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Here are some
of the most famous movies
about Turkey, or filmed
in Turkey, or by Turkish
filmmakers:
Valley of the Wolves: Iraq (Kurtlar Vadisi)
This fictional account of US Army
atrocities in the Iraq War begins with
an incident that actually happened,
and that further soured relations between
Turks and Americans. Is "Valley of
the Wolves" Turkey's revenge for "Midnight
Express"?
More...
Troy
Critics say a buff-Brad-Pitt
makes this 2004 film epic what it is.
It'll probably put Troy on
the tourist map the way Gallipoli did
for Gallipoli. More...
Gallipoli
Based on Alan Moorhead's
book of the same name, this Australian
movie (1981) changed Turkey's Gallipoli
battlefields from a sleepy backwater
into a major tourist destination.
Topkapi
A motley group of clever
but bumbling thieves (Melina Mercouri,
Peter Ustinoff, Maximilian Schell,
Robert Morley) steal the emerald dagger
from the treasury of Topkapi
Palace (1961). Great scenes of Istanbul in
the late 1950s, a very different city
from today.
From Russia With Love
Classic James Bond flick
(1963) has some good scenes of Istanbul,
particularly the famous one in Yerebatan
Sarayi (Sunken Palace Cistern)
before it was restored.
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