Turkish Submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
Turkey has never been nominated and has been shortlisted only once for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. This list includes all the films submitted to AMPAS by the Turkish committee.
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- DirectorNuri Bilge CeylanStarsYavuz BingölHatice AslanAhmet Rifat SungarA family suffers from a major communication breakdown during their struggle to get through their hardships.Submitted for the 81st Academy Awards.
Made the Shortlist. - DirectorSemih KaplanogluStarsKubra KipEce YükselUmut KurtAsli, a young mother who is trying to find a nanny to get back to work, finally meets young Gulnihal. Gulnihal is also a mother. With Gulnihal coming into her life, Asli faces her secrets which she has been avoiding herself.Submitted for the 92nd Academy Awards.
Not nominated. - DirectorNuri Bilge CeylanStarsDogu DemirkolMurat CemcirBennu YildirimlarAn unpublished writer returns to his hometown after graduating, where he seeks sponsors to publish his book while dealing with his father's deteriorating indulgence into gambling.Submitted for the 91st Academy Awards.
Not nominated. - DirectorCan UlkayStarsÇetin TekindorIsmail HaciogluLee Kyung-jinSergeant Süleyman finds a little girl on a battlefield during the Korean War. He takes her and names her Ayla. Fifteen months later, Süleyman's brigade is told they will be returning to Turkey, and he is reluctant to leave her behind.Submitted for the 90th Academy Awards.
Not nominated. - DirectorMustafa KaraStarsHaydar SismanNuray YesilarazHanife Kara"Cold of Kalandar" pictures within a unique pastoral atmosphere the realist, passionate and emotional story of Mehmet and his family living far from modern life, in a mountain village.Submitted for the 89th Academy Awards.
Not nominated. - DirectorKaan MüjdeciStarsOkan AvciCakirEzgi ErginAn eleven-year-old boy and a weathered fighting dog develop a strong relationship after the boy finds the dog wounded in a ditch, left to die.Submitted for the 88th Academy Awards.
Not nominated. - DirectorNuri Bilge CeylanStarsHaluk BilginerMelisa SözenDemet AkbagA hotel owner and landlord in a remote Turkish village deals with conflicts within his family and a tenant behind on his rent.Submitted for the 87th Academy Awards.
Not nominated. - DirectorYilmaz ErdoganStarsKivanç TatlitugMert FiratBelçim BilginIn a small Turkish town, two young tuberculous poets try to survive while publishing their poems. As they both fall in love, their life would never be the same.Submitted for the 86th Academy Awards.
Not nominated. - DirectorIsmail GünesStarsHakan KarahanElifcan OngurlarYesim Ceren BozogluWhen a conservative family finds out that their 16-year-old daughter is pregnant, according to tradition, they have to kill her.Submitted for the 85th Academy Awards.
Not nominated. - DirectorNuri Bilge CeylanStarsMuhammet UzunerYilmaz ErdoganTaner BirselA group of men set out in search of a dead body in the Anatolian steppes.Submitted for the 84th Academy Awards.
Not nominated. - DirectorSemih KaplanogluStarsBora AltasErdal BesikçiogluTülin ÖzenThe quiet life of a boy and his family is endangered when his father does not return home from his work collecting honey in the forest.Submitted for the 83rd Academy Awards.
Not nominated. - DirectorMahsun KirmizigülStarsMahsun KirmizigülDemet EvgarMurat ÜnalmisIn the southeast region of Turkey, the Altun family lives in a small mountainside village plagued by a 25-year war that makes their daily lives a hellish struggle. As the war intensifies, the family is forced to migrate west to the city of Istanbul.Submitted for the 82nd Academy Awards.
Not nominated. - DirectorÖzer KiziltanStarsErkan CanMeray ÜlgenGüven KiraçA promotion brings a Muslim's relationship with God into question.Submitted for the 80th Academy Awards.
Not nominated. - DirectorYüksel AksuStarsNejat AltinsoyMehmet AmcaLevent ArasAli, who is ice cream salesman in Mugla, tries to survive in the face of fierce competition from the big ice cream brands. While trying to promote his ice cream, he tours the village with his brand new yellow ice cream motorbike. However the naughty boys of the town who are chasing him to have free ice cream, steal the motorbike while he is away.Submitted for the 79th Academy Awards.
Not nominated. - DirectorYavuz TurgulStarsMeltem CumbulSener SenTimuçin EsenA single mother with a child meets a retired teacher who tries to keep pace with his new life and to protect them from her ex-husband.Submitted for the 78th Academy Awards.
Not nominated. - DirectorNuri Bilge CeylanStarsMuzaffer ÖzdemirMehmet Emin ToprakZuhal GencerAfter his wife leaves him, a photographer has an existential crisis and tries to cope with his cousin's visit.Submitted for the 76th Academy Awards.
Not nominated. - DirectorÜmit ÜnalStarsAli PoyrazogluCezmi BaskinSerra YilmazCops question six people about the rape and murder of a beautiful vagrantSubmitted for the 75th Academy Awards.
Not nominated. - DirectorHandan IpekçiStarsSükran GüngörDilan ErçetinFüsun DemirelThe paths of 75-year-old retired judge Rifat Bey and little Hejar, who was left with a relative because he lost all his relatives in the operation carried out in his village, cross paths in Istanbul.Submitted for the 74th Academy Awards.
Not nominated. - DirectorReha ErdemStarsTaner BirselBennu YildirimlarZuhal GencerThe monotonous life of Selim,a shirt store owner changes when he finds a suitcase full of American dollars in a taxi.Submitted for the 73rd Academy Awards.
Not nominated. - DirectorTomris GiritliogluHakan EserStarsHülya AvsarZuhal OlcayKamran UsluerThe film is set during the period of the Varlik Vergisi where many non-Muslims were forced to pay higher taxes, often in an arbitrary and unrealistic way. Around 2,000 non-Muslims who could not pay the amount demanded for the tax within the 30-day time limit were arrested and sent to a forced-labor camp in Askale in the Erzurum.Submitted for the 72nd Academy Awards.
Not nominated. - DirectorYavuz TurgulStarsSener SenUgur YücelSermin HürmeriçBaran the Bandit, released from prison after 35 years, searches for vengeance and his lover.Submitted for the 70th Academy Awards.
Not nominated. - DirectorOrhan OguzStarsTalat BulutSerap SaglarPinar AfsarAhmet Bedevi, also known as Tarzan of Manisa, was born in 1900 in Baghdad to become a soldier, fighting in the War of Independence and honored with a medal. He returned to a ruined and destroyed Manisa in 1923. Bedevi started working at the Municipality as a fireman and a gardener. He became the pioneer and symbol of planting activities.Submitted for the 67th Academy Awards.
Not nominated. - DirectorErden KiralStarsKürsat AlniaçikMevlüt DemiryaySuavi ErenCevat Sakir is an exile punished for publishing an article regarding that government executed deserters from army, subsequently he was sent to Bodrum where he realized Bodrum is a heavenly place and decided to stay as he found a new family and a new life.Submitted for the 66th Academy Awards.
Not nominated. - DirectorTunç BasaranStarsÜnal Aziz RutkayEmin SivasSerap AksoyIn 1940's Turkey, the world in the eyes of a child.Submitted for the 65th Academy Awards.
Not nominated. - DirectorTunç BasaranStarsOzan BilenNur SürerFüsun DemirelBaris, a 5 year-old little boy, has to stay in a prison with her mother during her detention period. Baris develops a special relationship with Inci, a young woman who also stays in prison. She promises him that the kite will fly someday.Submitted for the 62nd Academy Awards.
Not nominated.