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The Ottoman Republic (2008)

The Ottoman Republic poster
Original title
Osmanlı Cumhuriyeti
Directed by
Gani Müjde
Genre
comedy drama
Country
Turkey
Runtime
1h 40m
Rating
5.0 of 10 from 65 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

The film imagines an alternate Turkish history where Mustafa Kemal Ataturk never lived. It follows the comedic consequences of this change through the eyes of a character played by Ata Demirer.

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What happens

The Ottoman Republic (Turkish: Osmanlı Cumhuriyeti) is a 2008 Turkish comedy film directed by Gani Müjde. The film, which stars Ata Demirer, is a political comedy built upon the question, "What would have happened if Mustafa Kemal Atatürk never existed?" It went on general release across Turkey on November 21, 2008 (2008-11-21) and is the fourth-highest-grossing Turkish film of 2008. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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