The Ottoman Republic

The Ottoman Republic
The Ottoman Republic

Theatrical poster
Directed by Gani Müjde
Produced by Şükrü Avşar
Written by Gani Müjde
Fatih Solmaz
Emre Bülbül
Starring Ata Demirer
Vildan Atasever
Ceyhun Yılmaz
Sezen Aksu
Sümer Tilmaç
Ali Düşenkalkar
Atilla Olgaç
Ruhsar Öcal
Music by Sezen Aksu
Cinematography Uğur İçbak
Editing by Mustafa Preşeva
Studio Avşar Film
Distributed by UIP Filmcilik
Release date(s) November 21, 2008 (2008-11-21)
Running time 100 mins
Country Turkey
Language Turkish
Box office US$8,689,739

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.[1][2][3][4]

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Synopsis

The year is 1888. A 7-year-old child was first seen running on a vast field to scare the crows off of the meadows of Thessalonica, and then he falls from a tree while reaching out to a nightingale. Everything goes black. The child who falls from the tree is Mustafa, who would have grown to become the founder of the Turkish Republic and be given the surname Atatürk, that is, if he did not fall to his "death" that day. The film fast-forwards to over a century later, to the year 2007. There is no savior named Mustafa Kemal Atatürk in Turkey’s history, no War of Independence has been fought, Ankara has not become the country’s capital and the country continues its existence as the Ottoman Republic, ruled by the Sultan Osman VII (Ata Demirer).

Release

The film opened on general release in 205 screens across Turkey on November 21, 2008 (2008-11-21) at number one in the Turkish box office chart with a worldwide opening weekend gross of $1,988,968.[5]

Opening weekend gross
Date Territory Screens Rank Gross
November 21, 2008 (2008-11-21) Turkey 205 1 $1,988,968
November 20, 2008 (2008-11-20) Germany 35 7 $319,505
November 21, 2008 (2008-11-21) Belgium 6 12 $36,770
November 20, 2008 (2008-11-20) Netherlands - 11 $34,948
November 21, 2008 (2008-11-21) Austria 5 15 $20,472
November 28, 2008 (2008-11-28) United Kingdom 1 39 $7,787

Reception

Box Office

The movie was number one at the Turkish box office for two weeks running and was the fourth highest grossing Turkish film of 2009 with a total gross of $7,746,467. It remained in the Turkish box-office charts for nineteen weeks and made a total worldwide gross of $8,689,739.[5]

Reviews

In his latest historical comedy, popular satirist and TV writer, Gani Müjde, travels on similar turf, to his debut feature "Kahpe Bizans" (The Perfidious Byzantium), which poked fun at the earlier nationalist films of Turkish cinema, introduces Hürriyet Daily News reviewer Emrah Güler, who concludes, both Gani Müjde and Ata Demirer are favorite household names who never fail to put a smile on followers of Turkish pop culture.[6]

References

  1. ^ Özyurt, Olkan (2008-07-22). "A rainbow of Turkish films awaits moviegoers". Today's Zaman. http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/news-148129-a-rainbow-of-turkish-films-awaits-moviegoers.html. Retrieved 2010-02-24. 
  2. ^ "This week in theaters". Today's Zaman. 2008-11-22. http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/news-159385-this-week-in-theaters.html. Retrieved 2010-02-24. 
  3. ^ Çelen, Nergihan (2008-11-25). "‘Ottoman Republic’ a glimpse of what might have been". Today's Zaman. http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/news-159686-ottoman-republic-a-glimpse-of-what-might-have-been.html. Retrieved 2010-02-24. 
  4. ^ Yıldırım, Eöine (2008-12-06). "'Osmanlı Cumhuriyeti' Here comes the sultan". Today's Zaman. http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/news-160728-aqua-aquaosmanli-cumhuriyeti-here-comes-the-sultan.html. Retrieved 2010-02-24. 
  5. ^ a b "Osmanli cumhuriyeti". Box Office Mojo. http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/intl/?page=&wk=2008W47&id=_fOSMANLICUMHURIYE01. Retrieved 2010-02-24. 
  6. ^ Güler, Emrah (2008-08-16). "Turkish films, coming soon". Hürriyet Daily News. http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/h.php?news=turkish-films-coming-soon-2008-08-16. Retrieved 2010-02-24. 

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