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

1. 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: 32,930

2. 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: 11,928

3. 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: 77,933 | Gross: $4.19M

4. 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: 19,152

5. 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: 39,879

6. 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: 2,389

7. 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: 43,834

8. 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: 11,668

9. 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: 5,476

10. 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: 2,480

11. 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: 26,675

12. 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: 5,090

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: 4,700

14. 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: 8,006 | Gross: $0.03M

15. 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: 11,221

16. 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, Büsra Develi

Votes: 1,798

17. 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: 14,781 | Gross: $1.55M

18. 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: 5,996

19. 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: 1,397

20. 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: 3,340

21. 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: 59,096 | Gross: $0.07M

22. 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: 7,582

23. 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, Luk Piyes, Caner Kurtaran

Votes: 773

24. 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: 936

25. 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: 1,250

26. The First Gokturk

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, Tugba Sunguroglu

27. 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: 5,153

28. Direnis Karatay (2018)

118 min | Action, Drama, History

Guyaseddin passed on the throne when his father, Alaattin Keykubat, was poisoned and killed. But he is not a talented statesman like his father. This situation leads to the increase of ... See full summary »

Director: Selahattin Sancakli | Stars: Mehmet Aslantug, Fikret Kuskan, Yurdaer Okur, Alperen Duymaz

Votes: 1,570

29. 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: 2,327

30. 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: 1,242

31. 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: 2,779

32. 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: 604

33. 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: 5,060 | Gross: $0.10M

34. 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: 2,642

35. 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, Mehmet Yilmaz Ak, Dolunay Soysert

Votes: 368

36. 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: 2,233

37. 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: 4,984

38. 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: 3,536

39. 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: 1,594

40. 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: 626

41. 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: 1,112

42. 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: 289

43. Kara Murat: Fatih'in Fermani (1973)

R | 88 min | Action, Adventure

Fatih Sultan Mehmet conquers Byzantine territory, making Istanbul capital of the Ottoman Empire. The cruel Vlad plunders Turkish villages, so Fatih orders Hamza Pasa to take care of him. ... See full summary »

Director: Natuk Baytan | Stars: Cüneyt Arkin, Meral Orhonsay, Hale Soygazi, Melda Sözen

Votes: 1,377

44. 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: 7,083

45. Gelibolu (2005)

114 min | Documentary, History, War

The Allied invasion of and campaign in Gallipoli, Turkey, during World War 1.

Director: Tolga Örnek | Stars: Zafer Ergin, Demetri Goritsas, Jeremy Irons, Sam Neill

Votes: 2,013

46. Architects of Denial (2017)

102 min | Documentary, History, War

Featuring Julian Assange, George Clooney, and brutal witness accounts, this film explores the controversy surrounding the Armenian genocide and persecution of Middle Eastern Christians, including the U.S. politicians who deny it occurred.

Director: David Lee George | Stars: Taner Akçam, Tjagharyan Movses Amaya, Movses Aneshyan, Julian Assange

Votes: 254 | Gross: $0.07M

47. 1915 Armenian Genocide (2010)

Not Rated | 60 min | Documentary, History

The iconic "1915 Armenian Genocide" was originally produced in 1980 (digitally restored and re-released in 2010) is based on the eyewitness accounts of four survivors whose compelling story... See full summary »

Director: Mark Bedrosian | Star: Paul Schaefer

Votes: 2,046

48. 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: 1,895

49. Mother (1992)

Not Rated | 130 min | Drama

This film recounts Henri Verneuil's relationship with his father who had brought his Armenian family to Marseille, France, in order to escape from the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire.

Director: Henri Verneuil | Stars: Richard Berry, Omar Sharif, Nathalie Roussel, Claudia Cardinale

Votes: 2,079

50. Aram (2002)

90 min | Crime, Drama, History

Aram, an ex-soldier from the Armenian cause, has come to France to close an arms deal under secret service surveillance. Held responsible and banished by his faher for his brother's ... See full summary »

Director: Robert Kechichian | Stars: Simon Abkarian, Lubna Azabal, Serge Avedikian, Alain Mottet

Votes: 579