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The Last Ottoman (2007)

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Original title
Son Osmanlı: Yandım Ali
Directed by
Mustafa Şevki Doğan
Genre
action film
Country
Turkey
Runtime
1h 59m
Rating
6.3 of 10 from 39 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

After World War One, a Turkish man named Ali is inspired by the arrival of a military leader and joins the fight against the occupation of Constantinople. The film follows his actions in the resistance movement.

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What happens

The Last Ottoman: Knockout Ali (Turkish: Son Osmanlı Yandım Ali) is a 2007 Turkish action film, directed by Mustafa Şevki Doğan based on the book by Suat Yalaz, starring Kenan İmirzalıoğlu as the titular hero Tahtacızade "Yandım" Ali, who is inspired by the landing of Mustafa Kemal at Samsun and decides to join the resistance movement fighting against the occupation of Constantinople in the aftermath of the First World War. The film, which went on general release across Turkey on January 19, 2007 (2007-01-19), is the fourth highest grossing Turkish film of 2007. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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