Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "turkish-history"

1. The Water Diviner (2014)

R | 111 min | Drama, History, War

An Australian man travels to Turkey after the Battle of Gallipoli to try to locate his three missing sons.

Director: Russell Crowe | Stars: Russell Crowe, Olga Kurylenko, Jai Courtney, Isabel Lucas

Votes: 78,063 | Gross: $4.19M

2. Rise of Empires: Ottoman (2020–2022)

TV-MA | 45 min | Documentary, Drama, History

Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II wages an epic campaign to take the Byzantine capital of Constantinople and shapes the course of history for centuries.

Stars: Cem Yigit Uzümoglu, Tuba Büyüküstün, Alp Ilkman, Ushan Çakir

Votes: 33,368

3. Establishment: Osman (2019– )

TV-14 | 120 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

The series will focus on the life of Osman Bey, the son of Ertugrul Gazi and the founder of the Ottoman Empire.

Stars: Burak Özçivit, Özge Törer, Yigit Ucan, Cagri Sensoy

Votes: 11,972

4. Dirilis: Ertugrul (2014–2019)

TV-14 | 120 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

The heroic story of Ertugrul Ghazi, the father of Osman (Uthman) who founded the Ottoman Empire.

Stars: Engin Altan Düzyatan, Hülya Darcan, Cengiz Coskun, Nurettin Sönmez

Votes: 39,944

5. The Magnificent Century (2011–2014)

90 min | Biography, Drama, History

From 1520, follows Suleiman the Magnificent and his relatives from his great conquests to the "Battle of Szigetvár".

Stars: Halit Ergenç, Nur Fettahoglu, Selim Bayraktar, Selen Öztürk

Votes: 19,194

6. The Club (2021–2023)

TV-14 | 45 min | 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.

Stars: Gökçe Bahadir, Baris Arduç, Asude Kalebek, Salih Bademci

Votes: 11,687

7. Wounded Love (2016–2018)

120 min | Drama, History, Romance

During the occupation of Izmir by Greeks, a Turkish soldier starts to work for the enemy. But he is not really on the side of the enemy. He must keep this secret at the cost of losing his family.

Stars: Halit Ergenç, Bergüzar Korel, Boran Kuzum, Pinar Deniz

Votes: 5,498

8. Alparslan: The Great Seljuks (2021–2023)

120 min | Action, History, War

The TRT production is a prequel story of Awakening: the Great Seljuk. It depicts the life and triumphs of Sultan Alparslan, the second sultan of the Seljuk dynasty, whose victories expanded the empire in the 11th century.

Stars: Baris Arduç, Aysegül Ünsal, Kutay Sungar, Burak Safak

Votes: 2,494

9. Gallipoli (2015)

44 min | Drama, History, War

Four young Australian boys join the military and are sent to Gallipoli.

Stars: Kodi Smit-McPhee, Harry Greenwood, Sam Parsonson, Tom Budge

Votes: 2,401

10. Ayla: The Daughter of War (2017)

125 min | Biography, Drama, History

Sergeant 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.

Director: Can Ulkay | Stars: Çetin Tekindor, Ismail Hacioglu, Lee Kyung-jin, Kim Seol

Votes: 43,901

11. To Die For (2018)

109 min | Action, War

The national struggle of two soldiers for the homeland.

Director: Çagatay Tosun | Stars: Burak Özçivit, Kerem Bürsin, Melike Ipek Yalova, Süleyman Karaahmet

Votes: 5,268

12. Payitaht Abdülhamid (2017–2021)

120 min | Action, Drama, History

The fight of Abdulhamid II to keep Ottoman Empire and Caliphate alive.

Stars: Bülent Inal, Bahadir Yenisehirlioglu, Hakan Boyav, Duygu Gürcan

Votes: 11,238

13. Uyanis: Büyük Selcuklu (2020–2022)

120 min | Drama, History, War

The war of the Great Seljuk Emperor, Meliksah and her loyalist, Sencer against Hasan Sabbah, who is sworn to destroy the Seljuks.

Stars: Bugra Gülsoy, Ekin Koç, Hatice Sendil, Gürkan Uygun

Votes: 4,719

14. The Ottoman Lieutenant (2017)

R | 106 min | Drama, War

This movie is a love story between an idealistic American nurse and a Turkish officer in World War I.

Director: Joseph Ruben | Stars: Michiel Huisman, Hera Hilmar, Josh Hartnett, Ben Kingsley

Votes: 26,695

15. Ararat (2002)

R | 115 min | Drama, War

Interrogated by a customs officer, a young man recounts how his life was changed during the making of a film about the Armenian genocide.

