Unforgettable Films of Türkan Şoray

Yeşilçam has brought many great actors to the audience throughout its history. Türkan Şoray is one of these players. Türkan Şoray’s acting is still appreciated today, who has so many films that cannot be counted, especially in the direction of romance and drama.

Although the films of the famous actor are beautiful, we decided to prepare a list and we have prepared a list of Türkan Şoray’s unforgettable films according to their IMDb scores.

Unforgettable Türkan Şoray movies:

Does love like disasters?: Let’s Write Selvi Boylum Al

• Genre: Drama, romance
• Year: 1977
• Director: Atif Yilmaz
• Cast: Türkan Şoray, Kadir İnanır, Ahmet Mekin
• IMDb Rating: 8.5

Selvi Boylum Al Yazmalım, which deals with a sad and difficult love story, one of Yeşilçam’s classics, is about Asya who left her home as a result of her husband’s betrayal after betrayal. Left alone with her daughter, Asya struggles to stand on her own two feet, and meets Cemşit, a good person. A new curtain begins in Asya’s life when Cemşit opens the doors to the family in distress.

The world changes in a pavilion: My Documentary Half

• Genre: Drama, romance
• Year: 1968
• Director: Lütfi Akad
• Cast: Türkan Şoray, İzzet Günay, Ayfer Feray
• IMDb Rating: 7.9

Greengrocer Halil, who has a very monotonous life, decides to break this monotony and goes to the pavilion one night with his friends. But Halil is not yet aware of how much this decision will change his life. Halil meets a woman named Sabiha in the pavilion he goes to and the two fall in love. But there is a problem. Halil is married and Sabiha does not know that Halil is married. Halil must do something to save his marriage as the truth painfully comes to light.

Another movie where Türkan Şoray and Kadir İnanır meet: Return

• Genre: Drama, romance
• Year: 1972
• Director: Safa Önal
• Cast: Türkan Şoray, Kadir İnanır, Bilal İnci
• IMDb Rating: 7.9

Reşit, a landlord, wants to marry Gülcan, one of his workers in his field. However, Gülcan does not want to marry Reşit and marries a man named İbrahim. When the woman he loves marries someone else after being rejected, Reşit goes crazy and begins to persecute the couple’s life to take revenge. The young couple has to stand up against Reşit’s tricks and protect their marriage.

Standing on your feet: Sultan

• Genre: Comedy, romance
• Year: 1978
• Director: Kartal Tibet
• Cast: Türkan Şoray, Bulut Aras, Adile Naşit
• IMDb Rating: 7.5

Sultan is about the very dramatic life of our main character with the same name. Sultan, a widowed woman, goes to cleaning houses in order to make a living with her four children. On one of her cleaning days, she falls in love with Kenan, a minibus driver. Unlike his father, who is the headman of the neighborhood, Kenan is a very good person. His father, on the other hand, is a man who is pointed at when cunning is mentioned. When the headman learns that a new ring road is being built, he drives the people living in the slums from their homes and the Sultan gets his share of this situation. The slum dwellers, on the other hand, rise up against the headman and try to get their houses back.

A revenge story: Dila Hanım

• Genre: Romance
• Year: 1978
• Director: Orhan Aksoy
• Cast: Türkan Şoray, Kadir İnanır, Erol Taş
• IMDb Rating: 7.3

Revenge stories are very famous in Yeşilçam. Dila Hanım is one of the popular ones in these stories. Dila Hanım, who learned that her husband Barazoğlu İhsan Bey was killed because of the land issue, sets out to take revenge on Rıza from Montenegro, who killed her husband. Dila Hanım, who encounters Rıza as a result of coincidences during her journey, falls in love with her, unaware that Rıza is the person she is looking for. A love is born between the two, but Dila Hanım learns that Rıza is the man she is looking for. Facing an unfortunate situation, Dila Hanım has to make a decision.

Struggle for survival: Hunger

• Genre: Drama
• Year: 1974
• Director: Bilge Olgac
• Cast: Turkan Soray, Mehmet Keskinoglu, Faik Coskun
• IMDb Rating: 7.3

Hunger, one of the Yeşilçam movies where drama is sprinkled abundantly as usual, is about our character named Meryem, who has unfortunate events. Meryem, who was given to the village chief as a child as a child, is now grown up and works as a maid in another house. But Meryem is raped by the owner of the house where she works. Aga, on the other hand, marries Meryem to a man named Hasan after these events. The couple, who barely make a living, live in misery with the effect of drought. On top of these events, hard days await Meryem when Hasan goes to Istanbul to work.

Intrigue after intrigue: I’m Not Worthy of You

• Genre: Drama, romance
• Year: 1965
• Director: Osman F. Seden
• Cast: Türkan Şoray, Sadri Alışık, Gülbin Eray
• IMDb Rating: 7.3

I’m Not Worthy of You is about 2 siblings with completely different characters. One of the brothers, Osman, falls in love with Türkan, a rich family girl. With his shyness, he cannot open up to Türkan and he has to go to the army. In his absence, his brother Ekrem was engaged to Türkan. Surprised by what happened when he learned the events, Osman decides to bury his love in his heart and support his brother. But Ekrem’s plans are quite different. Ekrem is in love with a singer named Sevda and plans to use Türkan for his money. While Osman is desperately trying to make Türkan happy, the brothers get into an impossible situation.

Two friends falling into each other: Love of Giants

• Genre: Drama, romance
• Year: 1976
• Director: Osman F. Seden
• Cast: Türkan Şoray, Kadir İnanır, Savaş Başar
• IMDb Rating: 7.2

Sureyya Bey is a very wealthy businessman and his rivals plan to kill him because he cannot fight with him. A young man named Tarık prevents this work and saves Süreyya Bey’s life. Süreyya Bey, who feels a debt of gratitude towards Tarık, takes him to work. Tarık rises very quickly in the company and becomes Süreyya Bey’s right-hand man. In the future, our famous businessman falls in love with a woman named Türkan. But things start to get complicated when Türkan comes out with Tarık’s ex-girlfriend.

An obsessive love: My Dreams My Love and You

• Genre: Drama, fantasy, romance
• Year: 1987
• Director: Atif Yilmaz
• Cast: Türkan Şoray, Oğuz Tunç, Müşfik Kenter
• IMDb Rating: 7.2

Coşkun, who spent his childhood in an orphanage because he did not have a mother or father, is obsessively in love with the famous movie star Derya Altınay. She is so in love with the famous actress that she believes that she lives with the characters she portrays in her old movies. The only purpose in Coşkun’s life now is to meet Derya Altınay and write a script for him. But since the characters Coşkun lives with will disappear when a new script is written, they try to prevent Coşkun from writing a script.

A love story that makes you smile: My Black Eyes

• Genre: Comedy, drama, romance
• Year: 1970
• Director: Atif Yilmaz
• Cast: Türkan Şoray, Kadir İnanır, Ali Şen
• IMDb Rating: 7.0

Azize, who is fishing with her grandfather in the town where she lives, has a special place in the hearts of every young person living in the town. While Azize, who loves to sing, sings on her own, the boss of a casino notices Azize’s voice and offers her to be a singer. Azize’s life begins to change after accepting the offer. Kenan, the waiter at the casino where he works, is in love with Azize and makes Azize sing the songs he composed through his pianist friend Orhan. Azize, who is fascinated by the songs, starts to search for who the composer is.