Yahsi Bati - The Ottoman Cowboys (2009)

Original title

Yahşi Batı

Directed by

Ömer Faruk Sorak

Genre

comedy film, Western film, parody film

Country

Turkey

Runtime

1h 52m

Rated

12

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 221 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two Ottoman special agents travel to America in the late 1800s to deliver a diamond to the president. They end up in a series of absurd situations in the Wild West.

comediclightheartedplayfulfast-pacedsillyparodiccartoonishadventurous

What happens

Yahşi Batı is a 2010 Turkish comedy film, directed by Ömer Faruk Sorak, which stars Cem Yılmaz as special agents tasked by the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire to deliver a diamond gift to the American president. The film, which went on nationwide general release across Turkey on January 1, 2010 (2010-01-01), was one of highest-grossing Turkish films of 2010. The title Yahşi Batı ("Mild West") is a play on the term Vahşi Batı ("Wild West"). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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