Ottoman Republic

Ottoman Republic
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Movie 2008 Comedy Political Historical 100 min
Ottoman Republic
Director Gani Müjde
Writer Gani Müjde, Fatih Solmaz, Emre Bülbül
Producer Şükrü Avşar
Cast Ata Demirer (Sultan VII. Osman), Vildan Atasever (Asude), Sümer Tilmaç (Yâdigar), Ruhsar Öcal (Saliha Sultan), Ali Düşenkalkar (Chief Chamberlain İbrahim Paşa), Belma Canciğer (Nevbahar Sultan), Hakan Vanlı (Grand Vizier Sadık Muhtar), Kerem Kupacı, Ceyhun Yılmaz (Traffic Policeman), Ziya Durukan (Prince Arda Mehmet), Sezen Aksu
Watch Now Watch on avsarfilm.com.tr
Director Gani Müjde
Writer Gani Müjde, Fatih Solmaz, Emre Bülbül
Producer Şükrü Avşar
Cast Ata Demirer (Sultan VII. Osman), Vildan Atasever (Asude), Sümer Tilmaç (Yâdigar), Ruhsar Öcal (Saliha Sultan), Ali Düşenkalkar (Chief Chamberlain İbrahim Paşa), Belma Canciğer (Nevbahar Sultan), Hakan Vanlı (Grand Vizier Sadık Muhtar), Kerem Kupacı, Ceyhun Yılmaz (Traffic Policeman), Ziya Durukan (Prince Arda Mehmet), Sezen Aksu

Story

Written by Gani Müjde, this political comedy and alternative history film imagines a world where young Mustafa Kemal falls from a tree and dies (or falls into a coma) in 1888, so the War of Independence never happens and the Republic of Turkey is never founded. In 2008, the Ottoman Empire still exists — squeezed into western Anatolia, under American mandate, and ruled by the hapless Sultan VII. Osman (Ata Demirer). Used as a puppet by those around him, the Sultan falls for the young idealist Asude (Vildan Atasever) who rebels against injustice, turning everything upside down. A sharp satirical comedy centering on the question "what if Atatürk had never existed?"

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