5 Films & TV Shows Set In Turkey During The 1940s

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  Free Man

  🇹🇷 Turkey The 1870s The 1880s The 1890s The 1900s The 1910s The 1920s The 1930s The 1950s The 1940s

  he story is real story that tells about a man's life who has a very influential philosopher that had lived in between 1877-1960. His name is 'Said Nursi' and he is originally Kurdish. But, he speaks perfectly Turkish, Kurdish, Arabic, and Persian. He wrote and compiled too many books that had aimed to develop personal beliefs, the belief of faith, brotherhood, philanthropy, the loyalty of state, moreover, discovering the problems in Turkey; the reasons of weakness, poorness, ignorance, untutored, divisions in society, divergence, estrangement of ethics, religion. And to find the solutions of those problems.. And his struggle for doing this toward a secret committee..

  Released in 2010 •
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  Propaganda

  🇹🇷 Turkey The 1940s

  Based on a true story set in 1948, customs officer Mehti is faced with the duty of formally setting up the border between Turkey and Syria, dividing his hometown. He is unaware of the pain that will eminently unfold, as families, languages, cultures and lovers are both ripped apart and clash head on in a village once united.

  Released in 1999 • 120 minutes
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  Salkım Hanım'ın Taneleri

  🇹🇷 Turkey The 1940s

  During the period of the Wealth Tax, where many non-Muslims in Turkey were forced to pay higher taxes, often in an arbitrary and unrealistic way. Nimet and Durmuş migrate from Niğde to Istanbul and take shelter with Durmuş's friend Bekir, who finds Durmuş a job at the inn. However, making a living by serving as a porter is not in line with Durmuş's ambitions. He wants everything Halit Bey has, the inn owner. Halit Bey begins to dispose of his property in order to pay the tax stipulated to his beloved wife Nora, who was treated in a nursing home. Wealth Tax has begun to affect everyone's destiny.

  Released in 1999 • 133 minutes
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  5 Fingers

  England 🇹🇷 Turkey The 1940s

  The true story of the most fabulous spy of all time! — During WWII the valet to the British Ambassador to Ankara sells British secrets to the Germans while trying to romance a refugee Polish countess.

  Released in 1952 • 108 minutes
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  Background to Danger

  🇹🇷 Turkey 🇸🇾 Syria The 1940s

  Love in the midst of intrigue! — An American gets caught up in wartime action in Turkey.

  Released in 1943 • 80 minutes