Director: Atom Egoyan | Stars: Charles Aznavour, Brent Carver, Eric Bogosian, Simon Abkarian

Votes: 14,788 | Gross: $1.55M

16. The Cut (I) (2014)

Not Rated | 138 min | Adventure, Drama, History

In 1915 a man survives the Armenian genocide in the Ottoman Empire, but loses his family, speech and faith. One night he learns that his twin daughters may be alive, and goes on a quest to find them.

Director: Fatih Akin | Stars: Tahar Rahim, Simon Abkarian, Makram Khoury, Hindi Zahra

Votes: 8,013 | Gross: $0.03M

17. America America (1963)

Approved | 174 min | Adventure, Drama

A young Greek stops at nothing to secure a passage to America.

Director: Elia Kazan | Stars: Stathis Giallelis, Frank Wolff, Elena Karam, Harry Davis

Votes: 6,003

18. Barbaros: Sword of the Mediterranean (2021–2022)

120 min | Action, Adventure, History

TRT's historical drama, based on the life of "Barbaros" Hayreddin Pasha and his brothers. The series tells the adventures of Ishak, Oruc, Hizir, and Ilyas fighting high tides and the secrets of the seas in pursuit of the holy secret.

Stars: Engin Altan Düzyatan, Ulas Tuna Astepe, Caner Topcu, Gökhan Gencebay

Votes: 3,346

19. The First Gokturk

300 min | History, War | Pre-production

The first film in the epic Gokturk Trilogy follows the humble beginnings of the greatest empire Asia had ever seen.

Director: Alper Caglar | Stars: Robert Maaser, Cengiz Coskun, Aytaç Sasmaz, Mert Öcal

20. Fatih (2018)

120 min | Action, History, War

Fatih series will be about the life of Ottoman sultan Fatih Sultan Mehmet.

Stars: Kenan Imirzalioglu, Çetin Tekindor, Gürkan Uygun, Ertan Saban

Votes: 1,802

21. Türkler Geliyor: Adaletin Kilici (2020)

125 min | Action, Drama, History

The period after the Sultan Mehmed II (the Conqueror) conquered Constantinople, moving towards Europe in the fifteenth century , and Sultan Mehmed's determination to spread Islam in Europe by the superb morals of Muslims then.

Director: Kamil Aydin | Stars: Emre Kivilcim, Levent Özdilek, Ece Çesmioglu, Ebru Özkan

Votes: 1,252

22. Elveda Rumeli (2007–2009)

90 min | Drama

The year is 1896. The Ottoman Empire is slowly losing its dominance in the Balkans. The events that develop around Milkman Ramiz and his family also hold a mirror to the years of the Ottoman Empire retreating from the Balkans.

Stars: Tolgahan Sayisman, Erdal Özyagcilar, Gülçin Santircioglu, Filiz Ahmet

Votes: 1,399

23. Stars of Eger (1968)

157 min | Adventure, History, Romance

1552, the great Turkish Empire wants to conquer Europe, and the world. The last stand is Hungarian Kingdom, and the castle of Eger. The brave soldiers decides they will fight till the end of their lives.

Director: Zoltán Várkonyi | Stars: István Kovács, Vera Venczel, Imre Sinkovits, György Korga

Votes: 2,650

24. Son Yaz - Balkanlar 1912 (2012)

100 min | Drama, War

The process from the Balkan War to the Canakkale War. The story of a people who fought to live brothers and sisters, resisted for the sake of their lands, and forced to emigrate from their hometowns.

Stars: Hazal Kaya, Tardu Flordun, Tugçe Kazaz, Furkan Palali

Votes: 122

25. Conquest 1453 (2012)

Not Rated | 162 min | Action, Drama, History

After the death of his father Murat II, Mehmet II ascends to the Ottoman throne. After braving internal and external enemies, he decides to complete what he was destined to do - conquer Constantinople.

Director: Faruk Aksoy | Stars: Devrim Evin, Ibrahim Celikkol, Dilek Serbest, Cengiz Coskun

Votes: 59,118 | Gross: $0.07M

26. Vlad the Impaler (2018)

121 min | Action, History, War

Fierce warriors battle the cruel and merciless Vlad the Impaler as he wreaks bloody havoc across Turkey in the 15th century.

Director: Osman Kaya | Stars: Cem Uçan, Erkan Petekkaya, Yetkin Dikinciler, Nur Fettahoglu

Votes: 3,538

27. Bir Zamanlar Kibris (2021–2022)

150 min | Action, History

Turkish television series about Turkish Cypriots and the period before the Operation of Cyprus. The published trailers also shows about the activities of pro-Enosis Greeks in the series.

