girl has been found dead. Six people from the neighbourhood are being interrogated. While the police camera is recording, these six witnesses find themselves caught in manipulation and abuse, forcing them to give away their innermost secrets.

Orhan who lived in London for years and did not come back to Turkey agrees to help Deniz -a famous director- edit his first book. Deniz has been living in a mansion with his family which started to lose its old brightness and power. Orhan finds himself in the middle of Deniz's complicated relationships, mysterious friends and stange family members. This is the first movie of Ferzan Ozpetek which is shot in Turkey after a long time. It is also based on his own book which has the same name with the movie.

The film is based on 'Fikrimin Ince Gulu', a novel by Adalet Agaoglu, which depicts a first generation gurbetci/guest-worker returning home. It covers his land journey in short bursts from Germany to the Turkey's west border - and extensively from thereon to his village close to Ankara - capital of Turkey. He begins his journey purchasing a second hand yellow Mercedes - possibly his first car - using his meager savings working as a laborer. Offering deep insight into the mind of a manual laborer Bayram (Ilyas Salman) making his first trip back home, resorting to flashbacks in highlighting Bayram's motivation and experiences from his childhood right up to the events leading to his first departure from Turkey to Germany.

In the harsh times of the small time crime in Istanbul, a conscientious police officer Cumali is recognized by the police chief Ziver Bey who sees Cumali as a threat and matches him with Sekerpare, a famous harlot.

2014 film by Hakan Algül

A civil servant in a small town, shunned by his family and his friends due to his lack of ambition, hits the jackpot in the national lottery. Not trusting anybody around him, he gradually starts to lose his mind.

2009 film directed by Yağmur Taylan and Durul Taylan

一磅礴雨夜，Josef Bousou捂着伤口蹒跚回家，倒在了地上。 盛夏，Josef 是收废品的儿子，似乎脑子有问题，无法控制自己的行为，对所有人都是平行称呼，随便拿别人东西。小镇人厌恶他，把所有坏事情往他身上推。新装的泵被窃算他头上。他傻傻喜欢超市家的女儿，可人家有对象。他看到哥哥和对象亲热，自己也想，竟然非礼孤寡老妪。超市家的女儿污蔑他非礼，引来女孩家长警告他禁足。 出事那晚，Josef家人去度假，他一人留在家里，下雨天他偷偷跑去看超市家女儿。没想到第二天家人返回发现他早已死亡。警察介入调查镇上每个人。能否找住真凶呢？ Au cœur d’un été caniculaire, dans un petit village à la tranquillité apparente, le quotidien des habitants est perturbé par Josef Bousou. Fils de ferrailleurs, semeur de troubles, il est désigné par les villageois comme étant la source principale de tous leurs maux jusqu’au jour où il est retrouvé sans vie dans la cour de la maison familiale…（allocine）

Six acclaimed foreign directors will shoot short films about Istanbul. "Unutma Beni Istanbul" ("Do Not Forget Me Istanbul") is part of a project carried out within the scope of the city being European Capital of Culture 2010.