Sister Fahriye
Sister Fahriye

Director: Yavuz Turgul
Producer: Engin Karabağ
Screenplay: Yavuz Turgul
Year: 1984
Director of photography: Çetin Tunca
Music: Atilla Özdemiroğlu
Cast: Müjde Ar, Tarık Tarcan, Mesut Çakarlı, Haldun Ergüvenç, Kadir Savun, Nazlı Aydıncık, İhsan Yüce, Ayşe Demirel, Ülkü Ülker, Haşmet Zeybek
Production Company: Kök Film
Color: Colorful
Country: Türkiye
Vision date:
Subject: Fahriye, a poor girl, is in love with Mustafa from the neighborhood. However, with the force of her family, she is married to a rich jeweler from Erzincan. Her husband sends her back to her father on the grounds that she is not a virgin. Fahriye, who goes after her old love Mustafa, stabs Mustafa during an argument. When he serves his sentence and gets out of prison, he gets a job and now has a say in his own life.

Notes about the movie:
In the film, women's issues are discussed within the conflict of traditional and modern. The film's protagonist, Fahriye's process of becoming a subject and gaining her freedom is told. The film deals with the problems experienced by women on issues such as domestic violence and polygamy. It presents economic freedom as a solution.

Contents related to the movie:
An Attempt to Re-Read Fahriye Abla. Oruç, O. (2020). Bayburt University Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Journal, 3(7), 7-14.
The place of Yavuz Turgul cinema in Turkish modernization. Çatalbaş, A. Ü. (2012). Selçuk University Institute of Social Sciences Master's Thesis.

Awards:
SİYAD “The Most Successful Films of the 1984-85 Season” 8th Place, “Best Actor” (Müjde Ar)

Source:
Çatalbaş, A. Ü. (2012). The place of Yavuz Turgul cinema in Turkish modernization. Selçuk University Institute of Social Sciences Master's Thesis.
Özgüç, Agâh. (2012). Encyclopedic Dictionary of Turkish Movies. Istanbul: Horizon International.
Özgüç, Agâh. (2014). Dictionary of Turkish Films 1914-2014. Istanbul: Republic of Turkey Culture and Tourism Ministry.