Stars: Ahmet Kural, Pelin Karahan, Serkan Çayoglu, Gülper Özdemir

Votes: 605

28. 125 Years Memory (2015)

132 min | Drama, History

Two historical incidents that deepened the friendship between Japan and Turkey are connected: The sinking of the Turkish frigate Ertugrul off the Japanese coast in 1890 and the evacuation of Japanese nationals from Iran in 1985.

Director: Mitsutoshi Tanaka | Stars: Seiyô Uchino, Kenan Ece, Shioli Kutsuna, Alican Yücesoy

Votes: 2,234

29. Aurora's Sunrise (2022)

TV-MA | 96 min | Documentary, Animation

A genocide survivor becomes a silent movie star: Aurora Mardiganian's odyssey is close to unreal. After losing her family, escaping slavery, and enduring Hollywood greed, she journeys far to tell the world of the Armenian Genocide.

Director: Inna Sahakyan | Stars: Anzhelika Hakobyan, Arpi Petrossian, Shushan Abrahamyan, Seyran Akopov

Votes: 938

30. Malazgirt 1071 (2022)

96 min | History, War

The story of the war, which is the beginning of the history of Turks in Anatolia.

Directors: Özgür Bakar, Bilal Kalyoncu | Stars: Vildan Atasever, Cengiz Coskun, Haluk Piyes, Caner Kurtaran

Votes: 775

31. Veda (I) (2010)

114 min | Biography, Drama, History

Story based on the memoirs of Salih Bozok, which traces the life of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.

Director: Zülfü Livaneli | Stars: Sinan Tuzcu, Serhat Mustafa Kiliç, Dolunay Soysert, Ezgi Mola

Votes: 7,585

32. Banovic Strahinja (1981)

105 min | Action, Biography, Drama

In late 14th century medieval Serbia becomes the target of Ottoman invaders. One of their renegade gangs burns the castle and takes young wife of Banovic Strahinja, respected Serbian noble.... See full summary »

Director: Vatroslav Mimica | Stars: Franco Nero, Dragan Nikolic, Sanja Vejnovic, Rade Serbedzija

Votes: 1,113

33. Gallipoli: End of the Road (2013)

101 min | Action, Drama, History

April, 1915. First World War in Canakkale, Ottoman Empire. Two brothers leave their mountain village to fight on the front line. One is an experienced sniper fighting for Ottomans against ... See full summary »

Directors: Kemal Uzun, Serdar Akar, Ahmet Karaman | Stars: Gürkan Uygun, Berrak Tüzünataç, Umut Kurt, Stephen Chance

Votes: 5,155

34. Sarikamis Çocuklari (2017)

97 min | Drama, History

Determined to go to the front with their brothers, Mehmet and Yusuf learn that a group of soldiers from the village where they live will be sent to the front, and they decide to set out with this group and reach the front.

Directors: Mutlu Karadogan, Can Ulkay | Stars: Ozan Agaç, Altan Erkekli, Ilber Gurtunca, Cengiz Hayta

Votes: 174

35. Akif (2021)

111 min | Biography, Drama, History

Akif's inspiring lectern sermons motivated the Turkish resistance during the War of Independence and increased its participation. After his adventures in Anatolia, Akif's path becomes clear... See full summary »

Director: Sadullah Sentürk | Stars: Yavuz Bingöl, Fikret Kuskan, Murat Han, Kivanç Ali Aktan

Votes: 291

36. Kurtulus (1994)

64 min | Drama, History, War

Epic independence fight in 21st century. Turkish independence war against occupying forces (Greece, England, France, Italy) in her land.

Stars: Rutkay Aziz, Savas Dinçel, Ayda Aksel, Mahmut Cevher

Votes: 2,785

37. Do Not Forget Me Istanbul (2010)

113 min | Drama

An aged mother with her middle aged daughter travels from Palestine to Istanbul, Turkey, to meet some relatives. This and other short stories give us a clue about the city of Istanbul.

Directors: Hany Abu-Assad, Stefan Arsenijevic, Aida Begic, Iosifina Markarian, Stergios Niziris, Omar Shargawi, Eric Nazarian | Stars: Ali Suliman, Hiam Abbass, Esin Alpogan, Belçim Bilgin

Votes: 393

38. Dersimiz: Atatürk (2010)

92 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama

Tarihci Dede is giving information to a couple of children about Mustafa Kemal Atatürk's success and his way to shape todays Turkey.

Director: Hamdi Alkan | Stars: Halit Ergenç, Çetin Tekindor, Batuhan Karacakaya, Canan Hosgör

Votes: 1,596

39. 1915 (2015)

82 min | Drama

Exactly 100 years after the Armenian Genocide, a theatre director stages a play to bring the ghosts of the past back to life.

