Directed by:
Hüdaverdi YavuzCinematography:
Aydın İzComposer:
Yücel ArzenCast:
Özlem Balcı, Orhan Aydın, Ayhan Eroğlu, Ismail Hakki, Reha Beyoğlu, Taylan Güner, Ali Burak Ceylan, Volkan Başaran, Önder Yalçın, Aydan Çakır, Abidin Yerebakan (more)Plots(1)
A biopic about the former Prime Minister (from 2003 to 2014) and current president of the Republic of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (Reha Beyoğlu). In the center of the movie is Erdoğan's tenure as mayor of the city of Istanbul, which lasted from 1994 to 1998. In flashback you can see his rise from bottom up to top of the power. After all, the future statesman once in Istanbul Waterfront Kasımpaşa grew up in very simple ratios. The film ends in 1999 with a four-month prison term Erdoğan, he had to sit, after he publicly recited a passage from a poem: "Democracy is just the train, on which we ascend until we have arrived the aim.The mosques are our barracks,the domes our helmets,the minarets our bayonets and the believers our soldiers. " (AF-Media)
(more)Cast
Özlem Balcı
Turkey
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Where the Fire Burns (2012)
Orhan Aydın
Turkey
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Sila (2006) (series)
Ayhan Eroğlu
Turkey
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Ismail Hakki
Turkey
Best movies:
Recep İvedik (2008)
Reha Beyoğlu
Turkey
Best movies:
Ezel (2009) (series)
Taylan Güner
Turkey
Ali Burak Ceylan
Turkey
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Endless Love (2015) (series)
Aydan Çakır
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Tales of Innocence (2017) (series)
Aşk Yeniden (2015) (series)
A Part of Me (2014) (series)
Abidin Yerebakan
Turkey
Best movies:
Valley of Wolves (2003) (series)
Kaan Ürkmez
Turkey
Bülent Onur
Turkey
Best movies:
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Anne (2016) (series)
Never Give Up (2015) (series)
Ahmet Bayaslan
Turkey
Best movies:
A Part of Me (2014) (series)
Ezel (2009) (series)
Fikret Altunhan
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The Girl Named Feriha (2011) (series)
Ercan Demirel
Turkey
Best movies:
Valley of Wolves (2003) (series)
Yener Gürsoy
Turkey
İsmail Hakkı Ürün
Turkey
Best movies:
Recep İvedik (2008)