Directors: Garin Hovannisian, Alec Mouhibian | Stars: Simon Abkarian, Angela Sarafyan, Sam Page, Nikolai Kinski

Votes: 5,061 | Gross: $0.10M

40. Armenian Genocide (2006 TV Movie)

60 min | Documentary, History, War

The first Genocide of the 20th century when over a million Armenians died at the hands of the Ottoman Turks during World War I, between 1915 and 1918.

Director: Andrew Goldberg | Stars: Julianna Margulies, Ron Suny, Peter Balakian, Elizabeth Frierson

Votes: 4,987

41. Intent to Destroy: Death, Denial & Depiction (2017)

PG-13 | 115 min | Documentary, History

Filmmaker Joe Berlinger meets with historians and scholars to discuss the Armenian Genocide and the continuing denial by the Turkish government of it ever happening.

Director: Joe Berlinger | Stars: Shohreh Aghdashloo, Taner Akçam, Hagop Asadourian, Peter Balakian

Votes: 546

42. Mehmetçik Kut'ül Amare (2018–2019)

140 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

It is about the Siege of Kut al-Amara, which the Ottoman Empire ended with a decisive victory on the Iraqi Front during World War I, against Britain.

Stars: Özgü Kaya, Ismail Hakki Ürün, Ismail Ege Sasmaz, Semih Ertürk

Votes: 1,900

43. The Lark Farm (2007)

Not Rated | 122 min | Drama, History

A stirring and stunning story of an aristocratic family who is unexpectedly swept into the ravages of World War I and a forbidden passion that may be the family's only hope.

Directors: Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani | Stars: Paz Vega, Moritz Bleibtreu, Alessandro Preziosi, Ángela Molina

Votes: 2,330

44. Auction of Souls (1919)

80 min | Drama, History, Romance

The story about the Armenian Genocide based on the account of survivor Aurora Mardiganian.

Director: Oscar Apfel | Stars: Aurora Mardiganian, Irving Cummings, Anna Q. Nilsson, Henry Morgenthau

Votes: 1,244

45. Don't Tell Me the Boy Was Mad (2015)

134 min | Drama

In the 80s, Aram, a young man from Marseille of Armenian origin, blows up the Turkish ambassador's car in Paris. Gilles Tessier, a young cyclist who was passing at that moment, is seriously... See full summary »

Director: Robert Guédiguian | Stars: Simon Abkarian, Ariane Ascaride, Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet, Syrus Shahidi

Votes: 627

46. Either Freedom or Death (2020)

60 min | Drama, History

On March 16, 1920, after the Allied Powers invaded Istanbul and disbanded Meclis-i Mebûsan, the Kuvayi Milliye movement, led by Mustafa Kemal Pasha, and the opening adventure of the fully ... See full summary »

Stars: Birkan Sokullu, Melis Sezen, Dolunay Soysert, Riza Kocaoglu

Votes: 368

47. Kirik Kanatlar (2006–2007)

80 min | Drama, History, Romance

An impossible love story in a town in the Aegean, during the years of the Turkish War of Independence and the proclamation of the Republic.

Stars: Ozan Akbaba, Serif Sezer, Sermiyan Midyat, Yetkin Dikinciler

Votes: 637

48. 120 (2008)

114 min | Drama, History, War

During the Sarikamis Battle, the Ottoman army runs out of ammunition and appeals to the people of Van for help, who happen to have supplies. However, the First World War is on and all men ... See full summary »

Directors: Özhan Eren, Murat Saraçoglu | Stars: Özge Özberk, Burak Sergen, Cansel Elcin, Emin Olcay

Votes: 7,088

49. Endless Corridor (2014)

52 min | Documentary, History

Narrated by Jeremy Irons, this definitive account tells of the heart-rending human rights tragedy in 1992 when hundreds of Azerbaijanis were massacred after Armenians stormed the city of Khojaly.

Directors: Aleksandras Brokas, Mindaugas Urbonavicius | Star: Jeremy Irons

Votes: 38,298

50. Invisible World (2012)

93 min | Drama

An anthology film following different stories around the theme of invisibility in the modern world.

Directors: Theodoros Angelopoulos, Gian Vittorio Baldi, Marco Bechis, Laís Bodanzky, Beto Brant, Maria de Medeiros, Manoel de Oliveira, Atom Egoyan, Guy Maddin, Jerzy Stuhr, Cisco Vasques, Wim Wenders | Stars: Ashot Adamyan, Gian Vittorio Baldi, Sonia Braga, Leon Cakoff

Votes: 209